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FEATURING NICO UDU GAMA - A series of climate justice actions around the world this month, seeks to “Draw the Line” on numerous interconnected issues plaguing people and the planet. Organized by 350.org and other groups, Draw the Line addresses “injustice, pollution, and violence, and for a future built on clean energy, and fairness.” In the US, the main action takes place in New York on September 20th under the banner of “Make Billionaires Pay”

Nico Udu Gama, is an organizer against militarism and imperialism. As part of the climate justice organization 350.org, he is helping to coordinate the Make Billionaires Pay mobilization on September 20th. He spoke with Sonali Kolhatkar about the mobilization.

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Sonali Kolhatkar: So, what does “Draw the Line” mean? I mean, “Make Billionaires Pay” is very clear, obvious, but the broader global actions are under this banner of “Draw the Line.” Can you explain that? That's a vague term.

Nico Udu Gama: Yeah, yeah. Definitely. Draw the Line comes out of a or there was some Indigenous groups in Brazil coming outta the Amazon who came together to form the G9 group of the indigenous of indigenous communities in Brazil. And they came forward with this idea that COP30, that's happening, the conference of parties, the UN Conference of Parties that happens every year around climate talks with the un. this year will be in Belen in Brazil. So that's the 30th one that's happened.

And they said that COP needs to be the needs to where the social movements draw a line against fossil fuels, fossil fuel extraction and the influence of fossil fuel billionaires in these climate talks.