Tag Archives: Climate Change

Moral Crusade or Class Interest? Does the US Working Class Have a Material Interest in Ukraine?

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Richard Moser

Also in Counterpunch. Moral crusade or working-class interest? Which should guide our actions on Ukraine and the escalating conflict with China? How do we work through the dilemmas of peace activism given the contradictory mess that is the War in Ukraine? Start … Continue reading →

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Bossing Grown Folks Around: The Open Letter to the Greens

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Richard Moser

Also in Counterpunch Before a single primary vote has been tallied a number of big-shot progressive Democrats are already calling for the Green Party to stand down in an “open letter.” Of all the issues we face, why focus so … Continue reading →

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American Exceptionalism, War and Empire

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Richard Moser

The First American War Stories Are Still With US American Exceptionalism remains one of the innermost ideas shaping our national identity and still lies behind all of the war stories used to justify US foreign policy. Exceptionalism has been a … Continue reading →

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Soldiers and Veterans are Anti-War Leaders. Could This Be The Peace Movement of Our Time?

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Richard Moser

“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: My own government.”  — Martin Luther King If you want to stop the wars, challenge the empire and deal with climate crisis then support our anti-war soldiers and veterans. Soldiers and veterans carry … Continue reading →

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Climate Crisis Means the Ruling Class has Failed. Can the Working Class Inherit the Earth?*

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Richard Moser

Power For Profit is Still the Prime Directive The climate crisis is proof positive that the ruling class is an utter failure — but it will not fall on its own. Can the working class rise to the challenge? It … Continue reading →

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The Climate Counter-Offensive: Secrecy, Deception and Disarming the Green New Deal

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Richard Moser

Also in Counterpunch. There are things we are not supposed to know and the corporate controlled news industry is not going to tell us. Totally absent from the obedient media is one of the most important stories of all time: … Continue reading →

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War is War on Mother Earth

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Richard Moser

Second in a series on War and Climate Chaos. Read the first here.  Also find this article at Counterpunch. “In order to achieve the massive systemic and cultural transformations required for mitigating climate change…we’re going to have to deal with … Continue reading →

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The Interlocking Crisis: War and Climate Chaos

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Richard Moser

Also in Counterpunch “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin Climate change is the apex crisis of all time and the US military is the prime crisis multiplier.   As … Continue reading →

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