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‘A flame was lit in our hearts’ — How Ukrainians are building online networks for resistance and mutual aid

By Eleftheria Kousta, Waging Nonviolence

This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. As the world watched Russia invade Ukraine this winter, many no doubt wondered what they would do if it was their friends and family under attack. Sitting behind a screen, as so many of us are most of the day, it can be hard to imagine the options at our fingertips. But many Ukrainians facing the brutal realities of war — both within the country and in other parts of the world — found themselves forced into action, some with little more than the drive to help and an internet connection. From posting on Instagram to organizing via Telegram to offering rides and shelter, these people are finding creative ways to resist and fight for their future. One such person is Yuliya, a Ph.D. candidate at the Max Planck School of Cognition, who has been living in Germany for the past six years....

  • August 17, 2022
United States Capitol

Can Transformative Change Come to America?

By Gus Speth, Common Dreams

Perhaps sooner than most think, major legislative action regulating greenhouse gas emissions will finally be possible. But that moment will not arrive without deep struggle, organizing, and collective persistence. Readers of Common Dreams will appreciate that the U.S. ship of state is in perilous waters. America's interlinked economic and political systems—our political economy—is failing us across a broad front and has been doing so for a long time. Problems fester, and America finds itself at or near the bottom of the OECD countries and below many others when it comes to attainment in public health, well-being of children, democratic performance, gender equality, environment and climate, poverty reduction, personal safety, social justice and cohesion, and even equal opportunity. Meanwhile, America's political polarization and hyper-partisanship have effectively paralyzed Washington and halted national progress across this huge swath of concerns. To many, America now seems in steady decline. The Need for Transformative Change As a...

  • August 17, 2022
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Timothée Parrique: “Degrowth: Slow is the New Cool”

By Nate Hagens, Timothée Parrique, The Great Simplification

What is degrowth, and how will it help define our future? Parrique explains how the path to societal degrowth might unfold and the social and physical obstacles we may encounter on our way there.

  • August 17, 2022
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Essential services

By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance

Why can’t we quit fossil fuels tomorrow, and what implications does that have for our way of life given that we are already in a climate emergency?

  • August 16, 2022
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Our imaginations can help create new climate possibilities

By James Arnott, Sarah Spengeman, Yale Climate Connections

Though fictional, the book raises a very real question: Can the human capacity to imagine alternate climate futures actually help generate new, more hopeful realities?

  • August 15, 2022
Part 5

A Better Brand of Pessimism

By Stan Cox, City Lights

Yes, our society is better off with the IRA having passed than we would be without its passage. But if we don’t find a way to snuff out fossil fuels, directly, on a crash schedule, the climate emergency will only intensify.

  • August 15, 2022
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