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We talk with Oglala Lakota poet and organizer Mark K. Tilson about the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the killing of Renee Good, and how neighbors are building a decentralized resistance. The conversation traces lawless tactics, historical patterns, and the courage that grows when people act together.

• collapse of civic life in Minneapolis under raids and fear
• judicial warrants versus administrative actions
• masked agents, unmarked vehicles, and disinformation
• legal observers, community recording, and evidence
• targeting at churches, schools, and traffic stops
• Indigenous detentions and the Whipple Building’s history
• AIM patrol legacy and modern rapid response
• AI surveillance, stingrays, and counter-tactics
• decentralized movement led by everyday neighbors
• fear transforming into large-scale public courage
• poem “Around the Neighborhood” honoring Renee Good

This episode of Breaking Green is dedicated to Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at the VA hospital in Minneapolis who was shot and killed by ICE on 24 January 2026

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A celebrated naturalist’s Maine hillside holds thousands of wild American chestnuts thriving across three generations, challenging the claim that the species cannot return without genetic engineering. We explore the history of blight, restoration strategies, climate shifts, and why evidence from the field matters.

• origins of the blight and early containment attempts
• limits of Chinese hybrid chestnuts in forest settings
• selective breeding for American traits with blight tolerance
• push for GE chestnuts and its one-gene promise
• documented natural resurgence on Bernd Heinrich’s land
• seed dispersal by birds and squirrels across miles
• published mapping, burr counts, and multi‑generation stands
• climate change moving the chestnut range north
• reports of wild chestnuts in gap openings across the Northeast
• missteps and credibility issues in GE field trials
• how to see the documentary and share chestnut sightings

Premieres December 4 at thewildamericanchestnut.org. “People can go there, sign up for the movie, and share your chestnut story.”

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Despite escalating climate disasters across the Global North - from deadly floods in Germany to devastating hurricanes in the United States - we're witnessing alarming rightward shifts instead of rational policy responses.

Countries experiencing climate catastrophes also often elect their most conservative governments shortly afterward, which suggests our traditional assumption that climate impacts drive climate action has fundamentally failed.

Tadzio Mueller, a prominent global climate activist, sees collapse as inevitable but also sees a future worth organizing for.

On this episode of Breaking Green, Mueller describes what he calls the Just Collapse Movement.

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