Weaponizing the Numbers: The Hidden Agenda behind the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
Among progressives concerned about climate change, few issues provoke as much anger as the knowledge that governments continue to subsidize
Read moreAmong progressives concerned about climate change, few issues provoke as much anger as the knowledge that governments continue to subsidize
Read moreWhen young activists from the Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats occupied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in late 2018 to
Read moreOn September 12, 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected the leader of the Labour Party in Britain. Supported by several key
Read moreBy Sean Sweeney Sean Sweeney, from New Labor Forum and Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED), speaking at the 2017
Read moreDonald Trump’s inauguration on January 20th 2017 saw unions and activist groups from numerous social movements take to the streets and declare an all-out war of resistance to both his presidency and his agenda.
As is now clear, some union officials have not only dodged the draft but have actually joined the
In the months leading to the December 2015 Paris Climate Conference, representatives of global institutional investors and multinational corporations made
Read moreContested Futures: Labor After Keystone XL by Sean Sweeney The extraordinary story of the political battle over the Keystone XL
Read moreCorbyn’s Class Act is a Climate Game Changer On September 12, 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected the leader of the
Read moreSean Sweeney was in Paris during COP21 where Unions are fighting for a reference in the final agreement to “a just
Read moreFor the last 20 years, unions in the U.S. and internationally have generally accepted the dominant discourse on climate policy, one that is grounded in assumptions that private markets will lead the “green transition,” reduce emissions, and stabilize the climate over the longer term. Indeed, unions began attending the climate negotiations convened by the UN in the early 1990s, a time when the “triumph of the market” went unchallenged and the climate debate was awash with neoliberal ideas. Unions therefore focused on articulating the need for “Just Transition” policies.
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