From Caspian Sea to Arctic to Middle East, How Oil Pipelines Threaten Democracy & Planet’s Survival | Democracy Now!

From Caspian Sea to Arctic to Middle East, How Oil Pipelines Threaten Democracy & Planet’s Survival | Democracy Now!

What is the relationship between democracy to oil, coal, and natural gas?

“To understand democracy, you have to understand how throughout the last 150 years, both in industrialized countries and other parts of the world, what democracy is and whether democracy has been possible, has been intricately related to forms of energy production,” explains Timothy Mitchell, author of “Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil.”

Please listen to this 45-minute discussion. What follow-up questions would you have asked our guests?