by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 01 October 2026 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/election-protection-vs-maga-tyranny/ Listen to the audio version >> The Democratic Party has been spectacularly ineffective in providing an opposition to Trump’s drive for authoritarian domination. Merely electing Democrats is no solution to the crisis of American democracy. But popular… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 15 September 2026 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/americas-future-fossil-fuel-island-in-a-greentech-world/   Listen to the audio version >>   What does the global Greentech revolution mean for the American people? It could open new vistas of a Greentech New Deal. But as long as the US opposes rather… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 28 August 2026 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/the-data-center-rebellion/ Listen to the audio version >> The threats presented by hyperscale data centers are galvanizing resistance in hundreds of communities around the country. How are those movements developing? What is their significance? And how might they help… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 12 August 2026 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/will-data-centers-derail-the-greentech-revolution/ Listen to the audio version >>The startling growth of hyperscale data centers for processing artificial intelligence threatens to exacerbate the climate crisis, the jobs crisis, and the affordability crisis. This commentary presents an overview of the data center… Read More »