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Whose Word is 'Woke'?

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4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Philosopher Susan Neiman and cultural critic Thomas Chatterton Williams take part in a challenging conversation on the themes of Neiman’s new book Left is Not Woke. The book sets out what Neiman sees as the dangerous consequences of conflating ‘wokeism’ with the Left, arguing that this confusion threatens the core principles that have guided progressive movements for centuries. We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to [email protected] or Tweet us @intelligence2. And if you’d like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared. Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The climate crisis is something many of us feel pretty anxious about and it's already

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hitting some of the world's poorest hardest.

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People like Pauline from Kenya, dry out as killed nearly all the animals that she and

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her husband have spent a lifetime looking after and the climate crisis doesn't just impact

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nature, it's decimated her income, her savings and is changing a wider community's way

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of life.

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The practical action believes that where there's action, there's hope, practical action

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have introduced solar-powered irrigation and are training people such as Pauline to

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grow vegetables.

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With support, she now grows a number of different crops and sells them for enough profit to

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keep her children fed and in school.

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farms, repurposing waste into energy and helping to overcome injustice for women and vulnerable

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Take action today and turn your hope for a better future into reality.

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Your donation can help build a world where the lives and livelihoods of the world's

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poorest people are no longer at the mercy of climate change or environmental degradation

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while there's still time.

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Visit practicalaction.org to get involved.

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Hello, I'm journalist and presenter Ritala Shah.

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