Climate Change Marches

Suzanne Goldenberg and Lauren Gambino The Guardian
On a day of 2,700 simultaneous climate events from Melbourne to Manhattan, the US secretary of state, John Kerry, reinforced the calls from the streets for action by calling on world leaders to take the threat of climate change as seriously as Isis or Ebola.

US Police Get Antiterror Training in Israel on Privately Funded Trips

Ali Winston Center for Investigative Reporting
The law enforcement seminars in some ways resemble other privately funded trips to Israel, such as the birthright trips for Jewish young adults and programs for politicians, educators and other professionals. Stops on the law enforcement tours include not just the Western Wall, but also West Bank border checkpoints, military facilities and surveillance installations.

The Greening of the Labor Movement

Gregory N. Heires The New Crossroads
More and more unions and union members are making the link between climate change, worker's rights, and working class quality of life issues, as demonstrated yesterday in the People's Climate March.

Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets

Lisa W. Foderaro The New York Times
A Demonstration for the Planet in Manhattan With drums and tubas, banners and floats, the People’s Climate March represented a broad coalition of ages, races, geographic locales and interests, with union members, religious leaders, scientists, politicians and students joining the procession.