by Dalilah Shemia-Goeke, originally published 15 August 2022 on Waging NonViolence, accessible here: https://wagingnonviolence.org/rs/2022/08/how-global-nonviolent-insurgency-could-prevent-climate-destruction/ How a global nonviolent insurgency could prevent climate destruction Historian Jeremy Brecher’s new book shows how everyone can find a place and a role in the movement to address the climate crisis. Dalilah Shemia-Goeke August 15, 2022      People risk arrest at… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 30 August 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/the-inflation-reduction-act-and-the-labor-climate-movement/   Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act reveals the power that can arise when the movements for worker protection, climate protection, and justice protection join forces. The fossil fuel industry, the Republican Party, conservative fossil-fuel Democrats, and… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 19 July 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/transforming-transportation-from-below/   People are acting at the local and state level to create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas pollution, and equalize transportation by expanding and electrifying public transit, electrifying cars and trucks, and making it safe to walk and… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 2 June 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/unions-making-a-green-new-deal-from-below-part-2/ This second of two commentaries on “Unions Making a Green New Deal from Below” portrays what it looks like when unions in a town decide to create a local Green New Deal or when unions in a… Read More »