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Podcast: Democracy Now!
Episode: Column — In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler's Science Fiction
Description: By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when accelerated by human-caused climate change. The Palisades fire and the Eaton fire have together burned almost 40,000 acres, and damaged or destroyed over 12,000 homes and other buildings, killing at least 25 people. These fast-moving fires vaporized entire neighborhoods in hours, even minutes, forcing residents to flee with what they could carry. These climate-fueled fires have also drawn renewed attention to the writing of the late Octavia Butler, who broke ground as a Black woman science fiction writer, and her no...