by BrendanS | Jun 27, 2012 | Labor and Climage Action, post
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) The global trade union movement is bitterly disappointed at the Declaration of the Rio+20 Summit, a declaration that lacks the concrete measures necessary now to end senseless environmental destruction, drive investment...
by BrendanS | May 21, 2012 | Art and Activism, post
One of the alluring aspects the Occupy movement is the art it has generated. Days after OWS burst onto the scene, artists quickly set to work depicting the energy and message of the 99 percent movement. There are fine artists such as Molly Crabapple who composed...
by Ming | May 16, 2012 | Infographic, Jobs and Climate, post
LNS and 350.org teamed up to design this infographic exposing the false job creation claims of the fossil fuel industry. Join us in support of the “End Polluter Welfare Act” that would cut $113 billion in subsidies to the coal, oil and gas lobby over the...
by BrendanS | Apr 13, 2012 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, post
[by May Boeve and Brendan Smith; original published by Grist] How many lobbyists does it take to defend billions in subsidies for one of the most profitable industries in the world? 786. That’s the size of the army that oil and gas companies maintain in...
by Ming | Mar 26, 2012 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change, post
[On March 24, Occupy Wall Street held a Disrupt Dirty Power action to kick off a month of climate and environmental protests leading up to Earth Day; Labor Network for Sustainability’s Jeremy Brecher was the main speaker. (WSJ Marketwatch posted a video of the...
by Ming | Mar 15, 2012 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change, post
[by Jeremy Brecher; originally published by The Nation; watch a video interview of Jeremy here: Occupy Climate Change Video] Occupy Wall Street’s original Declaration of the City of New York, in September, listed a litany of issues, from foreclosures and...
