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THE RIGHT TO A FUTURE - WITH NAOMI KLEIN AND GRETA THUNBERG  
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September 6, 2019
The Intercept
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_ Both a celebration of youth activism and a reflection on how to
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THE INTERCEPT INVITES you to watch a special event in New York City
hosted by Intercept senior correspondent Naomi Klein, author of the
forthcoming book “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New
Deal,” and headlined by trailblazing climate activist Greta
Thunberg, author of “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.”

Together with youth leaders Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Xiye Bastida, and
Vic Barrett, as well as Indigenous Amazon leader Tuntiak Katan,
Thunberg and Klein helped us envision a just and sustainable future,
confront our climate emergency, and discuss the emerging
cross-generational, transnational movement — including people of all
races, classes, and backgrounds — that is our best hope for a
sustainable planet.

Both a celebration of youth activism and a reflection on how to break
through the political and economic barriers preventing meaningful
climate action, “The Right to a Future” brought together a
singular group of environmental leaders who are on the forefront of
the battle to secure a thriving future for many generations to come.

“The Right to a Future” kicks off a week of climate coverage,
starting September 15, by Intercept reporters working across our
beats. The effort is part of Covering Climate Now, a project
co-founded by The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review, in
partnership with The Guardian, that “aims to convene and inform a
conversation among journalists about how all news outlets can do
justice to the defining story of our time.”

This event took place ahead of the Global Climate Strike starting
September 20 and the U.N. Climate Action Summit on September 23.

Naomi Klein, Intercept senior correspondent

Naomi Klein is a senior correspondent at The Intercept and the
inaugural Gloria Steinem endowed chair in media, culture, and feminist
studies at Rutgers University. She is an award-winning journalist and
bestselling author, most recently of “On Fire: The (Burning) Case
for a Green New Deal.” She has also written “The Battle for
Paradise,” “No Is Not Enough,” “This Changes Everything,”
“The Shock Doctrine,” and “No Logo.”

Greta Thunberg, climate activist

Born in 2003, Greta Thunberg is a Swedish student who raised further
global awareness of the problems posed by climate change specifically
by holding politicians to account for their lack of action. She is the
author of “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.”

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, climate activist, hip-hop artist

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is the youth director for Earth Guardians, a
hip-hop artist, and a plaintiff in Juliana v. United States, a
constitutional climate lawsuit against the government. He is of
Indigenous Mexican heritage and a descendent of Mexica Aztec people.

Vic Barrett, climate activist

Vic Barrett [[link removed]] is also a
plaintiff in Juliana v. United States and a fellow with the Alliance
for Climate Education. He’s a Honduran American of Garifuna descent
and was 11 years old when Superstorm Sandy devastated his hometown of
New York.

Xiye Bastida, climate activist

Xiye Bastida is a 17-year-old Indigenous Mexican-American climate
activist in New York. She is a recipient of the Spirit of the United
Nations Award, an organizer with Fridays for Future, and a member of
Peoples Climate Movement-NY’s core committee.

Tuntiak Katan, Indigenous leader from Ecuadorian Amazon

Tuntiak Katan was born in the Tuutinentsa Shuar community, Morona
Santiago Province, in the Amazonian region of Ecuador. Since 2000, he
has worked on social, cultural, and environmental projects among the
different cultures in the Amazon basin. He is vice coordinator of
COICA, or Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon
Basin, and general coordinator of the Global Alliance of Territorial
Communities.

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