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Shortly after the 2018 Midterm elections, the #GreenNewDeal burst onto the national scene and quickly garnered tremendous public and political support. But within months, the AFL-CIO weighed in with criticism of the process and its vision.
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Thus, the relation between environmentalists and labor unions was revealed in all its longstanding complexity. While the GND promises large employment gains in clean energy and a “just transition,” there is also real jeopardy to existing jobs in fossil fuel industries. More recently, protests against anti-Black racism and police violence have catalyzed resistance and transformed the climate justice movement. This session, with leading national scholar-activists, will explore these issues.
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Panelists
Daniel Aldana Cohen, University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Aldana Cohen, University of Pennsylvania
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Mijin Cha, Occidental College
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Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Tanya Wallace-Gobern, National Black Worker Center Project
Moderator
Moderator
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Juliet Schor, Boston College
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Sponsors: McHarg Center and the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative,
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University of Pennsylvania; Department of Sociology, Boston College
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