by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 6 October 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/just-transition-for-auto-workers-the-answer-to-autos-race-to-the-bottom/ Listen to the audio version >>   The strike by the UAW against the Big Three auto companies has brought together autoworkers and climate advocates around the demand for a just transition to a climate-safe auto industry…. Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 20 September 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/the-green-new-deal-from-below-and-the-future-of-work/ Listen to the audio version >> While protecting the climate will require millions of jobs, there is no guarantee that those jobs will be good jobs. The local and state Green New Deals that have sprung up… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 28 August 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/the-green-new-deal-from-below-means-jobs/ Listen to the audio version >> Despite opposition to a national Green New Deal by rightwing politicians and the fossil fuel industry, many “Little Green New Deals” are under way at the local and state level –… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 26 August 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/free-boris-kagarlitsky/ Listen to the audio version >>   Russian scholar and activist Boris Kagarlitsky has been jailed for a blog post on the Russia-Ukraine war. His recent writings range from a Ukraine peace plan to climate movement strategy…. Read More »