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Why the Climate Movement Must Stand with Ferguson

Deirdre Smith, Strategic Partnership Coordinator 350.org
It was not hard for me to make the connection between the tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri, and the catalyst for my work to stop the climate crisis. To me, the connection between militarized state violence, racism, and climate change was common-sense and intuitive. We're all impacted by climate change, but we're not all impacted equally. It isn't incidental, it's institutional, and it's rooted in history.

Raising Wages: It's Overdue!

Harold Meyerson American Prospect
Boosting workers' power within the corporate framework requires more than expanding profit sharing or altering the company's charter. It requires altering the corporate structure.

In Memory of Dr. King: Stand Up for those Without Work

Carl Bloice, Black Commentator Editorial Board The Black Commentator
On the line are the lives of decent hardworking Americans, trying to cross over into the dignity of work but still caught in the barbwire of an historic global recession. The jobless rate for young African Americans (16-19 years old) was 35.5 percent in December.

Honor King by Setting Living Wage

William P. Jones and Peter Rickman Postcrescent.com
As our nation celebrates King’s life, we would do well by his legacy to embrace his powerful vision of economic justice.

Bridging the Chasm between Environmental and Economic Justice

Bill Fletcher and Bill Gallegos with Anne Lewis ZNet
The environmental justice community needs to make a very intentional effort to link the economic and ecological crisis, to reveal the root causes of those crises, and to stimulate a conversation about is there a better way, is there a better way that we can live in this country.

Socialism and Sports

Lee Levin Democratic Socialists of America
Too often feminists and leftists dismiss the importance of sports in society and only focus on the machismo culture encouraged by professional/college athletics. Although that culture is real to an alarming extent, I dare say it is also an elitist attitude that is not conducive to mass organizing and needs to be re-considered.

What Happened to Jobs And Justice?

William P. Jones New York Times
The message of the march still resonated in 1965, when Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, Medicare and Medicaid, key features of President Lyndon B. Johnson's proposal to bring "an end to poverty and racial injustice." The march was so successful that we often forget that it occurred in a political environment not so different from our own. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the march, however, its central achievements are more imperiled than ever.
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