{"id":53557,"date":"2020-06-08T06:50:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T11:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53557"},"modified":"2020-06-08T06:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T11:50:42","slug":"three-crises-one-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53557","title":{"rendered":"Three crises, one solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/climatezone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/George-Flord-protests-800x445.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatezone.org\/2020\/06\/three-crises-one-solution\/\">Three crises, one solution<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paroxysm of anger that has erupted across the US in the wake of the murder of George Floyd has been called by some observers \u201ca tipping point\u201d.\u00a0 A multicultural younger generation is showing that it is genuinely concerned about social injustice, racial inequality, and the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The astonishing scenes on the streets of America have echoed around the world including in the UK, Canada, and Australia.\u00a0 But is it a tipping point?\u00a0 We have been through this before, at least since the violent riots that wracked Los Angeles almost 30 years ago in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating\u2014captured on video. If there\u2019s a single technology that has to some degree protected the\u00a0 Black community in America and Canada against racial injustice at the hands of the police, one could argue it\u2019s the video camera and the smart phone.\u00a0<strong>A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a video is worth a million.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The widespread protests against police violence have almost overshadowed the sombre news about the Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0 Around the world, over 400,000 people have died\u2014more than a quarter of them in the US.\u00a0 The death toll in America is certain to rise\u2014ironically because the protest marches bring thousands of people into close proximity at a time when the contagion in the US has barely abated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But behind the nightly news programmes showing protesters on the streets in cities around the world, and warnings from public health professionals about the continuing pandemic, there is another simmering crisis.\u00a0 This one is slow-burning, but\u00a0<strong>much more dangerous.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The climate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three crises, one solution The paroxysm of anger that has erupted across the US in the wake of the murder of George Floyd has been called by some observers \u201ca tipping point\u201d.\u00a0 A multicultural younger generation is showing that it is genuinely concerned about social injustice, racial inequality, and the climate crisis. 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