Chicago’s Campaign To Put Electricity Under Public Control “Electric power is a critical function in everyday life, and we can’t go without it,” Democratic Socialists tell In These Times. “Yet, it’s controlled by a private monopoly,…
A new Center for American Progress report says the federal government’s agenda in Alaska amounts to “one of the most brazen public land liquidation efforts in U.S. history.” Read the original article at Huffington Post.
Given the relative success of Amtrak, why hasn’t Greyhound been nationalized, too? Read the story at In These Times.
The U.S.’s “might makes right” approach to international affairs has gotten even worse under the Trump administration, which has shown unprecedented and open disdain for international law. Read more at Truthout.
Rallies are planned across the planet to turn up political heat and demand action. Read the story at Common Dreams.
. . . say miners rooting for a Green New Deal. In Cumberland Kentucky, coal miners are occupying the train tracks in order to prevent coal from leaving the mine where they worked. Julia Conley…
Plan will create 20 million jobs and completely zero out planet-heating emissions by 2050. Read the story at the Huffington Post.
Every year the U.S. political system reflexively funds a world-dominating defense budget that directly benefits the oil industry, client states and the entire hydrocarbon-based economy. Read the article at TruthOut.
Indigenous rights can help put it out. Read the original story at The Boston Globe.
Key for a sustainable climate and food system. Read the original story at Yes! Magazine.