There will inevitably be tensions, but the core interests of workers and the labor movement lie both in defeating Trump and in forestalling the devastating effects of climate change on themselves and their posterity.
Archive | Labor movement
Andreas Malm in conversation with trade union climate activists
VIDEO: Andreas Malm, author of Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming, speaks to the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group in London.
Ecosocialist resources, January 2016
On the Papal Encyclical; Peoples power in Venezuela; Marxism & Ecology; Alternatives to neoliberalism; Top 10 climate events; Trade unions and climate justice; New Mexico’s last wild river; Climate insurgency after Paris
Unions and the climate justice movement
An IWW supporter discusses how can radical activists and environmentalists work with conservative workers and unions.
Ecosocialist resources, July 2015
Ecosocialist Resources, published monthly (more or less) in Climate & Capitalism, links to articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to our mission
Peru: International labor solidarity aids fight against polluting, anti-union copper mine
What does it take to stop a transnational corporate giant in its tracks when it threatens workers, farmers and communities? The people of Arequipa, Peru have an answer.
Ecosocialist resources, May 2015
Ecosocialist Resources, published monthly in Climate & Capitalism, links to articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to our mission.
Trade unions organize for Paris climate talks
“Strong social forces with the ability to change the course of society do not suddenly erupt at the global level. They have to be built from below.”
ITUC calls global union climate summit
200 trade unionists from around the world will meet in Paris in September to plan action against climate change
Marxist trade union leader runs for UK Greens
RMT President: ‘Environmental devastation is a socialist issue. It always has been, though for most of the time most socialists tended to relegate it.’
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Refinery workers strike and class struggle environmentalism … Fossil fuel divestment … Kenyan government aims to dispossess Maasai … Small farmers versus big agriculture
Climate activists must stand with striking U.S. oilworkwers
Supporting the strike is a key part of the fight against fossil fuels. Our enemies are the oil corporations, not the oilworkers they exploit and endanger
Unions urge rapid and just transition to save climate
At COP20, the global labor federation calls for decisive climate action to keep warming below 2 degrees, promote equality and defend workers’ rights
Trade unionists must join the climate fight!
B.C. ecosocialists appeal for a cross-Canada labour climate caucus to campaign against climate catastrophe and growing threats to community safety
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One million climate jobs; Trade union strategy against climate change; Natural gas won’t curb carbon emissions; Turkish translation of Marxism & Ecology
Workers of the World, Divest! (Or lose everything!)
The movement to divest from fossil fuels is strong and growing. It’s time for the labor movement to join that process.
Reinvent transport for reduced emissions and more jobs
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions will throw millions of people out of work! That claim has made many working people reluctant to support action to slow climate change. But is it true?
How greens and labor can win … together
Green Bans, Red Union: How a militant union and green activists united to stop anti-environmental development in Australia
Why environmentalists must support workers’ struggles
Attempts to solve the environmental crisis without challenging capitalism will fail — and the only force that can defeat capitalism is the working class.
Naomi Klein: Climate change, unions, and a united left agenda
“This is a green labour revolution I’m talking about. An epic vision of healing our country from the ravages of the last 30 years of neoliberalism and healing the planet in the process.”