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The Australian Green Bans: When Construction Workers Went on Strike for the Environment
Steve Morse | Labor Notes | July 28, 2020
Imagine a building trades union that broke new ground in the 1970s in its support for environmentalism, community preservation, and women, and in its opposition to racism, even as it fought... read more

Fine particles hang in the air over Shanghai, China, 2009 (Photo by Lei Han) Creative Commons license via Flickr

The Chinese Communist Party Is an Environmental Catastrophe
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

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

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

We Need a Green New Deal to Confront the Economic Crash and Climate Crisis
Ted Franklin | Truthout | June 15, 2020
“Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing else could. Our minds are still racing back and forth, longing for a return to ‘normality’,... read more

Police officer wearing gas mask Credit: Tony Webster/Creative Commons

Caring About the Climate Crisis Means Supporting the Demand to Defund the Police
Alec Common | Common Dreams | June 5, 2020
Anyone who has watched the footage of a white police officer digging his knee into the neck of George Floyd should be able to understand the fury that is erupting across this country at... read more

Green New Deal protest march - Sunrise Movement

Care and Repair: Left Politics in the Age of Climate Change
Naomi Klein | Dissent | May 18, 2020
The Green New Deal will need to be subject to constant vigilance and pressure—from experts who understand exactly what it will take, and from social movements that have decades of experience... read more

Marxism in an age of catastrophe - capitalism created an era of plagues
Mike Davis | Socialist Worker | April 18, 2020
We live in an era of plagues because of capitalist development, argues socialist author Mike Davis. In this transcript from a conversation streamed live on April 11, 2020, Davis also says coronavirus... read more

Beyond Cabin Fever: The Left Confronts COVID-19
Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change | March 30, 2020
“Let the virus not infect our souls,” pleaded the message on the church sign in my neighborhood. “Let the virus not stop our organizing,” I silently responded. One of the few recognized excuses for... read more

SCNCC Perspectives & Guest Commentaries

The Chinese Communist Party Is an Environmental Catastrophe

Richard Smith | Foreign Policy

We Need a Green New Deal to Confront the Economic Crash and Climate Crisis

Ted Franklin | Truthout

Beyond Cabin Fever: The Left Confronts COVID-19

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

The Coronavirus Pandemic as the Crisis of Civilization

Kamran Nayeri | Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism

A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy: An Open Letter and Call to Action to Members of Congress

Joanna Bozuwa, J Mijin Cha, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Billy Fleming, Jim Goodwin, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Daniel M Kammen, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Mark Paul, Raj Patel, Thea Riofrancos | Medium

Book Review: Into the Tempest: Essays on the New Global Capitalism

David Klein | Climate and Capitalism

Protest Outside a Hong Kong Police HQ | Iris Tong - VOA.

“We’re all Hong Kongers now”

Richard Smith | System Change Not Climate Change

Sheet Metal Workers Belt Buckle | credit: coolbuckles.com

Blue Collar Workers: Let's Support the Green New Deal

Steve Morse | System Change Not Climate Change

What To Do About Predictions of Imminent Food Collapse

Sandra Lindberg | System Change Not Climate Change

We Need a Green New Deal to Confront the Economic Crash and Climate Crisis

Ted Franklin | Truthout

Earth Day to May Day: Shifting the Paradigm

Team | System Change Not Climate Change

Marxism in an age of catastrophe - capitalism created an era of plagues

Mike Davis | Socialist Worker

Chicago nurses protest lack of protective masks.

'Make the Damn Masks!'

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

COVID-19: Updates & Analysis for Activists

Staff | Center for Political Education

Women in India queue up to buy groceries

The Pandemic Is a Portal

Arundhati Roy | Financial Times

Graffiti from Melbourne - Less Cops More Nurses

Social Reproduction Theory And Why We Need it to Make Sense of the Corona Virus Crisis.

Tithi Bhattacharya | Blog

Strike for Your Life!

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

Beyond Cabin Fever: The Left Confronts COVID-19

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

Is there still time to stop climate catastrophe?

Phil Gasper | SocialistWorker.org

IPCC Report: First Thoughts on Next Steps

Sydney Azari | Medium.com

The Limits of Green Energy Under Capitalism

David Klein | truthout.org

Scientists propose changing the rules of history to avoid environmental collapse

University College London | Phys.org

Trump’s war on science

Cliff Connor | Socialist Action

The Sea Level Threat To Cities Depends On Where The Ice Melts — Not Just How Fast

Christopher Joyce | NPR

Ice Apocalypse

Eric Holthaus | Grist

Scientists Issue Dire Warning on Climate Change & Key Researcher Urges “Changes in How We Live”

Amy Goodman | Democracy Now!

Abrupt Climate Justice

John Foran | Resilience

We Need a Green New Deal to Confront the Economic Crash and Climate Crisis

Ted Franklin | Truthout

Care and Repair: Left Politics in the Age of Climate Change

Naomi Klein | Dissent

Social Reproduction Theory And Why We Need it to Make Sense of the Corona Virus Crisis.

Tithi Bhattacharya | Blog

The Coronavirus Pandemic as the Crisis of Civilization

Kamran Nayeri | Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism

A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy: An Open Letter and Call to Action to Members of Congress

Joanna Bozuwa, J Mijin Cha, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Billy Fleming, Jim Goodwin, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Daniel M Kammen, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Mark Paul, Raj Patel, Thea Riofrancos | Medium

On Fire This Time

John Bellamy Foster | Monthly Review

Ian Angus on the Politics of Ecosocialism

An Interview | Rebel, The New Socialist Website (Ireland)

Stopping Climate Change Will Never Be "Good Business"

Paul Fleckenstein | Jacobin

Climate Emergency Declarations Guarantee Nothing; We Need Total System Transformation for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

Sandra Lindberg |

The Australian Green Bans: When Construction Workers Went on Strike for the Environment

Steve Morse | Labor Notes

Just Saying "Systemic Racism" Doesn't Expose Systemic Racism

Jeff Cohen | Common Dreams

Care and Repair: Left Politics in the Age of Climate Change

Naomi Klein | Dissent

'Make the Damn Masks!'

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

Strike for Your Life!

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

San Francisco Climate Strike Street Murals Take Over Wall Street West

David Solnit & Julie Searle | Common Dreams

A Real Extinction Rebellion Means the End of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Capitalism

Jessica Garraway | Common Dreams

Ian Angus on the Politics of Ecosocialism

An Interview | Rebel, The New Socialist Website (Ireland)

Blue Collar Workers: Let's Support the Green New Deal

Steve Morse | System Change Not Climate Change

Just Saying "Systemic Racism" Doesn't Expose Systemic Racism

Jeff Cohen | Common Dreams

Caring About the Climate Crisis Means Supporting the Demand to Defund the Police

Alec Common | Common Dreams

Strike for Your Life!

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

Global Climate Strike September 20-27, 2019

| 350.org

"All eyes of the world are on Juliana" - Tune in Tuesday

Editors | SCNCC

March Against Death Alley | Photo by Julie Dermansky for DeSmog Blog

Breaking: Environmental Justice March Hits Road Block in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Julie Dermansky | DeSmog Blog

New Calls for a General Strike in the Face of Coming Climate Catastrophe

Joe Maniscalo | Labor Press

COP24: No Response to the Crisis

Nadja Charaby, Maria Theresa Lauron, Till Bender, Katja Voigt, Tadzio Müller and Alanah Torralba | The Bullet

Sunrise Movement in the Halls of Congress

The Green New Deal Goes Viral: What’s Next Is Up to Us

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

The Australian Green Bans: When Construction Workers Went on Strike for the Environment

Steve Morse | Labor Notes

Earth Day to May Day: Shifting the Paradigm

Team | System Change Not Climate Change

Flags fly at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in 2016, near Cannonball, North Dakota

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Prevails as Federal Judge Strikes Down DAPL Permits

Press Room | Earthjustice

A Real Extinction Rebellion Means the End of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Capitalism

Jessica Garraway | Common Dreams

Native rights and resistance after Standing Rock

Nick Estes and Ragina Johnson interviewed by Khury Petersen-Smith | Socialist Worker

Groundbreaking “Carbon Pricing Report” Released by Indigenous Environmental Network and Climate Justice Alliance at COP 23

Jade Begay | Common Dreams

Will You 'Promise to Protect'? Coalition Urges New Wave of Resistance to Stop KXL

Jake Johnson | Common Dreams

Carbon Pricing: A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance

Indigenous Environmental Network and Climate Justice Alliance |

Special Report: Revolt at Trump’s Pro-Coal, Pro-Nuclear & Pro-Gas Panel Rocks U.N. Climate Summit

Amy Goodman | Democracy Now!

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