In Real Time is a new podcast in which Stan Cox sets down a month by month account of what could be the most fateful span of time for our country since the 1860s. Tune in for riveting and insightful commentary on the challenges that lie ahead for Democracy and the planet. This podcast is the audio version of a series hosted by City Lights Books. For more information see https://citylights.com/blog/

 “In Real Time” is a month-by-month account of what could be the most fateful span of time for our country since the 1860s. The series will follow the climate, voting rights, and justice movements as they work to help clear a livable path for all, no matter whose hands are on the levers of power in Washington and our state capitals. In this initial episode, we explore a stark choice that all Americans now face: Will we turn toward a deeper, more inclusive democracy and a livable future for all or toward a life under far-right, autocratic rule in an ecologically impoverished world?   
https://citylights.com/blog/
https://landinstitute.org/

The climate-science community is urging the world’s governments to take dramatic, unprecedented action to prevent catastrophic heating of the Earth. Meanwhile, the precarious state of democracy in the U.S. raises a disturbing question: In the months and years ahead, how much sociopolitical space will remain open to push for the bold climate action we must achieve within the coming decade?  Stan Cox examines the crisis of representative government in the U.S., and considers a question some are asking: Does the drift toward autocracy even matter? He then lays out the intimate connections between the political and ecological perils that loom in the near future.
https://citylights.com/blog/
https://landinstitute.org/
Follow this link to view the artwork accompanying this series, by Priti Gulati Cox:
https://pritigcox.wordpress.com/