COP26 Dispatch w/ Vijay Prashad and Chris Saltmarsh

In this episode of Guerrilla History, Adnan facilitates a discussion about the recently wrapped up COP26 climate conference, its failures, and what we should look to do going forward!  We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events.  Our guests are Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, who was at COP26, and Chris Saltmarsh, co-founder of Labour for a Green New Deal, climate activist, and writer. Vijay Prashad is the author of many books, including The Darker Nations, The Poorer Nations, and Washington Bullets.  He was also the first guest on Guerrilla History, so be sure to go back and check out the episode we did with him on Washington Bullets!  Follow him on twitter @vijayprashad.  Chris Saltmarsh is the author of the new book Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice, and regularly writes about the climate.  His two newest articles in Tribune are 2.4 Degrees Is a Disaster-But COP Won't Stop It, and COP26 Can Learn From West Papua's Green Resistance.  You can follow Chris on twitter @Chris_Saltmarsh. Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.  If you have any questions or guest/topic suggestions, email them to us at [email protected]. Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.   Follow us on social media!  Our podcast can be found on twitter @guerrilla_pod, and can be supported on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory.  Your contributions will make the show possible to continue and succeed! To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995.  Adnan can be followed on twitter @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis, and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/.   Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio and cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter @Red_Menace_Pod.  Follow and support these shows on patreon, and find them at https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.     Thanks to Ryan Hakamaki, who designed and created the podcast's artwork, and Kevin MacLeod, who creates royalty-free music.