https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/9bcdfa4b-0157-41a0-b1c0-660f27a735a4 The Green New Deal has become a popular slogan among progressive Democrats in recent years. But we need to be wary of the capitalist class co-opting the energy around climate change to maintain the imperialist global order they benefit from. To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek is joined by Max Ajl, a post doc at Wageningen University and a researcher with the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and, relevant to this discussion, he is the author of the new book “A People’s Green New Deal” published by Pluto Press. INTERVIEW TOPICS (TIME CODES): 1:16 Reformist vs revolutionary Green New Deal 4:29 The fundamental problem with AOC’s Green New Deal 5:23 Why democratic socialism cannot save us (only actual socialism can!) 8:43 The failure of democratic socialism and why 12:37 The global north’s CLIMATE DEBT to the global south 19:06 Ruling class demographic fear mongering, population control and the frightening popularity of “half earth” 26:16 The Gazafication of the Third World 28:55 The Michael Moore movie: What it got right, what it got wrong 36:36 Problematic dreamworld fixes to climate change 44:56 What is the agrarian question? Why should we care? 53:51 Is the peasant class still important in the Middle East? How has western imperialism affected it? 1:01:48 Impact of climate change on the Arab uprisings 1:06:14 Successful historical models of agrarian reform? China! 1:16:30 The importance of marxist intellectual Samir Amin 1:19:40 Attacking left-wing global south governments for “extractivism” 1:25:23 Who’s lead should we be following on climate change? #GreenNewDeal #antiimperalism #imperialism #climate #climatechange #waterprotectors #climatestrike #BreakThroughNews #BTnews #socialistnews #socialist #raniakhalek #eugenepuryear Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:50:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/9bcdfa4b-0157-41a0-b1c0-660f27a735a4 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.