USA

A group of US environmental activists engaged in non-violent civil disobedience targeting the oil industry have been listed in internal Department of Homeland Security documents as “extremists” and some of its members listed alongside white nationalists and mass killers, documents obtained by the Guardian reveal.

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Capitalism

Climate Change

Protest - Revolt

USA

When the world changed faster than politics: a look back at climate change in the 2010s

05/01/20

Author:

Aaron Saad

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ricochet.media

Lorenzer Platz, Nuremberg WE ARE ON FIRE - ACT NOW! Global climate change strike - No Planet B - 09-20-2019

Dec. 29, 2019

But if a Green New Deal can be won, it would recast the past 10 years as something other than a lost decade

Perhaps the most unsettling fact about the effort to get the world on track to addressing climate change this decade is this: there was no point where we came even close.

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Bernie’s Green New Deal Stands Out, and Now Labor Must Step Up

03/01/20

Author:

Trade Unions for Energy Democracy

Link:

The Bullet

January 3, 2020

Bernie’s Green New Deal is the real deal. It is very different from the Green New Deal proposals of other leading Democratic presidential hopefuls.

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Climate Change

Ecosocialism

USA

Why Kansas City’s Free Transit Experiment Matters

02/01/20

Author:

Laura Bliss

Link:

CityLab

Come on and take a free ride. Orlin Wagner/AP

The Missouri city is the first major one in the U.S. to offer no-cost public transportation. Will a boost in subsidized mobility pay off with economic benefits?

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More than 2,000 Google cafeteria workers have unionized: report

02/01/20

Author:

Justine Coleman

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The Hill

12/31/19

Approximately 2,300 Google cafeteria workers who serve meals to employees in the San Francisco Bay area have unionized, claiming they are overworked and underpaid, Vox Recode reported Tuesday.

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Labour - Unions

Social

USA

21st Century Socialism

02/01/20

Author:

Steve Paikin

Link:

TVO

The Socialist Manifesto - Bhaskar Sunkara

TV Ontario Nov 25, 2019

Socialism for the 21st Century

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

Episode: 21st Century Socialism; Naomi Klein; Organ Donation

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Ecosocialism

Social

USA

Which Is Scarier, Climate Change or CLOs?

01/01/20

Author:

Elisa Martinuzzi

Link:

Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivers brief remarks surrounded by other student environmental advocates during a strike to demand action be taken on climate change outside the White House on September 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. The strike is part of Thunberg's six day visit to Washington ahead of the Global Climate Strike scheduled for September 20. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) , Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images North America

Bloomberg News October 19, 2019

By Elisa Martinuzzi, Bloomberg News

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A Green New Deal Can Win, Even Among Building Trades Unions

31/12/19

Author:

Ryan Pollock

Link:

Jacobin Magazine

Construction workers are seen as they work with steel rebar during the construction of a building on May 17, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle / Getty

12.30.2019

Editor: This article is about how to get building trade unions in California and Texas to back a resolution supporting a Green New Deal or similar policy package. Be sure to check out other articles linked within to read about what other strategies union organizers have pursued to this end. This will be of interest for how such tactics or strategies could be adapted in Canada.

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