Burning Injustice: Why the California Wildfires Are a Class Crisis
“As C.S. Lewis, the author of ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’, once said, “Man’s power over Nature, turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.” From climate change to class inequality, the destruction of the world is tied up with our destruction of each other…” -Ben Tippet / ‘Split: Class Divides Uncovered’
*Nearly 40% of Californian firefighters are inmates. They are paid $1 an hour and if they die on the job their families are given no compensation.
*Almost three-quarters of global emissions have been caused by just 100 companies.
A wildfire in the hills of California. Over 10,000 acres of land have been devastated by the fires. PA Images
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