by Ming | Feb 27, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
Humankind is facing a climate emergency. Bold and immediate solutions are required to avert the worst impacts of climate change. We are also facing unprecedented levels of income and wealth inequality—often along the lines of race and gender—which threaten the very...
by Ming | Feb 27, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
Video: Created by Detroit Democratic Socialists of America. Watch video here » Detroit Democratic Socialists of America write: General Motors’ announced plant closings emphasize the urgency for a Green New Deal. We don’t need any more abandoned factories...
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 »