We are seeing today what appear to be the beginnings of an ecological revolution, a new historical moment unlike any humanity has experienced.1 As Naomi Klein suggests in her new book On Fire, not only is the planet burning, but a revolutionary...
“This is what arts and resistance looks like in San Francisco!” declared one of the many groups involved in the collective action. “Shutting down 2 blocks of SF’s financial district to disrupt climate profiteers!” “Yesterday...
Land and Water Defender Beginnings In 2011, as a 20 year old activist new to the environmental movement I joined up with other like-minded people for a retreat in rural Wisconsin to plan and strategize our next steps. As a Black woman, it was...
Appalachia’s main industry is dying and some workers are looking to a new economic promise after Trump’s proves empty Set in a wooded valley between the Tug Fork river and the Mate creek, Matewan, West Virginia was the site of the 1920...
“Not everyone is coming to the future, Not everyone is learning from the past.” Madonna & Quavo What’s Been Happening I hope environmental groups can support each other’s efforts to address climate change. Sometimes...
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 much discussion about paths to utopia. Central to...
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 (GND). I am a blue-collar worker – a...
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 by The Call, an online publication of the...
We can’t heal the climate if the US war machine keeps raining destruction, absorbing resources, and gobbling up fossil fuels all around the world. Here’s how to stop it.
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 future. Cutting through the Trump administration’s...
