Make Them Do It
As climate disaster looms, the Democrats are dodging the issue. Only a mass movement demanding action can force them to change.
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Victory Over the Sun
Postwar America’s greatest environmentalist was a labor leader.
War Is an Enormous Threat to the Rising Movement Against Climate Change
US wars have historically been used to beat back and repress exactly the kind of Left movements that we need to tackle the climate crisis. We can’t just focus on fighting climate change or US imperialism — we have to stop both.
The US Military Has Long Stood in the Way of Climate Change Action
The Pentagon claims it’s serious about reducing American military emissions, which eclipse those of some developed nations. But the US military has helped perpetuate the climate crisis and continues to obscure its contribution to climate change.
Labor in the Age of Climate Change
Any just transition to a green economy must take place on labor's terms — not capital's.
The Dirty Energy Bullies
Climate justice activists must take on the electric utility companies blocking the transition to renewable energy.
The Anthropocene Myth
Blaming all of humanity for climate change lets capitalism off the hook.
We Can’t Save the Planet and Make ExxonMobil Happy
To stop the worst of climate change, we have to choose: Are we going to save the planet or are we going to continue making fossil fuel companies happy? It's impossible to do both.
The Worst Environmentalists in the World
The New York chapter of the League of Conservation Voters is a cesspool of fossil fuel greenwashing.
Joe Biden Is Blatantly Ignoring An Easy Climate Victory
Joe Biden could easily deal a blow to climate change by divesting the federal employee pension fund — the largest of its kind in the world — from fossil fuels. He hasn't.
Kim Stanley Robinson on Science Fiction and Reclaiming Science for the Left
Writer Kim Stanley Robinson talks to Jacobin about Ministry of the Future and his other books, climate change, and why he thinks the Left should reclaim science as a tool of socialist progress.
Workers, Not Technocrats, Can Secure a Sustainable Planet
Liberals believe that the greatest obstacle to necessary climate intervention is a lack of social awareness and professional leadership. The real problem is the absence of a militant, worker-led climate stabilization program.
The Planet Can’t Survive a Repeat of Barack Obama’s Climate Denialism
The new IPCC report confirms that if the Biden administration gives us a repeat of Obama’s climate denialism and refusal to aggressively cut back emissions, the climate crisis will radically escalate, devastating the lives and livelihoods of workers around the world.
Shooting Bullets at a Hurricane
Centrist solutions to climate change are both impotent and dangerous.
No, Criticism of the Democratic Climate Bill Isn’t About Bitter “Internet Leftists”
Have you heard? All criticism of the Inflation Reduction Act can be boiled down to moralizing hippies and a bitter, "Internet-poisoned" left. This is absurd: deflecting from the bill's flaws does a disservice to the climate fight.
What the Sunrise Movement Can Do Better
The Sunrise Movement deserves enormous credit for putting the Green New Deal on the national political agenda. But the organization seems to have hit a wall as of late. It may be time for Sunrise to pursue a new direction in its tactics.
The Eco-Right’s One Simple Trick
Climate-denying Republicans grab the headlines, but green policy debates are being shaped by the Right.
The Trump Administration’s Climate Nihilism
Trump administration officials now admit that climate disaster is real and on its way soon — they just don’t care.
The Solution is Democracy
Democracy isn’t a barrier to solving global issues like climate change. It's humanity’s best hope.
The Climate Movement Can Win Over Workers
Working people can be won to support radical action on climate change — so long as decarbonization is tied to a vision of shared prosperity for all.