by BrendanS | Aug 15, 2013 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change
[by Jeremy Brecher; cross-posted with Waging Nonviolence] Two years ago I was among more than a thousand people who committed civil disobedience at the White House to oppose the building of the Keystone XL pipeline. Since then many more have been arrested around the...
by BrendanS | Jul 23, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, Uncategorized
If you saw some scary headlines about global warming recently, there is a good chance they came from a preliminary draft of the US government’s third National Climate Assessment. The NCA is as close as there is to a definitive summary of what scientists tell us...
by BrendanS | Jun 14, 2013 | Just Transition, Uncategorized
[Editor’s Note: Indigenous peoples, communities of color, and working-class white communities are among the hardest hit by the floods, heat waves, storms, droughts, and other results of climate change. At the same time they experience disproportionate rates of...
by BrendanS | May 23, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, post
[By Joe Uehlein and Jeremy Brecher] In 1940, as Nazi armies marched across Europe, United Automobile Workers Union (UAW) president Walter Reuther made a stunning proposal: Retool the Depression-ravaged auto industry to build 500 planes a year for national defense....
by BrendanS | May 13, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, Uncategorized
[By Jeremy Brecher, Labor Network for Sustainability] American workers need jobs. They also need protection from chemicals and pollutants that threaten their lives, health, environment, climate, and future. Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama’s nominee to...
