Project Censored - 05.16.17




Project Censored show

Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> What role can civil disobedience play in the stuggle for social change? <br> Peter explores this question with two guests: first, environmental organizer <br> Tim DeChristopher recounts his experience delaying a federal oil and gas <br> leasing process, and how the legal doctrine of "necessity" could be used in environmental campaigns. <br> Then Sunsara Taylor discusses the right-wing effort to supress womens' option of abortion,<br> and the countercampaign to preserve reproductive choice.<br> <br> Tim DeChristopher founded two climate-action organizations. He spent 21 months in prison <br> for submitting a false bid at a federal oil and gas auction in Utah in 2008. (<a href="http://www.timdechristopher.org/">www.timdechristopher.org</a>)<br> <br> Sunsara Taylor is with StopPatriarchy.org, and also is a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party<br> (<a href="http://www.revcom.us/">www.revcom.us</a>.)  <br> <br> <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br>