Green New Deal

Democrats’ ‘Climate Bill’ Puts Polluters before People and the Planet

August 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, US Politics

by Robert Belano, published on Socialist Action, August 16, 2022 After an embarrassing past few months which included the overturning of Roe v. Wade, rising inflation, a stalled legislative agenda, and Nancy Pelosi’s ill-advised visit to Taiwan, Biden and the Democratic leadership were desperate for a victory. A small win for the party has arrived in the form of the[…]

Biden’s Promised Build Back Better Legislation Crashes

November 3, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Budget, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, November 3, 2021 After months of political hype President Joseph Biden’s touted top legislative priorities have been gutted beyond recognition. For the better part of a year he and the Democrats toured the country saturating the corporate news media with legislative promises to Build Back Better now. In the context of a COVID-19-wounded nation, frozen wages, a[…]

Jobs, the Environment, and a Planet in Crisis

August 22, 2019 UNAC Editor Environment, Labor, Political Analysis

by Aviva Chomsky, Published on Consortium News, August 22, 2019 (from TomDispatch, August 6, 2019) When it comes to heat, extreme weather, wildfires, and melting glaciers, the planet is now in what the media increasingly refers to as “record” territory, as climate change’s momentum outpaces predictions. In such a situation, in a country whose president and administration seem hell-bent on doing everything[…]

The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change

August 1, 2019 UNAC Editor Agriculture, Environment

by Ronnie Cummins, published on Countercurrents, July 27, 2019 The Climate Emergency is finally getting the attention of the media and the U.S. (and world) body politic, as well as a growing number of politicians, activists and even U.S. farmers. This great awakening has arrived just in time, given the record-breaking temperatures, violent weather, crop failures and massive waves of forced[…]

The Antiwar Movement No One Can See

June 25, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest, Resistance, War and Peace

by Allegra Harpootlian , Published on Tom Dispatch, June 23, 2019 When Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January 2017, Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest their instantly endangered rights. Conspicuously absent from the newfound civic engagement, despite more than a decade and a half of this country’s fruitless, destructive wars across the Greater[…]

Black Mothers Dying in the U.S.

May 11, 2019 UNAC Editor Healthcare, Poverty, Racism, Women

by Glen Ford, Published on Black Agenda Report, May 8, 2019 Only a social and economic transformation can lift Black America to a First World state of well-being. Black health requires Black Power. “Racism condemns its Black and Native citizens to shorter and sicker life spans than prevail in much of what used to be called the Third World.” Of[…]

Democrats Fail Symbolic Vote on Green New Deal

April 6, 2019 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Labor, Legislation, Political Corruption

by Graham Rogers, from Socialist Action, April 3, 2019 The political theater of the U.S. Congress lurched through yet another performance on March 26, as the Senate decisively rejected a bill put forth by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell that copied Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s and Senator Ed Markey’s February non-binding resolution calling for a Green New Deal. Forty-three Democrats, including all[…]