by BrendanS | Jun 10, 2014 | Articles, Just Transition
[By Brendan Smith, Jeremy Brecher and Kristen Sheeran] The stunning success of the fossil fuel divestment movement has caught many of us off-guard. Almost daily, new universities and foundations are committing to redirecting their endowments from companies that are...
by BrendanS | Apr 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
[By Jeremy Brecher] Forty years ago I published a study of peak periods of American labor conflict – what I dubbed periods of “mass strike” — called Strike! As I have updated the book for the fortieth anniversary edition, I have had the...
by BrendanS | Apr 22, 2014 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Politics of Climate Change
[by Jeremy Brecher, original posted at the Nation.com] In an era in which our political system is dominated by plutocracy, grassroots social movements are essential for progressive change. But too often our movements find themselves at loggerheads over the seemingly...
by BrendanS | Feb 26, 2014 | Local Organizing, Reports
A study released today by the Labor Network for Sustainability, a member of the Maryland Climate Coalition, finds that Maryland workers are already facing serious consequences from climate change and will face worse consequences if greenhouse gases are not sharply and...
by BrendanS | Feb 5, 2014 | Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Politics of Climate Change, Uncategorized
[by Brendan Smith, May Boeve and and Kristen Sheeran] In the coming months, President Obama will decide whether to approve the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport crude tar-sands oil from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. We know that the pipeline...