by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 01 August 2025 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/how-a-movement-based-opposition-defeated-the-first-trump-coup/ Listen to the audio version >>   A little-known alliance of social movements played a key role in blocking Trump’s attempted 2020 coup. As a movement-based opposition to Trump and MAGA emerges today, it can provide inspiration… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 15 July 2025 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/movement-based-opposition-a-successful-american-example/ Listen to the audio version >> Can an alliance of social movements defeat racist legislation and authoritarian takeover? What happened a decade ago in North Carolina provides inspiration for what we need to do in the US… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 04 July 2025 by Z Network, accessible here: https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-to-make-the-fossil-fuel-powers-stranded-assets/ Synopsis In a few short years, China has become the world’s dominant producer of “Greentech” technology that reduces or repairs harm to the environment. Chinese technology and industrial infrastructure are cheaper and better in nearly every sector of Greentech. Chinese solar,… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 01 July 2025 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/social-self-defense-from-protest-to-contest/ Listen to the audio version >> With its aggressive use of the military at home and abroad, the Trump administration appears to be on the offensive. But its aggressions are less an expression of growing power than… Read More »