by Jeremy Brecher and Joe Uehlein Originally published on InTheseTimes.com on March 2, 2017 While Trump’s actions will be devastating for organized labor, they may also have a silver lining. The Trump era is seeing the emergence of what has been called “social self-defense,” a massive self-organization of millions of Americans to resist Trump’s agenda…. Read More »
Book Review for Climate Insurgency: Is Global Constitutional Insurgency the Key to Transforming the World Order and Saving the Climate?
Book Review Is Global Constitutional Insurgency the Key to Transforming the World Order and Saving the Climate? NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 0(0) 1–7 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1048291117693391 journals.sagepub.com/home/new Jeremy Brecher. (2015). Climate insurgency: A strategy for survival. Cornwall, CT: Stone Soup Books. 170 pp. FREE (electronic)…. Read More »
How Labor and Climate United Can Trump Trump
By Jeremy Brecher Published on Labor Network for Sustainability (www.labor4sustainability.org) in January 2017. Donald Trump and his congressional Republican allies have taken control of the U.S. government. The result threatens to be devastating for both labor and the climate — not to mention immigrants, African Americans, Muslims, women, children, the elderly, the disabled, LGBTQ… Read More »
SOCIAL SELF-DEFENSE: Protecting People and Planet against Trump and Trumpism
By Jeremy Brecher Published on Labor Network for Sustainability (www.labor4sustainability.org) and on Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org) in January 2017. Introduction: These are times to try our souls Donald Trump and a powerful collection of anti-social forces have taken control of the U.S. government. They seek permanent domination in service of their individual and… Read More »