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On the morning of June 16, 1976, schoolchildren in Soweto, the sprawling township southwest of Johannesburg, left their classrooms and gathered in the streets. They were ten, fifteen, and eighteen years old. They carried hand-painted cardboard signs. They were on their way to Orlando Stadium to hold a rally. Before they got there, police met them with dogs, teargas, and live ammunition.

The post Twenty Thousand Students Walk Out of Apartheid’s Schools, June 16, 1976 appeared first on A Radical Guide. by Jason Bayless

By Amy Gray, Associate Climate Finance Director, Stand.earth   The average American has $6,000 invested in fossil fuels through their 401(k), often without knowing it. Last week, that fact got more complicated. On June 12, 2026, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs sent a formal letter to ten of Canada’s largest […]

What happened. On June 3, the Michigan Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee voted to advance SB 771, which would create a statewide septic code, and prioritize evaluations for older septic systems near lakes and streams. Michigan’s septic situation. Michigan does not have a statewide septic code, and there is strong evidence that failing systems are contaminating... Read more »

The post Michigan septic bill advances in Senate; introduced in House appeared first on Flow Water Advocates.

An emerging threat to public drinking water supplies is drawing increased attention in Washington, DC and Lansing. The threat of cyberattacks has implications for the safety and security of these water supplies. International tensions are also cause for concern. Members of Congress and the Michigan Legislature are proposing solutions. What’s the threat? Most water and... Read more »

The post Cybersecurity and our water systems appeared first on Flow Water Advocates.

The unfinished promise to South Africa’s youth

The post Powering the Future: Why Energy Justice is a Youth Issue appeared first on 350.

The world's biggest energy report reveals the good (and the bad news) about the energy transition

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The Man Who Wouldn't Arm His Members

The Man Who Wouldn't Arm His Members

As we saw in the previous commentary, Donald Trump is conducting a full spectrum counter-revolution against the Greentech revolution that is transforming energy production and consumption worldwide. This commentary shows that he has managed to significantly impede the onward march of Greentech in the US, but that Greentech is marching on nonetheless.

The post Irresistible Greentech Revolution Meets Immovable Trump Counter-Revolution first appeared on Labor Network for Sustainability.

Capitalism is doing is destroying the conditions on Earth that have made civilization possible

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The bipartisan defense of policies that threaten today's children and generations to come

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Yesterday, Donald Trump openly threatened that the federal government would "take back" Washington and run it "on a federal basis" if Janeese Lewis George wins the race for Mayor of DC. He and his developer donors are terrified of her platform because it threatens their profit margins. Metro DC DSA's response: We are not backing down.

The post Metro DC DSA Statement on Trump’s Threats to Revoke DC Home Rule appeared first on Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America.

Near Smithers, British Columbia (Wet’suwet’en territory) — Hereditary Chiefs of the Gidimt’en and Likhts’amisyu clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation, together with the President of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), sent a formal notice today to ten of Canada’s largest public pension funds and Export Development Canada (EDC), warning them against purchasing a […]

The anti-austerity pledge campaign could give the left a tool in every ward and a mass conference to build on it.

The anti-austerity pledge campaign could give the left a tool in every ward and a mass conference to build on it.

Tri-Valley CAREs is back from Washington DC! Join us on Thursday, June 18 at 7pm PT for a special edition of our monthly meeting to hear a report back from DC Days, including key updates from meetings with policymakers, along with updates on operations at Livermore Lab! 

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With Washington and Moscow, Part 6

With Washington and Moscow, Part 6