Wisconsin Wave

"The good news on this May Day is that we're on our way. The fact that there are not one, two, three, but actually four separate sets of networks coordinating labor-climate actions from April 22 through May 1st tells us something. This wave has been building momentum for some time . . . Working people will save our home. Elon Musk can go to Mars. Like James Connolly said a century ago, "Our demands most moderate are: We only want the Earth.""

Opinion | Earth Day to May Day Point to a New America "By 2030 we will be on our way to a global economy that provides a good life for all on a living planet," states the Declaration of the 2020's. "Or we will be on an irreversible path to global misery through ecological collapse."

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Jobs and Volunteers | Midwest Environmental Advocates

"This leads to our second lesson. In this period of Janus, federal austerity, hate-mongering, and extreme democratic collapse (national developments that seem to have been prefigured by what happened earlier in Wisconsin and other labor heritage states), identifying, strengthening, and pushing forward the popular actors most prepared for the challenges of the coming period of struggle are not just advisable course of action, they are vitally necessary to the success of the cause of labor."

It Started in Wisconsin The rise and fall of Wisconsin’s remarkable 2011 uprising holds lessons for a post-Janus world.

A People's Guide to Greater Boston News, articles, and events related to the book, "A People's Guide to Greater Boston" - released on July 7, 2020