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(1 comments) SHARE Monday, July 20, 2020 Building On Victories For A Stronger Climate Justice Movement
While the climate justice movement has been winning important victories, stopping and slowing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, and putting the future of fossil fuels in doubt, the political system, long connected to the fossil fuel industry, is still fighting the urgently needed transition to clean sustainable energy.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, June 15, 2020 The Uprising Is Only Beginning: Building Power To Win Our Demands - PopularResistance.Org
The current uprising against police violence and racism is just beginning. It is rapidly shifting public consciousness on issues of policing, violence against Black people and others, and systemic racism. The movement is deepening and becoming broader as well as putting forward solutions and making demands.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 13, 2018 Act Now To Protect Our Right To Protest
The radical attack on our constitutional right to protest in Washington, DC needs to be stopped. The National Park Service (NPS) has published proposed rules that would curtail First Amendment rights to assemble, petition the government and exercise free speech in the nation's capital. Together, we can stop this proposal from going forward.
SHARE Tuesday, August 7, 2018 Answering "What Should I Do?" Is Easier When You Know The Roles Of Social Movements
Find your role and find your issue, then get involved either locally or at the state, national or international level. If you are already involved, then understanding how the roles contribute to the goals of the movement may make your work more effective. And whatever you do, know that you are part of a growing movement of movements that has the power to create transformational change.
SHARE Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Trump Era: "There Is Great Disorder Under The Sky, So The Situation Is Excellent!"
There are many things to dislike about President Trump, but he is shaking up the establishment and raising mishandled issues that would not otherwise be discussed. He is causing chaos and his policy prescriptions are rarely correct, but he is unintentionally creating opportunities for positive change, if people can rise to the occasion in an informed and strategic way.
(8 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Preparing For The Coming Transformation
The Trump administration has brought many issues that have existed for years out into the open where they are more difficult to deny -- racism, colonialism, imperialism, capitalism and patriarchy and the crises they create. More people are activated and greater connections between the fronts of struggle are creating a movement of movements. These are positive developments, bright spots in difficult times.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 3, 2017 Trump Follows Previous US Presidents Who Have Undermined Climate Action:
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement follows the path of previous presidents who have undermined international climate agreements. We disagree with Trump but it is important to understand his actions in the context of the history of the United States regarding previous climate agreements.
SHARE Sunday, May 21, 2017 United To Save The Internet
Ajit Pai, who now chairs the Federal Communications Commission, has taken the first official steps to destroy the free and open Internet by proposing the end of Title II net neutrality rules on May 18. This would be a giveaway to Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and other large Internet Service Providers that would allow them to control access to content on the Internet and charge users more fees.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, May 26, 2014 New Environmentalists Taking Bold Actions and It's Working
The Fight For Environmental Justice Broadens, Deepens & Becomes More Militant
No longer dominated by the traditional "Big Green" groups that were taking big donations from corporate polluters, the new environmental movement is broader, more assertive and more creative.