The film How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022, by Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol, Daniel Garber) is loosely inspired by Andreas Malm's 2021 book of the same title. The book is not an instruction manual, and does not actually call for blowing up pipelines, but does argue for greater militancy in the climate movement, chiefly in the form of blockades, occupations, climate camps, and similar mass direct actions. The film takes from the book the provocative title and the general idea that causing property damage is morally justified in the fight against climate change. It's a fictional thriller, using the genre of the heist film, showing a rag-tag group of outsiders coming together to pull off one big action. Movie moles Joe Clement and Frann Michel discuss. They recommend M..ike Davis's history of the word "sabotage."
Image: (fair use) poster for theatrical release of How To Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
The first audio link below is the discussion as broadcast.
The second audio link is a longer version of the discussion.
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