Green New Deal | Portside

December 10, 2020

Tidbits - Dec. 10, 2020 - Reader Comments: Biden First 100 Days; COVID Stimulus; Unions and Green New Deal; Social Security; Wear a Mask; Antisemitism; Jeremy Corbyn Affair; Refusing to Serve in Israeli Army; Intifada 33rd anniversary; lots of resources;

Portside

Reader Comments: Biden First 100 Days; What Kind of COVID Stimulus; Unions and Green New Deal; Who Gets Social Security; Wear a Mask; Antisemitism; Jeremy Corbyn Affair; Refusing to Serve in Israeli Army; Intifada 33rd anniversary; lots of resources;

labor

December 9, 2020

New York’s Building Trades Unions Are Showing the Way Forward on Green Jobs

Paul Prescod Jacobin

New York’s recently announced massive investment in offshore wind, high-speed rail, and more, backed by both labor and environmental groups, shows how it can be done.

November 26, 2020

Tidbits - Nov. 26, 2020 - Reader Comments: Biden Administration; Georgia Runoffs; Election Analysis; COVID Vaccine; Immigrant Teen Nightshift Workers; Call to Jewish Organizations; Rethinking “Thanksgiving” Toolkit; Resources, Announcements; more...

Portside

Reader Comments: Biden Administration; Georgia Runoffs; Election Analysis; COVID; Vaccine; Immigrant Teen Nightshift Workers; A Call to Jewish Organizations; Rethinking “Thanksgiving” Toolkit; Lots of Resources and Announcements; more....

November 25, 2020

Global Left Midweek - November 25, 2020

Portside

A week of furious street battles, and rethinking feminism, decolonialism and indigenous rights

November 23, 2020

Far Right Militias Are Recruiting Vets: We Must Organize Against This Trend

Rory Fanning Truthout

The war machine conditions vets to embrace white supremacy. In order for soldiers to kill, racist indoctrination needs to be part of the training.

November 12, 2020

Green New Deal Champion Chloe Maxmin Unseats Powerful GOP Incumbent in Rural Maine

Julia Conley Common Dreams

The victory of Democratic state Rep. Chloe Maxmin, a progressive champion who ran on the promise of a Green New Deal and offering a "politics as public service" in a strong GOP district, tells a different story than the re-election of Susan Collins.

labor

September 29, 2020

Why Unions Are the Key to Passing a Green New Deal

Dharna Noor Gizmodo

A key way to build broader support for the Green New Deal among organized labor is to help workers change who head the Laborers, Mine Workers and Electrical Workers unions, which oppose the Green New Deal.

labor

September 6, 2020

Unions Fracture Over Climate

Debra Kahn, Samantha Maldonado and Catherine Boudreau Politico

This week, we explore the tug of war between protecting union jobs and the transition to a cleaner economy.

labor

August 24, 2020

No Left without the Labor Left

Jonah Furman Organizing Upgrade

Sanders supporters couldn't win without the unions. To get a stronger left candidate in the future, or build a real mass base if Biden (or Trump) wins, we need the unions. But they are stuck in their old ways. We need a new strategy.

labor

August 23, 2020

The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What's Stopping the AFL-CIO?

Mindy Isser In These Times

With 80,000 members today, UMWA is more of a retirees’ organization than a fighting union — at roughly 1.6 million members, the AFT is one of the largest unions in the country. The former opposes the Green New Deal, the latter supports.

Subscribe to Green New Deal