[Intro: 8:18 | Transcript: http://bit.ly/LBWdahr]
In this episode, I speak with award-winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail.
I can imagine most of you listening to this episode will recognize what Dahr and I both feel and know in this time we are in. Many of us are beginning to come to terms with the reality we have been dealt — a global predicament that includes a pandemic that won’t soon leave us, economic crisis and social unrest that will only worsen as the months pass on, and nonlinear climate disruption that continues to rear its ugly head, portending horrors that are only beginning to make themselves a reality. And we know, from these trends, this breakdown will only accelerate as the months and years pass. As Dahr states, citing his time in Iraq, “today is better than tomorrow.”
In this interview, Dahr and I delve into this territory by first discussing Dahr’s initial foray into journalism almost two decades ago, when the United States made the fateful decision (under the Bush Administration) to invade and occupy Iraq in 2003. As an unembedded journalist, Dahr was able to get an on-the-ground perspective in his reporting of the completely criminal and wholly unjustified military invasion of Iraq, including all the apparent horrors that were visited on the civilian population of that nation. Dahr explains that what he is witnessing happening in the United States right now is eerily reminiscent of what he reported on and witnessed in his time in Iraq. This is where we begin this discussion, and from there we delve deeply into the dire predicament we all find ourselves in this nation, as well as globally, right now, with all its jarring contradictions and nonlinearities.
Dahr Jamail is an award-winning journalist who (formerly) reported on climate disruption and environmental issues for the online publication Truthout. He is the author of multiple books, including ‘The End Of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption.’ Currently, Dahr is collaborating with elder and teacher Stan Rushworth on a new book project, titled ‘The Changing Earth: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island’, which is "an innovative work of research and reportage that will present, via powerful and intimate encounters, the perspective of Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada on the Earth's climate and interrelated Covid-19 emergencies."
Episode Notes:
- Learn more about Dahr and his work: http://www.dahrjamail.net
- Learn more about Dahr and Stan Rushworth’s new book project ‘The Changing Earth’: https://www.thechangingearth.net
- Support Stan and Dahr in their work through the GoFundMe: https://gf.me/u/x3jd52
- The song featured in this episode is “Demon Host” by Timber Timbre from their self-titled album: https://youtu.be/qzJJhKL2uGo
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