The Ministry for the Future is Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest attempt to fill in a major gap in the utopian fiction tradition. Rarely dealing with the transitional phase toward a better and different society, speculative fiction of this type...
“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’, trying to stitch our future to our past and refusing to...
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 hard for all its members. Imagine a union that determined...
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 catastrophic levels of global heating if...
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 learned a new phrase, which they invoke regularly:...
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 bearing the brunt of false climate solutions. This is...
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Earth Day to May Day: Shifting the Paradigm
We encourage you to participate in Earth Day events/actions — and to share this info with relatives, friends, neighbors, youth, parents, grandparents, etc. This week, is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. A Youth Climate strike was...
“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 leaving home under the San Francisco Bay...
If you agree with us, please click here to sign onto our letter. As a nation we face three converging crises: the COVID19 pandemic and the resulting economic recession; the climate emergency; and extreme inequality. Unemployment is rising at the...
Biden’s attempt to take undeserved credit for the Paris Agreement only scratches the surface of his questionable decisions as vice president. On Super Tuesday, Joe Biden did relatively well with people who cited climate change as their...
