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 »
OCCUPY MAY DAY: NOT YOUR USUAL GENERAL STRIKE
March 26, 2012 Statement by the Labor Network For Sustainability On March 24, Occupy Wall Street held a Disrupt Dirty Power action to kick off a month of climate and environmental protests leading up to Earth Day; Labor Network for Sustainability’s Jeremy Brecher was the main speaker. (WSJ Marketwatch posted a video of… Read More »
OCCUPY CLIMATE CHANGE
March 15, 2012 Originally published by The Nation. Watch a video interview of Jeremy here: Occupy Climate Change Video Occupy Wall Street’s original Declaration of the City of New York, in September, listed a litany of issues, from foreclosures and bailouts to outsourcing and cruelty to animals, but it barely mentioned the environment… Read More »
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