it does not matter if capital is held by private corporations or by the state or by a political party. The end result remains the same. The Earth bears the scars from this brand of economic efficiency. And people live within that growing scar tissue.
The Infinity Snap Fallacy of Movement Politics
ON DEFEATING OUR INNER THANOS
How Are We Going to Pay for This?
First, there's plenty of money for everyone to get the benefits that they want. There's absolutely no need to have debates about raising taxes, deficits or MMT. All such arguments are distractions. If we want to pay for things like Medicare for All, Free College, or the Green New Deal, we need look no further than the coffers of the Transnational Corporate Class.
The Green New Deal and the AOC’s of Conservative Mania
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her co-sponsors have done what environmental activists and justice workers have been trying to do for at least the twenty years that I've been involved in such issues. They have taken this audacious dream and turned it into a mainstream discussion.
Taking a Breath in China
The real Scott Pruitt scandal is not the extravagant trips and the sill phone booths. The real scandal is how he is trying to shepherd us into an environmental dark age the likes of which humanity has never seen.
Explaining the Trump EPA to a Confused Martian
my Martian friend is confused as to why the very earthling institutional structure tasked with the job of "Protecting the Environment"...would pursue policies that actually harm the environment.
Harvey, Irma and The Panic that Never Happened
At this point, those who suffer from catastrophic climate events must be considered victims of the pro-corporate propaganda machine designed to deny reality in the face of science.
2015 A Breakthrough Year for the Earth?
AT THE VERY LEAST AN EYE OPENER? Maybe we can, at the very least, start talking about Global Climate Change. Let's face it, 2015 went out almost as if the Earth were screaming at us to take her into consideration when making our New Years' Resolutions. Here in South Florida, we spent Christmas sweating through... Continue Reading →