Scheer Intelligence Militarism, Climate Chaos, and the New Fascism: A Conversation with Abby Martin
Feb 26, 2026
Abby Martin, journalist and documentary filmmaker behind Earth's Greatest Enemy, digs into how the U.S. military drives climate destruction. She recounts distribution battles, Pentagon influence on media, veterans’ human costs, Arctic extraction, bipartisan militarism, and strategies for grassroots distribution and movement building.
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Military Emissions Drive Global Warming
- The U.S. military is the world's single largest institutional driver of climate destruction, responsible for a massive portion of national emissions.
- Abby Martin documents Pentagon emissions, training pollution, and maintenance waste to show militarism's central role in global warming.
Hollywood Blocked the Film Over Military Critique
- Abby Martin recounts Hollywood and environmental distributors rejecting her film because it criticizes the military and includes Gaza material.
- She was told the film was 'too much' and that distributors wouldn't touch a movie that didn't present the military positively.
Organize Grassroots Screenings Now
- Use grassroots, peer-to-peer organizing to screen and spread the film because mainstream distribution is blocked.
- Abby Martin urges campus showings and Earth Day events and invites organizers via earthsgreatestenemy.com.