Ecofascism and the far-right w/ Byron Clarke: June 14, 2022
Ecofascism and the far-right w/ Byron Clarke: June 14, 2022
Ecofascism and the far-right w/ Byron Clarke: June 14, 2022Tuesday, June 14, 2022
CW: xenophobia, racism and far-right violence
In mid-May, the world was shocked when an armed man entered a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and opened fire on ordinary shoppers. It soon became clear that the shooting was a white-supremisist terrorist attack. The shooter cited talking points from a new sector of the far-right to justify his actions: this ideology is called ecofascism.
Jack spoke to author and activist Byron Clarke, an expert on the far-right and disinformation, to find out what ecofascism is and why we should be concerned about it.