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Friends of the Earth CEO: climate crisis inseparable from fighting injustice

Asad Rehman ties his path to environmental activism to childhood experiences of racism and violence in 1970s-80s Britain.

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What to know

  • Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth, argues that climate action cannot be separated from fighting social injustice.
  • Rehman traces his activism to childhood experiences of racist violence in 1970s-80s Burnley, where he organized for safety starting at age 14.
  • His account connects personal experiences of discrimination to systemic failures by institutions (police, teachers) and broader cultural racism in media and society.

Asad Rehman Chief executive, Friends of the EarthHardeep Matharu Journalist

Friends of the Earth CEO: climate crisis inseparable from fighting injustice
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    Byline Times shares Rehman interview on social media

    Byline Times promotes the Rehman interview across social platforms, highlighting his statement that climate crisis and injustice are inseparable.

    “The climate crisis can't be solved without a commitment to fighting injustice at the same time…”
    — Asad Rehman
    • bylinetimes.bsky.social

      🌱 ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE (Edition 89) The climate crisis can’t be solved without a commitment to fighting injustice at the same time – Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth… Read the full piece below.

      bylinetimes.bsky.socialBluesky11d ago49▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    • bylinetimes.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

      🟡 From This Month’s Magazine ‘A Polar Bear on an Iceberg? Here’s This Picture of Catastrophe and You’ve Totally Depoliticised It’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy The climate crisis can’t be solved without a commitment to fighting injustice at the same time – Asad Rehman, chief executive of… ‘A Polar Bear on an Iceberg? H...

      bylinetimes.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gyMastodon8d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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    Byline Times publishes Rehman interview on climate and injustice

    Byline Times magazine publishes an interview with Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth, in which he argues that the climate crisis cannot be solved without simultaneously fighting injustice.

    “People often ask: how did you get political? And I say: I had no choice, because of the context and reality of racist violence I grew up in.”
    — Asad Rehman, Chief executive, Friends of the Earth · source
    • bylinetimes.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

      🟡 From This Month’s Magazine ‘A Polar Bear on an Iceberg? Here’s This Picture of Catastrophe and You’ve Totally Depoliticised It’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy The climate crisis can’t be solved without a commitment to fighting injustice at the same time – Asad Rehman, chief executive of… ‘A Polar Bear on an Iceberg? H...

      bylinetimes.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gyMastodon13d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗

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