Posts Tagged anti-capitalism

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By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 9 years ago

Naomi Klein discusses upcoming climate justice film on Democracy Now

For many of today’s climate justice activists, Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything serves as a handbook for the revolution. It paints a terrifying picture of what will happen if we don’t do anything, but a diverse (and notably indigenous and female) picture of what’s already being done to fight the fossil fuel industry and climate change. 

For many of today’s climate justice activists, Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything serves as a handbook for the revolution. It paints a terrifying picture of what will happen if we don’t do anything, but ...

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By Alyssa Battistoni • 9 years ago

Why “women’s work” is key to a just and sustainable future

When you think of green jobs, certain kinds of work probably come to mind: installing solar panels, insulating houses, maintaining rail lines, maybe building electric cars. They’re all jobs making the kinds of infrastructural and industrial change necessary to transition to a more sustainable economy, one where we take the train instead of driving alone and get our energy from the sun instead of dead lumps of dinosaur. 

When you think of green jobs, certain kinds of work probably come to mind: installing solar panels, insulating houses, maintaining rail lines, maybe building electric cars. They’re all jobs making the kinds of infrastructural and industrial change ...

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By Reina Gattuso • 9 years ago

Climate justice is intersectional feminism in action

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

On a rainy Friday morning in mid-April, a group of Harvard University dining hall workers brought a petition about workplace conditions to the office of University President Drew Gilipin Faust. 

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

On a rainy Friday morning in mid-April, a group of Harvard University dining hall workers brought a petition about workplace conditions to the office of University ...

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By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

Feministing Reads: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything

The thesis of Naomi Klein’s new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate — backed up with a heap of devastating research — is very simple: We’ve dithered away so many decades failing to take real action to combat climate change that now global capitalism and a livable world are a collision course — one of them must radically change. Very quickly. 

The thesis of Naomi Klein’s new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate — backed up with a heap of devastating research — is very simple: We’ve dithered away so many decades failing to take ...