September 11, 2011 by Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher The Keystone XL pipeline, recently approved by the US State Department and awaiting President Obama’s declaration that it is in the “national interest,” will carry oil that is too dirty for the US government to buy — under legislation signed by George W. Bush!… Read More »
LABOR, SUSTAINABILITY AND JUSTICE: A REVIEW ESSAY ON EXITING FROM THE CRISIS: A MODEL FOR MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
August 17, 2011 Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction More than a Great Recession: The short death and rapid resurrection of neoliberal globalization Growth for what? Growth for whom? Growth and justice Economic crisis: The green exit strategy Fair globalization Definancialization Challenging corporate unsustainability Realizing a labor model of equitable and sustainable… Read More »
PIPELINE TO CLIMATE DISASTER: THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AND LABOR
June 29, 2011 by Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher More than two million American construction workers — nearly one in five — are currently unemployed. Factories that produce building materials are operating at only half their capacity. So when a private company proposes a project that it claims will spur the creation of 118,000 new… Read More »
ARE PROGRESSIVES IN DENIAL ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
June 16, 2011 by Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher If you listen to right wing commentators, you might think American progressives are leading the charge to protect our planet from climate change. Would that it were so! All around the country, progressives are fighting to make our world a better place to live…. Read More »
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