I wrote this in Morocco at the UN climate negotiations while trying to process a way forward after the election. Much of this has evolved into what I'll be carrying forward with me into 2017. It's time. It's time to break down the silos that divide us and build an intersectional progressive movement. It's time to share what we know. It's time to figure out what's … [Read more...]
Are we a part of the problem – and would we know it if we were?
There’s a moment in Mallence Bart Williams’s TEDx talk that really struck me – it begins at minute 4:30: So how does the West ensure that the free aid keeps coming? By systemically destabilizing the wealthiest African nations and their systems. And all that backed by huge PR campaigns leaving the entire world under the impression that Africa is poor and dying and merely … [Read more...]
Another Side to the Story: A Look at Colorado’s Ballot Fight
This article originally appeared on Oil Change International's website, priceofoil.org. One month ago I was in Colorado walking up and down the streets of Denver talking to people about fracking. Trailing behind me were paid counter-protesters hired by the fossil fuel industry. I was in Colorado helping to gather signatures for two important ballot initiatives. The first … [Read more...]
Why Sitting in the Street Has Strategic Value
The strategy behind actions like the recent Trump blockade.
Note: This is my personal take as somebody not directly involved with the organizing of this action (but with many friends who were). I've organized similar actions in the past, which is where I draw my experience. This past Friday a fantastic action went down outside the Hyatt Regency hotel near San Francisco. Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was … [Read more...]
The Paris Climate Talks: An Interview with Maria Langholz
Maria talks about leading the SustainUS youth delegation to the UN climate negotiations in Paris.
Born in Minnesota, Maria went to Macalester College and graduated in 2014. There she majored in environmental studies and applied math and computer science. Since graduation, Maria has done a whole heap of amazing organizing and electoral work: from the mayoral runoff in Chicago, to the senate race in Iowa, to the People’s Climate March in NYC. This past December, Maria … [Read more...]