by Ming | Feb 27, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
Photo by Senate Democrats: Green New Deal Press Conference, Feb. 2, 2019. Used with permission through Creative Commons. Jeremy Brecher of LNS writes: Along with its broad provisions for protecting the climate and eliminating poverty and injustice, the...
by Ming | Feb 27, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
Back in 2016, representatives of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO), the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA), Verde (a community-based environmental organization), the Coalition of Communities of Color, the NAACP, and 350PDX (the local...
by Ming | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
Photo: Sunrise Movement It was an iconic moment: Young people occupy Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office demanding a Green New Deal to put millions of people to work making a climate-safe economy—when suddenly newly-elected Congressional representative and overnight media star...
by Ming | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal, Video
Sunrise Movement founders Varshini Prakash and William Lawrence speak and answer questions at a special LNS videoconference on labor and the Green New Deal. View it here »
by Ming | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
by Jeremy Brecher and Joe Uehlein In “Twelve Reasons Labor Should Demand a Green New Deal,” LNS’s Jeremy Brecher and Joe Uehlein argue that labor unions should take this opportunity to embrace the proposal—and fight to make sure it’s a strong vehicle for advancing...
by Ming | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
by Lauren Burke Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s draft proposal for a Green New Deal contains bold provisions for achieving 100 percent renewable energy, a federal jobs guarantee, a commitment to mitigate racial, regional, and gender-based wealth and income inequalities,...
