We are tumbling from a global pandemic into what could become an economic depression, all this while the climate crisis relentlessly unfolds in the shadow of the media. The need for meaningful and sincere answers on how to address these...
Category - Vol23-2 People’s Green New Deal
On April 26, 1986, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded, scattering highly radioactive materials into the surroundings. More radioactive effluent was expelled by the fire ignited by the explosion...
It is estimated that more than a billion animals burned to death in the bushfires that raged throughout Australia at the beginning of this decade. The end of the last decade was not merciful either; fires in the Amazon rainforest, the...
As the Green New Deal prompts discussions about investments in clean energy infrastructure and workforce, workers are fighting for rights in a changing climate. Many workers are serving their communities through increasingly difficult...
Una nueva generación de pensadores progresistas, desde los Demócratas de centro-izquierda hasta los socialistas comprometidos, está proponiendo legislación federal para una transición económica radical que se aleje de los combustibles...
A new generation of progressive thinkers, from slightly left-of-center Democrats to committed socialists, is proposing federal legislation for a sweeping economic transition away from fossil fuels. Termed the Green New Deal (GND), this...
A group of workers at a government sustainability agency are trying to form a union. Like other similar organizations at the state and municipal level, the agency’s mission is to promote renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
As the storm raged and the water swelled, the city’s power went out and panic filled homes and hospital halls. The skyline was eerily dark, save for a small cluster of light emanating from a few buildings. Unfortunately, these lights of...
Science for the People’s “Science Under Occupation” issue (Spring 2020) included three articles translated from English into Spanish and one article translated from English into Arabic. The magazine is now accepting submissions in...
The Western Massachusetts SftP chapter continues to bring together community organizers, students, faculty, and university staff for weekly meetings that rotate between UMass Amherst and the offices of Arise for Social Justice in...