by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 15 January 2024 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/what-workers-want-is-a-function-of-what-they-think-they-can-get/ Podcast on Jacobin Radio >> The rise of industrial unionism in the 1930s shows that workers can join together across divisions of race, gender, ethnicity, occupation, and industry — and reveals the power they can acquire when they do…. Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 03 January 2024 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/how-green-new-deal-from-below-programs-integrate-climate-jobs-and-justice/ Listen to the audio version >> The appeal of the Green New Deal lies in its drawing together the varied needs of diverse constituencies into a common program that realizes them all. Here’s how that works at… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 05 December 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/cop28-should-be-the-most-important-meeting-in-the-history-of-the-world/ British journalist DAVID HILL interviewed Jeremy Brecher in the lead-up to COP28 about why international climate negotiations fail and how a “global nonviolent constitutional insurgency” could be a climate game-changer. DH: Last year when we were in touch you said… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 30 November 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/the-green-new-deal-and-the-politics-of-the-possible/ Listen to the audio version >> The previous Commentaries in this series have examined many aspects of the Green New Deal that is emerging from below. This Commentary tells how the Green New Deal at the local… Read More »