by Ming | Feb 28, 2025 | Articles
Jeremy Brecher’s new book The Green New Deal from Below is hitting the media. Watch a Rutgers LEARN webinar about the book. To purchase the book, order from https://www.press.uillinois.edu Use Promo Code F24UIP to receive a 30% discount. And listen to Jeremy Brecher’s...
by Jeremy Brecher | Feb 28, 2025 | Articles
A new article by Loyola University professor Urooj Raja says that “essential workers” are “bearing the brunt of climate change.” Nearly 40% of the workforce are “essential workers,” defined as those who perform vital job functions. According to Raja, their work often...
by Jeremy Brecher | Jan 31, 2025 | Articles
Each issue of Making a Living on a Living Planet we feature a member of the LNS network. This time it’s LNS’ new Young Worker Organizer Martina Manicastri. Martina writes: I am excited to be joining the LNS team as a Young Worker Organizer and I am dedicated to...
by Jeremy Brecher | Jan 31, 2025 | Articles
Excerpts from an LNS Statement on the fires in Los Angeles: The Labor Network for Sustainability mourns the catastrophic loss of life and homes in California. The science is clear: Fossil fuels have driven the climate crisis and are fueling these fires. The greenhouse...
by Jeremy Brecher | Jan 31, 2025 | Articles
According to a statement on the Los Angeles fires by the Labor Network for Sustainability, “The fires are not a natural disaster.” Wildfires are highly unusual in Southern California in January, which is supposed to be the rainy season. Melting Arctic ice creates...
by Jeremy Brecher | Jan 31, 2025 | Articles
By LNS California Organizer Veronica Wilson Mass mutual aid operations, demands for disaster preparedness, and calls for climate readiness are just a few examples of the working class responding to the climate catastrophe brought by the extreme Santa Ana windstorm and...
