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How much will the US Way of Life © have to change?
Max Ajl | Uneven Earth | June 15, 2019
On the future of farming, socialist science, and utopia Debates about the Green New Deal—Ocasio-Cortez’s version and occasionally radical varieties such as that of the US Green Party—have incited... read more

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Blue Collar Workers: Let's Support the Green New Deal
Steve Morse | System Change Not Climate Change | June 13, 2019
An article in the June 6, 2019 edition of Politico (“Labor anger over Green New Deal greets 2020 contenders in California”) alleges that Blue Collar workers in California reject the Green New Deal (... read more

What To Do About Predictions of Imminent Food Collapse
Sandra Lindberg | System Change Not Climate Change | June 5, 2019
As a member of System Change Not Climate Change, this morning I received links to a couple of YouTube videos about stresses on 2019 crop production. Produced by climate scientist Paul Beckwith, the... read more

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 | May 31, 2019
On May 30, around 100 people took part on the first day of a planned five-day march for environmental justice in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. Amid sweltering heat, the march kicked off in St. John... read more

Sunrise Movement demonstration in San Francisco

Fight for the Green New Deal
Nick French | The Call | May 14, 2019
Democratic Socialists of America activist Nick French argues for making the Green New Deal a major new organizing priority for DSA activists and the U.S. Left. This article was originally published... read more

New Calls for a General Strike in the Face of Coming Climate Catastrophe
Joe Maniscalo | Labor Press | May 13, 2019
New York,, NY – Shut. It. Down. Amalgamated Transit Union VP Bruce Hamilton, this weekend, urged U.S. trade unionists to “learn from our past” and start building towards a general strike in a last... read more

Making the Green New Deal Real
Dianne Feeley | Solidarity | April 25, 2019
THE GREEN NEW Deal resolution introduced into Congress by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey is a manifesto that has changed the terms of the debate over the country’s... read more

SCNCC Perspectives & Guest Commentaries

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

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

Editors | SCNCC

What Do Eco-Socialists Have to Say About the Climate Movement?

Nancy Romer | New Politics

How Can We Prevent Climate Catastrophe?

Phil Gasper | International Socialist Review

One, Two, … Many Green New Deals: An Ecosocialist Roundtable

Carol Dansereau, John Foran, Ted Franklin, Brad Hornick, Sandra Lindberg, Jennifer Scarlott | resilience.org

Palestine and the Climate Crisis

David Klein | Mondoweiss

Sunrise Movement "Dear Democrats - Step Up or Step Aside"

The Green New Deal -- An Ecosocialist Study Guide

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

Yellow Vest demonstration in Belfort, France

Opportunities and Challenges Posed by the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) Protests and the Sunrise Movement

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

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

Making the Green New Deal Real

Dianne Feeley | Solidarity

Rethinking Approaches to Climate Change

Richard Fidler | Life on the Left

Rethinking Approaches to Climate Change

Richard Fidler | Life on the Left

An Ecosocialist Green New Deal: Guiding Principles

Democratic Socialists of America Ecosocialist Working Group | ecosocialists.dsa.org

Black folks have built some of the most powerful movements in U.S. history. And we have a whole lot to teach you about building an inclusive movement. Photo: Montecruz Foto via Flickr

Climate Change Ain’t the First Existential Threat

Mary Annaïse Heglar | medium.com

“It’s Eco-Socialism or Death”: An Interview With Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson

Editors | Jacobin

The Green New Deal -- An Ecosocialist Study Guide

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It: An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism

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

Why Ecosocialism: For a Red-Green Future

Michael Löwy | Great Transition Initiative

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

Steve Morse | System Change Not Climate Change

Teachers at The Accelerated Schools, a community of public charter schools in South Los Angeles picket outside the school on second day of the Los Angeles school teachers strike on January 15, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

Why Unions Must Bargain Over Climate Change

Nato Green | In These Times

A Green New Deal for American Labor?

Saurav Sarkar | Labor Notes

New Deal Soil Conservation Postage Stamp

Beyond the Green New Deal

Max Ajl | The Brooklyn Rail

What Is The Climate Equivalent of “Medicare For All”?

Nathan J. Robinson | Current Affairs

Can Ecosocialist Praxis be a Real Alternative?

Gordon Peters | London Left Green Blog

In Face of Climate Crisis, Environment and Trade Union Movements Finding Common Cause

Susann Scherbarth | Common Dreams

A just transition from climate change and unemployment – a trade union perspective

Joseph Mathunjwa | Daily Mavrick

The New AFL-CIO Stand on Climate Change

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

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

Editors | SCNCC

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

Singers perform at the Extinction Rebellion rally in London, England, on October 31, 2018. Kay Michael / Extinction Rebellion

The Global Extinction Rebellion Begins

Dahr Jamail | TruthOut

Fracking protestors jailed by UK 'Banana Monarchy' judiciary

Allan Todd | London Green Left Blog

Ecosocialism’s Greatest Challenge: The Color-Line and the Twenty-First Century Ecoleft

Ted Franklin | SCNCC

Tracking the battles for environmental justice: here are the world’s top 10

Julie Snorek | The Conversation

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!

LIVE: GENEVA SWITZERLAND / DIRECT ACTION @ Credit Suisse

Oil pipeline opponent uses 'necessity defence' - What is it?

CP | CFJC Today

Indigenous-Led Protest Shuts Down Banks in Seattle

Sydney Brownstone | The Stranger

Will Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Oilsands Pipeline Become the Standing Rock of the North?

James Wilt | DeSmog Blog

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