November 20, 2012 In the most recent post in our series on Labor and Global Warming, we looked at the United Steelworkers’ extraordinary stand against global warming. In this post we examine the alliance developed between the Steelworkers and the Sierra Club. The United Steelworkers, the largest private sector manufacturing union in North America,… Read More »
CALL FOR LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO JOIN OCCUPY WALL STREET FOR ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONVERGENCE
August 24, 2012 Statement by the Labor Network For Sustainability On the occasion of its one-year anniversary, Occupy Wall Street has invited all members of the 99% to New York City for three days of education, celebration, and direct action from September 15-17. [Read the OWS S17 Call to Action. View the OWS S17… Read More »
OCCUPY AND THE 99% OPPOSITION
July 26, 2012 Originally published at Nation.com Something is happening, but we don’t know yet what it is. The first half of 2012 saw a wave of people-powered actions protesting foreclosures, evictions, racial profiling, student debt, union busting, climate change, war and other problems of the 99 percent. They were conducted by local… Read More »
AFTER THE FAILURE OF RIO+20: A HUMAN PRESERVATION MOVEMENT?
July 1, 2012 A quarter-century ago, when “Save the Whales!” was a popular slogan, a New Yorker cartoon showed one whale asking another, “But can they save themselves?” In the early 21st century, experts and ordinary people alike are asking each other how we humans can save ourselves from the threats we have created…. Read More »
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