by BrendanS | Jul 1, 2012 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change, post, Uncategorized
[by Jeremy Brecher] A quarter-century ago, when “Save the Whales!” was a popular slogan, a New Yorker cartoon showed one whale asking another, “But can they save themselves?” In the early 21st century, experts and ordinary people alike are...
by Ming | Mar 26, 2012 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change, post
[On March 24, Occupy Wall Street held a Disrupt Dirty Power action to kick off a month of climate and environmental protests leading up to Earth Day; Labor Network for Sustainability’s Jeremy Brecher was the main speaker. (WSJ Marketwatch posted a video of the...
by Ming | Mar 15, 2012 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change, post
[by Jeremy Brecher; originally published by The Nation; watch a video interview of Jeremy here: Occupy Climate Change Video] Occupy Wall Street’s original Declaration of the City of New York, in September, listed a litany of issues, from foreclosures and...
by Ming | Mar 6, 2012 | Politics of Climate Change, post
Occupy Wall Street is planning a month of action starting March 24 and leading up to Earth Day April 22. Globally coordinated actions by Occupy groups and ally organizations will “connect the dots between the 1% and the destruction of the planet.” This is...
by Ming | Feb 13, 2012 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change, post
The fight against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has reached another crucial turning point. Big Oil has teamed up with Republicans in Congress to push a bill that would strip away decision making authority from the President and allow the Senate to resurrect the...
by Ming | Jan 26, 2012 | Politics of Climate Change, post
[Time Magazine declared the Person of the Year for 2011 to be “The Protester.” The piece below reminds us of why. It’s a sort of romp through one swath of the protests of 2011. It emphasizes the unexpected emergence of grassroots uprisings, the...
