by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 2 June 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/unions-making-a-green-new-deal-from-below-part-2/ This second of two commentaries on “Unions Making a Green New Deal from Below” portrays what it looks like when unions in a town decide to create a local Green New Deal or when unions in a… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 20 May 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/unions-making-a-green-new-deal-from-below-part-1/ While Washington struggles over job and climate programs, unions around the country are making their own climate-protecting, justice-promoting jobs programs. While unions have been divided on the Green New Deal as a national policy platform, many national… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 23 March 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/fossil-fuel-phaseout-from-below/   Protecting the climate requires rapidly reducing the extraction of fossil fuels. That’s a crucial part of the Green New Deal. While the federal government has done little so far to reduce fossil fuel production, people and… Read More »

by Delilah Shemia-Goeke, originally published in the Journal of Resistance, 1(8) 2022, pages 124-127 Click here to download