The Sunrise Movement deserves enormous credit for putting the Green New Deal on the national political agenda. But the organization seems to have hit a wall as of late. It may be time for Sunrise to pursue a new direction in its tactics.

Degrowth carries within it an unmistakable message (stop growing) that gets to the heart of our civilizational problem.

How pursuing unfettered GDP growth makes it impossible to achieve the objectives of the Green New Deal.

As the US confronts the twin crises of climate and the coronavirus, each disproportionately harming Black and brown Americans, it’s time for a reckoning

Now is the time to envision, plan, organize, and remake the entire mobility system on a new, just basis.

In the US, the climate Left tied themselves to Biden to defeat Trump and fight another day. Now, the time to fight has come.

Biden can and should use executive action to reduce emissions. But we also need policies that can help build a popular base for climate action, connected to material improvements in people’s lives.

Importing millions of tonnes of crops and meat each year undercuts farming standards in the European Union and destroys tropical forests.

We absolutely need a Green New Deal, to mobilize a rapid rollout of renewable energy and put an end to fossil fuels.

The success of the Green New Deal hinges on building widespread support through local-level projects and organising that show that real change is possible.

The pandemic is a tragedy for many people, whose pain we share. But the pause imposed on global capitalism due to COVID-19 also represents a major opportunity to bring about change: to build our future based on caring for life.

A panel the political economy of energy and green investment in Latin America, featuring Camila Gramkow (ECLAC-Brazil), Tom Perreault (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affaifrs, Syracuse Univ.) and Ruth Santiago (Attorney, Comite Dialogo Ambiental), moderated by Daniel Aldana Cohen (University of Pennsylvania) And The Riofrancos (Providence College). Sponsored by Latin American and Latinx Studies, Sociology, and (SC)2 at the University of Pennsylvania. October 8, 2020. Event details: https://lals.sas.upenn.edu/events/green-new-deal-americas-camila-gramkow-eclac-brazil-tom-perreault-...

It is time to take a lesson from the early pioneers of the just transition and recognize the power that organized labor can wield to fight for environmental, economic and social justice.

The most popular poster for the Green New Deal reveals startling assumptions. Looking at it as a whole, ignoring the details for now, the poster exhibits a sense of movement. The train is the focal point and duplicates similar depiction of trains, for example, in vintage French posters. These huge machines, emblematic of the Modern More

Canadian Dimension spoke with Max Ajl, an associated researcher at the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment, about his critiques of the Green New Deal, its relationship to capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism, and examples of struggles fighting for climate justice, food sovereignty, and self-determination.

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As the COVID-19 crisis has further highlighted, local, accessible public services are essential for quality of life, from parks to community spaces to public transport.

Can the planet withstand another carbon bomb disguised as an infrastructure package? Billy Fleming reviews "A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal."...

Welcome to "Reclaiming the World After Covid-19," the inaugural collection of the Blueprint.

Now that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Senator Markey have introduced their nonbinding Green New Deal resolution, the right-wing snowflakes are melting down while respectable centrists are calling the idea “crazy”. On one side, global political and economic elites are doing almost nothing to stop climate change from running out of control, and on the other More

The Green New Deal is a wager that more democracy, rather than less, is the way to tackle climate change.

We need to lower emissions in a way that also builds a fair economy, says author and activist Naomi Klein.

The two scholars, writers, and activists review their new book, survey the (literal) battlefield for a Green New Deal, and denounce the idea of scholarship as a substitute for politics.

The left’s increasingly ambitious environmental agenda is rethinking the mechanics of the international economy.

The Green New Deal will not work unless it dismantles neocolonial structures exploiting nature and people.

Few Green New Deal proposals include explicit attention to rural people and places. But a bold vision for rural America can challenge the ascendance of right-wing populism.

Here’s what the government should demand when the economy tumbles and Wall Street comes begging.