October 22, 2014 We all know that people need law – that if we all drove on whatever side of the road we wanted or harmed others with impunity whenever we got angry life would be nasty, brutish, and short. But we also know there are times when the law is unjust and wrong…. Read More »
CLIMATE DESTRUCTION IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
October 3, 2014 As the leaders of more than a hundred of the world’s governments addressed the U.N. Climate Summit last week, people’s organizations from around the world convened a Climate Justice Tribunal across from the United Nations to indict political leaders and corporate polluters for their failure to protect our health, communities and… Read More »
IF NOT NOW, WHEN? A LABOR MOVEMENT PLAN TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
July 24, 2014 We are on a climate change path that, unless radically altered, will lead to an unsustainable global warming of seven degrees Fahrenheit or greater. We also face the most serious employment crisis since the Great Depression, with wages that have stagnated for four decades and economic inequality now at levels not seen… Read More »
A SECOND ECOLOGICAL REVOLUTION?
August 26, 2013 The summer of 1988 was long and hot. One scorching day I casually said to a deliveryman, “Awfully hot.” He responded, “I talk with old-timers who can’t remember anything like it in 60, 70 years.” He continued, “It’s probably this ‘greenhouse effect.’ If you ask me, it’s a warning. All the… Read More »
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