This conversation between Max Wilbert and Vince Emanuele covers mutual aid, organizing strategies, revolution versus reform, coronavirus, survival, the Iraq war, the crumbling of the United States, and more.

Vince Emanuele was born and raised in America’s Rust-Belt and lives in Michigan City, Indiana. In 2002, he joined the United States Marine Corps. In 2005, Vince refused orders for a third deployment and immediately began working with the antiwar movement. Today he works in Michigan City and is co-founder of a community space called PARC—Politics, Arts, Roots, Culture.

Find out more: Vince’s writings and transcribed interviews have appeared in teleSUR English, AlterNet, CounterPunch, the Christian Science Monitor, In These Times, CounterCurrents and ZNet.

Max Wilbert is a political organizer and wilderness guide. His essays have been published in Earth Island Journal, Counterpunch, and elsewhere. His second book, Bright Green Lies, is scheduled for release in early 2021.

Coronavirus Organizing with Vince Emanuele.

Featured music: Perilune and Lights of Elysium by AERØHEAD. CC BY-SA 3.0. Banga by Chris Morrow. CC BY 3.0.

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The Green Flame is a Deep Green Resistance podcast offering revolutionary analysis, skill sharing, and inspiration for the movement to save the planet by any means necessary. Our hosts are Max Wilbert and Jennifer Murnan.

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