Why Climate Action is the Antithesis of White Supremacy
By Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian blog
Behind the urgency of climate action is the understanding that everything is connected; behind white supremacy is an ideology of separation.
Thank You, Climate Strikers. Your Action Matters and Your Power will be Felt
By Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian blog
I don’t know what will happen, because what will happen is what we make happen. That is why there’s a global climate strike. This is why I’ve started saying, Don’t ask what will happen. Be what happens. Today, you are what is happening. Today, your power will be felt.
The American Civil War didn’t End. And Trump is a Confederate President
By Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian blog
In the 158th year of the American civil war, also known as 2018, the Confederacy continues its recent resurgence. Its victims include black people, of course, but also immigrants, Jews, Muslims, Latinos, trans people, gay people and women who want to exercise jurisdiction over their bodies.
The Trump Era Won’t Last for Ever. But we Must Do our Part to End it
By Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian
The Trump era will not last forever. How it will end we do not know, because how and when it ends is in part in our hands. Waiting for it to end is not a strategy. Working for it to end is...
Whether Trump or Clinton Wins the US Election, What Follows Is Up To Us
By Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian
‘A politician is not a given. Each one is in part what we make them, by pushing, blocking, pressuring, encouraging, fighting, reframing, emphasizing, organizing.’
Everything’s Coming Together While Everything Falls Apart
By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch
As it happens, the planet’s changing climate now demands that we summon up the energy to leave behind the Age of Fossil Fuel (and maybe with it some portion of the Age of Capitalism as well).
Anywhere But Here: Casino Capitalism in Las Vegas
By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch
After the crash in 2008, southern Nevada became the foreclosure and unemployment capital of the nation.
The Wheel Turns, the Boat Rocks, the Sea Rises
By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch
I say: rock that boat. It’s a lifeboat; maybe the people in it will wake up and start rowing.
