The criticism Dr. King received for these stances was fierce, and media coverage even among the outlets that had given sympathetic perspectives on the Civil Rights marches in the South began to echo the J. Edgar Hoover accusations that Dr. King was a Communist and subversive. via MLK and the struggle for environmental justice.. Malcolm X is depicted as telling Continue Reading

Slavery was as profitable as fossil fuel, but we still overcame it (or perhaps not quite, but we made good headway). via Book review: Naomi Klein finds kernels of hope amid climate change and untamed capitalism. So if something as profitable and ingrained in culture as slavery was finally defeated,  can we not have hope that unfettered capitalism can be Continue Reading

From the co-author of Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude,   a review of Thomas Pikkety’s landmark work of 2013, Capital in the 21st Century.  Some select quotes from the review: For those aware of the basic orthodoxies of contemporary economics, Piketty’s work presents substantial arguments. The most important of these is a well-documented rejection of the widespread assumption that Continue Reading

via Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2014 UN Climate Summit Speech – YouTube.

TRNN’s Jaisal Noor reports from #FloodWallStreet and speaks to activists committing civil disobedience and author Chris Hedges on why financial institutions must be stopped from fueling climate change More at The Real News via Thousands #FloodWallStreet to Target Institutions Profiting from Climate Change.