The Fad Is Dead: Why “Just Energy Transition Partnerships” Are Failing
Volume 33, Issue 2, Spring 2024 In the complicated world of “climate finance,” the Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) have
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A Bridge to Somewhere? Progressive Democrats’ “Climate Ambition” Must Confront Energy Realities
Volume 27, Issue 1, Winter 2018 When a group of hurricanes got together in the late summer 2017, a crazy
Read MoreThe Energy Revolution Will Not Be Subsidized
If asked the question, “Do you think governments should support renewable energy with subsidies?” most progressive trade unionists would probably
Read MoreGlobal South Unions Search for a “Public Pathway” Approach to Energy Transition
Several decades ago, unions in the Global South were on the cutting edge of societal struggles for democracy, new forms
Read MoreIreland’s Energy System: The Historical Case for Hope in Climate Action
For thirty years, governments have been promising climate action. They seem incapable of undertaking the necessary major shifts in their
Read MoreMexico’s Wall of Resistance: Why AMLO’s Fight for Energy Sovereignty Needs Our Support
It has been more than two years since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as “AMLO”) began his six-year term as
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Public Health, Private Equity, and the Pandemic
UPMC Susquehanna closed the former Sunbury Community Hospital on January 31, 2020–about six weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic reached the
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Resisting “Big Other”: What Will It Take to Defeat Surveillance Capitalism?
“Electrical information devices for universal, tyrannical womb-to-tomb surveillance are causing a very serious dilemma between our claim to privacy and
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Napoleons in Pinstripes: The Rise of the Business Mogul as Politician
The authoritarian threat when titans of business invade the political arena.
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Why Teachers Unions Make Such Useful Scapegoats
Photo credit: Huck/ Konopacki Labor Cartoons In the last several election cycles, it has become de rigueur for right-wing candidates
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