The Israeli military has begun a ground invasion of Rafah, seizing the border crossing with Egypt and cutting off vital aid. Rafah was one of the last areas of Gaza that was a declared safe zone, and the center for all humanitarian aid distribution. Almost the entire population of Gaza was displaced into Rafah and …
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Last month, we helped launch the Summer of Heat with the Spring Spark actions focussed on Citibank, shutting down their global headquarters in New York, while solidarity rallies shut down locations in DC and Houston, and other cities. Protests and Non violent actions also shut down climate-financiers like Wells Fargo in San Francisco, and there’s …
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Over and over again the last few months, we’ve seen over and over again that our future is electric, clean, and union made. The United Auto Workers (UAW) have already committed $40 million to organize electric car and battery workers in the United States; and they’re racking up big wins at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, and …
Hundreds of students have been arrested at dozens of universities for participating in protests against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Protests and crackdowns are both escalating, and fossil fueled fascists in Congress are calling for violent mobs and military crackdowns on peaceful protests. As an anti-fascists climate group, we know that police don’t make us …
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The Tennessee Valley Authority – TVA – is one of the largest utilities in the nation, providing electricity for 10 million people. And it has a long history of bringing benefits and power to communities in Appalachia. But the TVA of today is a disgrace to it’s progressive roots. Today’s TVA still gets almost all …
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We told you late last week that the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is still incomplete despite being years of behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, is asking FERC for permission to begin putting gas in the pipeline in late May. Not too late to send comments Telling FERC to “just say no” to …
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On April 12, President Biden raised prices for fossil fuel companies who drill or mine on public lands. The day before Biden’s announcement, Trump held a private dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort with two dozen fossil fuel barons, including executives from Chevron, ExxonMobil, and more – the event raised huge sums of money …
This week, we’re launching the spring spark of direct actions against Citibank’s Environmental racism. If you missed our webinar and rally on monday, you can check out the recording below, but we’re confronting Citibank’s involvement in environmental racism, LNG and petrochemical projects, health impacts, violations of Indigenous rights, and their contributions to climate change. Actions …
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Look, you know climate change is already wreaking havoc on our communities, economy, and future. Frontline and fenceline communities of color, low wage workers, and the global south are hit first and worst by the impacts. But we also already have the solutions we need. President Biden has already promised to cut global warming pollution …
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The climate has a money problem, but it’s not the way we spend taxpayer dollars (ok, we have that problem too) — it’s the Federal Reserve. In case you missed it, earlier this month the Fed blocked a global effort to regulate climate change, and the risk it poses to our communities and economy. A …
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