many of the most fervent supporters of imperialist expansion came from labor unions i mean gompers was at versailles treaty i mean segment all. of the society are complicit but these forces. which would in essence a kind of cannibalize both the natural environment and exploit human labor and i've been doing this on the outer reaches of empire for decades have are now being done internally just as it was done in the original conquest of the united states against native americans you talk about the impending environmental catastrophes and also severe economic uncertainty on the horizon why do you think there's no sense of urgency on a large scale to address these troubling trends. well because they're not reported the commercial media is about bread and circus it's about spectacle it's about celebrity gossip it's about the superbowl every week it's something new. you know if we had a responsible media especially a broadcast media we would understand that climate change at this point is an emergence. that. at this point the effects of climate change are unstoppable. and if we don't radica