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EcoUnionist News #120
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, September 7, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- Labor Day 2016: We Need Unions for Environmental, Racial and Climate Justice – By Larry Williams Jr, Sierra Club, September 2, 2016
- World's Largest Strike? Tens of Millions in India Rise Up Against Right-Wing Economic Policies – By Nika Knight, Common Dreams, September 2, 2016
- TPP Is Not Dead, Unfortunately – By Lori Wallach, Huffington Post, August 31, 2016; [related]: France demands an end to TTIP talks – By Sean Farrell, The Guardian, August 30, 2016 | Germany’s Vice-Chancellor says ‘TTIP has failed’ – By staff, Global Justice Ecology Project, August 29, 2016 | Why The TPP and TTIP Trade Deals May Now Be Dead In The Water – By Kate Aronoff, In These Times, August 29, 2016 | TTIP has failed; but no one is admitting it, says German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel – By Alexandra Sims and Jon Stone, The Independent, August 28, 2016 | Obama’s chances to sign TPP sink as Senate majority leader says no to vote – By staff, Russia Times, August 26, 2016
- Labor's New Sources of Leverage – Kim Moody interviewed by Chris Brooks, Labor Notes, August 12, 2016
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Flush the TPP - Ongoing through 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
- NoDAPL Global Weeks of Solidarity - September 3-17, Camp of the Sacred Stones and Red Warrior Camp, ND | #NoDAPL
Power Shift Southeast - Orlando, FL: September 9-11, 2016 - Free Space Utopia in Defense of Land - September 17-18, Genova, Italy
- Wendy’s Boycott Summit - Immokalee, FL: September 22-25, 2016
- Nyéléni Europe Movemet for Food Sovereignty - Cluj Napoca, Romania, October 26-30, 2016
- Lucas Plan 40th Anniversary - November 2016
The Thin Green Line:
- Clean Energy Jobs Are Exploding in America. Why Don’t Mainstream Reporters Know? – By Jigar Shah, Greentech Media, September 2, 2016
- Solidarity, love, & resistance: marching for justice in the Gulf Coast – By Genny Roman, 350, September 2, 2016
Just Transition:
- G20: Dodged taxes could finance renewable power for world's poorest 50% – By Dipti Bhatnagar and Sam Cossar-Gilbert, The Ecologist, September 2, 2016
- New $3.6B Project in Iowa Could Be One of Many ‘Mega’ Wind Orders – By Julia Pyper, Greentech Media, August 31, 2016
- The Commons: A Frame for Thinking Beyond Growth – By Silke Helfrich, Green European Journal, August 30, 2016
- Oilpatch to Solar Field: Alberta Oil and Gas Workforce Lines Up for Solar Training – By Aurora Tejeida, Green European Journal, August 29, 2016
- Why three-day weekends could help to save the world – By Alex Williams, The Independent, August 29, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- How a meeting in Cork could save rural Europe – By Ramona Duminicioiu and Stanka Becheva, EurActiv, September 4, 2016
- National Council of Churches, Robert F. Kennedy Center endorse Wendy’s Boycott! – By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, September 1, 2016
- [Letter to the Editor] Sonoma magazine lacking sensitivity for farm workers? – By Pamela Singer, Wine and Water Watch, September 1, 2016
- No Other Way Than to Struggle: The Farmworker-Led Boycott of Driscoll's Berries – Felimon Piñeda interviewed by David Bacon, Truthout, August 31, 2016
- Historic Farmworker Overtime Bill Awaits California Governor's Nod – By Viji Sundaram, New America Media, August 30, 2016; [related]: California lawmakers pass farmworker overtime bill after 8 hours – By Alison Noon, NBC KCRA TV 3, August 30, 2016
- Zero Budget Natural Farming in India – By staff, La Via Campesina, August 30, 2016
- Meet the Farmworker Who Helped Win Rent Control in California’s Wine Country – Gervacio Peña López interviewed by Brooke Anderson and Davin Cardenas, Yes! Magazine, August 30, 2016 | en español: Gervacio Peña López, Centro Laboral de Graton; Conciencia Popular en un Clima Cambiante
- Shashe Agroecology School: A true centre of Agroecology and practical food Sovereignty – By staff, La Via Campesina, August 29, 2016
- UAWC condemns the Israeli decision to close and demolish school in Khan Al-Ahmar – By staff, La Via Campesina, August 29, 2016
- Being a Mexican migrant worker and female, a recipe for double discrimination – By Emilio Godoy, Equal Times, August 26, 2016
- ChemChina-Syngenta deal: why it matters – By Adrian Ely, China Dialog, August 26, 2016
- Food Sovereignty in Rebellion: Decolonization, Autonomy, Gender Equity, and the Zapatista Solution – By Levi Gahman, Solutions, July 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Alaska’s emergency wildfire crews are burning out – By Gloria Dickie, High Country News, September 5, 2016
- Isis’ oil empire is employing thousands of children – By Karl Mathiesen, Climate Change News, September 5, 2016
- Women Say EPA Officials Sexually Harassed Them—and Their Bosses Did Nothing – By Natalie Schreyer, Mother Jones, September 2, 2016
- Union decline lowers wages of nonunion workers – By Jake Rosenfeld, Patrick Denice, and Jennifer Laird, Economic Policy Institute, August 30, 2016; [related]: Strong Unions Help All Workers—Not Just Union Workers – By David Moberg, In These Times, September 5, 2016 | How a union raises your wage — even if you're not a member – By Jeff Spross, The Week, August 31, 2016
- Nurses Nationwide Focus On Workplace Violence Protections – By Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio, August 29, 2016
- Clashes erupt between police, protesting miners in Bolivia – By staff, Press TV, August 24, 2016
Whistle Blowers:
- Off-Road Race Through Nevada Monument Aborted – By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, September 1, 2016
Wobbles:
- International solidarity and the global picketline concept – By Jiselle Hanna, Rabble.Ca, September 5, 2016
- A Brighter Day: Happy Labor Day 2016 – By J.P. Wright, PayDay Report, September 3, 2016
- Cree, Métis trappers and fishermen block highway in northern Manitoba – By Tim Fontaine, CBC News, September 2, 2016
- Climate Advocates Call for Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground at New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale – By Rebecca Sobel, WildEarth Guardians, Eleanor Bravo, Food & Water Watch, and Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, September 1, 2016
- Steering Committee to Form a New Trade Union Federation – By Zwelinzima Vavi and Stephen Faulkner, NUMSA, September 1, 2016
- Building global alliances and convergences for alternatives to capitalism – By Terran Giacomini, La Via Campesina, August 31, 2016
- Three ‘Raging Grannies’ arrested for blocking oil and coal trains – By Jonathan Glover, The Spokesman-Review, August 31, 2016
- From the Mountains to the Sea: The pipeline fight is about all of us – By Harrison Wallace, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, August 30, 2016
- Germany: Lockdown and Statement from Hambach Forest Defenders in Defiance of Klimacamp – By staff, Earth First! Journal, August 30, 2016
- Govia Thameslink Rail workers hope strike won’t face cancellations – By Raymie Kiernan, Socialist Worker (UK), August 30, 2016
- The Movement for Black Lives platform offers vision for stronger movements – By Jenny Marienau, 350, August 30, 2016
- 100 in Anarchist Years – By Paul Messersmith-Glavin, CounterPunch, August 30, 2016
- 'Won't Accept Destruction': Global Communities Line Up to Ban Fracking – By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, August 30, 2016
- Eco-Wars News Briefs from Spanish-Language Articles – Translated notes by Cicada, Earth First! Journal, August 29, 2016
- NEB cancels 2 days of Energy East hearings in Montreal after 'violent disruption' – By Benjamin Shingler and Stephen Smith, CBC News, August 29, 2016
- Part 1: What is the Inside/Outside Strategy? – By Richard Moser, CounterPunch, August 26, 2016; [related]: Part 2: Strategic Choreography and Inside/Outside Organizers – By Richard Moser, CounterPunch, August 29, 2016 | Part 3: Transformative Movement Culture and the Inside/Outside Strategy: Do We Want to Win the Argument or Build the Movement? – By Richard Moser, CounterPunch, August 30, 2016
- #NoNewLeases Launch Protests To Halt Online Sale of Offshore Drilling Leases – By Yessenia Funes, ColorLines, August 24, 2016
- JP’s New Song on Railroad Fatigue & A Poem on Chinese Railroad Dangers – By J.P. Wright, PayDay Report, August 23, 2016
Other News:
- America’s First Offshore Wind Farm May Power Up a New Industry – By Justin Gillis, New York Times, September 5, 2016
- Labor Day 2050: How Global Warming Threatens Labor Productivity – By Joe Romm, Think Progress, September 5, 2016
- The story of the first Spanish renewable energy cooperative – By Urszula Papajak, 350, August 29, 2016
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