While the Obama report provides overwhelming evidence of accelerating climate crisis in the USA in all regions of the country, both Jill and Jack explain it falls way short of proposals to address the growing environmental crisis…
This video marked the launch of the Convergence with the Earth Day to May Day actions of last spring. We are now mobilizing in the same spirit for the NYC Climate Convergence, Sept. 19-21. Enjoy this original call to action, and stay tuned for a new video later this month.
The Global Strike for Fast Food Workers is happening across the country and around the world today (Thursday). The protest is a call for higher pay and worker rights for the estimated four million employees in the fast food industry. One of the events is in Eugene.
There is so much momentum for People, Planet and Peace over Profit! The 10 days of action helped invigorate those who have been educating, agitating and celebrating in support of economic, climate and food democracy. The action also helped grow the movement of people aware of the problems and ready to become a part of the solution as big as the crisis we face by coming together with other groups and demanding change now!
Those who did not participate in the Global Climate Convergence events of the past two weeks may not realize how unique and important this was for our community, but not only was Taos one of only 40 cities in the U.S. and internationally to observe the Global Climate Convergence, but was by far the smallest city to do so.
Former Green Cabinet presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein discusses the Global Climate Convergence’s efforts to address environmental problems through a “Green New Deal” that would transition the U.S. away from a fossil-fuel and profit-driven economy.
…Earth Day on April 22 was the occasion for demonstrations around the country against Keystone and other issues of ecological justice, including the Cowboy Indian Alliance days of action centered on the National Mall in Obama’s front yard. As this article was being written, meanwhile, the national Global Climate Convergence–10 days of action between Earth Day and May Day to highlight not only the many threats to the environment, but their connection to other social justice issues–was coming to an end.
When the Global Climate Convergence announced the Earth Day to May Day series of events and actions, it revealed a gap between daily reality and Hallmark posturing. More than 100 actions—such as the occupation of the DEQ in Portland, Oregon, by Rising Tide—have taken place in dozens of cities as part of the Climate Convergence.
In Chicago, a “tour de frackers” visited offices of politicians and organizations responsible for bringing the fracking crisis to Illinois. A notice of violation against people and our environment was issued to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, which spent over $20,000 to mislead voters about a fracking ballot referendum in rural Johnson county.
May Day Rally and March in New York city. Global Climate Convergence, System Change Not Climate Change, and Fifteen Now marching and chanting together.