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Voting for Biden won’t save them. Not voting for Biden will doom them. You couldn’t have paid me to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016; I’d voted for all prior Green Party candidates over the... read more
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System Change Not Climate Change | YouTube | August 31, 2020
  China presents a climate crisis paradox. It leads the world in photovoltaic and wind power production and installed capacity of both, and President Xi Jinping says he wants to remake China as... read more
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Richard Smith | Foreign Policy | July 27, 2020
As China struggles to recover economically from the impact of the pandemic, it is set to deal a painful blow to global efforts to fight climate change. The party has often sacrificed environmental... read more
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Jeremy Brecher on Using Our Power to Stop Climate Disaster and Create a Just World
System Change Not Climate Change | YouTube | July 26, 2020
In this video, labor organizer, climate activist, and historian Jeremy Brecher speaks about the role of the strike weapon in fighting the deepening and intertwined crises we face. Brecher is... read more
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Out of Time: The case for nationalizing the fossil fuel industry
Mark Paul, Carla Skandier, and Rory Renzy | The Next System Project | June 22, 2020
The authors have published the report "Out of Time: The case for nationalizing the fossil fuel industry," available in PDF format by clicking here. For decades, scientists have been predicting... read more
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Just Saying "Systemic Racism" Doesn't Expose Systemic Racism
Jeff Cohen | Common Dreams | June 19, 2020
If you’ve been watching mainstream TV news programs lately, you’ve probably noticed that a number of corporate journalists—prodded by the marvelous protests against police violence—seem to have... read more
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Ted Franklin | Truthout | June 15, 2020
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