Climate Strikes
A People-Powered Green New Deal
Jeremy Brecher’s new book The Green New Deal from Below is hitting the media. Watch a Rutgers LEARN webinar about the book.
Essential Workers Hit by Climate Change
A new article by Loyola University professor Urooj Raja says that “essential workers” are “bearing the brunt of climate change.”
The Trump Onslaught: What We Must Prepare For
Donald Trump and his entourage are so confused, conflicted, and detached from reality that it is difficult to anticipate what they will actually attempt and how much they will be able to carry their intentions through. We know their intentions include eliminating all barriers to their power; scapegoating of stigmatized groups; redistribution of wealth and income upward; and a war on the world to impose US domination and environmental destruction. Their efforts to realize these objectives will result in enormous destruction. Those efforts are also likely to result in a substantial pushback that could either overcome the MAGA project or simply fade away in the face of repression and despair.
What Is Social Self-Defense?
Can a Trump tyranny be impeded, rolled back, and eliminated? Or are we on the road to a long-lasting autocracy as many in the MAGA movement intend? The answer hangs in the balance. This is the first of a series of Strike! Commentaries on social self-defense against the MAGA juggernaut.
LNS Spotlight: Martina Manicastri
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.
Building a Society Where the Work We Do Nourishes and Protects Our Planet and All Who Live on It
The Labor Network for Sustainability mourns the catastrophic loss of life and homes in California.
The Los Angeles Fires Are the New Face of Climate Change
According to a statement on the Los Angeles fires by the Labor Network for Sustainability, “The fires are not a natural disaster.”
Workers Rally to Protect California Communities
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 devastating wildfires on January 7th in Los Angeles.
Ways to Help Workers and Communities Affected by the LA Fires
Unions such as the Los Angeles Federation of Labor and the California Teachers Association are providing resources to impacted communities. We applaud UTLA’s leadership in the unified response from united unions in the LA Unified School District to protect children and their families during this ongoing tragedy.
Social Self-Defense for the New MAGA Era
The Labor Network for Sustainability issued a report January 1st titled Defending Society Against MAGA Tyranny: A Prospectus for Action. The report, authored by labor historian and LNS co-founder and senior strategic advisor Jeremy Brecher, says…