Tag: Green New Deal
The green new deal must be global
June 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history. July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded...
Lifeboat Earth
At its best, the earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common...
Only a mass movement can bring about a Green New Deal
Ours is an age of crisis. Britain faces a crisis of inequality, with the Tories’ brutal austerity program leaving schoolchildren eating from bins and...
Unfair food pricing is killing family farms and regenerative farming
In February, a dairy farmer friend sent me a note confiding that a few farmers she knows are living on cereal until...
The year of the Green New Deal
Offering hope for a better future over the rage in vogue on the right, motivating young people to vote and getting more citizens to organize in their communities is how we will win.
Big oil pushes corporate-friendly carbon tax in attempt to stem Green...
Backed by top global corporate powerhouses, the plan is driven by an industry-friendly logic firmly within the bounds of the neoliberal imagination.
Noam Chomsky: The Green New Deal is exactly the right idea
"The basic idea is, I think, completely defensible – in fact, essential."
Money, media and the climate crisis
Most voters are in favor of greater economic equality, and a safe long-term future for their grandchildren. We owe it to future generations to act now!
Announcing Bernie or Bust 2.0: Electoral warriors for the Green New...
We need a populist GND – championed by a principled populist like Sanders – to sweep today’s criminally insane Republicans (whom Biden likes so much) into the dustbin of history.
Why now is the time to connect the pipeline fights
By moving to a network of local campaigns, it’s possible to support both the Green New Deal and keep carbon in the ground.
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Republicans can’t see the forest for the trees. Trump blocks their vision of the...
Yes, sometimes you can’t see the forest because of the trees. Republicans are so afraid of Trump that they have him on their minds all the time. Let’s call Trump the Trees.
Trump sends more troops to Los Angeles than to Iraq and Syria, escalating crackdown...
As thousands of troops descend on Los Angeles to suppress demonstrations against ICE raids, critics warn the unprecedented deployment signals a shift toward authoritarian rule and militarized governance.
Khanna unveils $12 trillion progressive plan to cut deficit and invest in working families
As Republicans push tax cuts for the wealthy, Rep. Ro Khanna releases a sweeping economic blueprint that targets Pentagon waste, corporate fraud, and billionaire loopholes to fund national priorities.
Planetary boundary crossed: Ocean acidification now threatens global ecosystems and coastal economies
Scientists warn that ocean acidification passed a critical tipping point years ago, threatening marine biodiversity and putting billions in economic value at risk as world leaders gather for emergency talks in France.
Trump and Republicans want taxpayers to fund their pet project: Private schools
A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to the rich at the expense of the rest of us.