Naomi Klein on climate strikes, Greta and the Green New Deal

Published: Sept. 23, 2019, 4 p.m.

b'Millions of climate strikers all across the world took to the street on Sept 20th. And there\\u2019s another strike scheduled on Sept 27th, as well. Today on Front Burner, we talk to Naomi Klein, author of the new book \\u201cOn Fire: The Burning Case for the Green New Deal\\u201d about Greta Thunberg, the Green New Deal, and why she thinks mass mobilization around climate change may be the only thing that can help us avoid global warming\\u2019s most devastating effects: \\u201cIf you don\\u2019t believe in social movements, and if they make you kind of queasy and they seem kind of messy, then you should feel really pessimistic, because it\\u2019s actually our only hope.\\u201d'