by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 24 June 2024 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/dynamics-of-the-polycrisis/ Listen to the audio version >> “Polycrisis” is a word that has recently come into use to characterize the way crises in many different spheres – ranging from geopolitics and economics to climate and pandemic – are… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 04 June 2024 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/the-whole-world-is-in-a-terrible-state-o-chassis/ Listen to the audio version >> This is the first of a series of Strike! Commentaries on the “Polycrisis and the Global Green New Deal.” The term “polycrisis” is increasingly being used to describe an era in… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 16 May 2024 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/the-strategy-of-the-green-new-deal-from-below/ Listen to the audio version >>   The Green New Deal from Below pursues strategic objectives that implement Green New Deal programs, expand the Green New Deal’s support, and shift the balance between pro- and anti-Green New… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 08 May 2024 on Common Dreams, accessible here: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/students-prevent-war-crimes Are students who protest war and genocide in Gaza criminals? International law says no. More than 2,000 protestors have been arrested in pro-Palestinian demonstrations since mid-April. They have been charged with “criminal trespass” and other crimes. University officials, police, and politicians… Read More »