The #CivilianConservationCorps was formed on #ThisDayInHistory in 1933 and ran until 1942. Young men were hired to build infrastructure on rural public lands, such as in #NationalParks, and had to send most of the money earned home to families suffering in the #GreatDepression.
An old Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) structure in west Texas not far from the McDonald Observatory.

#texas #westtexas #ccc #civilianconservationcorps
Sunset on the #CivilianConservationCorps kiosk at the Fort Clark historic site.

#NorthDakota

Her slim book on the subject is a fantastic explainer, from how the #NewDeal's #CivilianConservationCorps's proof of the lasting improvements a Job Guarantee can deliver to the nation, to how a new Job Guarantee could be part of a #GreenNewDeal:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-06-24/forget-ubi-says-an-economist-its-time-for-universal-basic-jobs

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Forget UBI, says an economist: Time for universal basic jobs

Pavlina Tcherneva talks about "The Case for a Job Guarantee," and how public-sector work can pull us out of crises both immediate and long-term.

Los Angeles Times
#America's new #ClimateCorps will need to be a lot bigger
Climate Corps is rebirth of #CivilianConservationCorps, which put 3M to work during #GreatDepression developing #nationalparks, building roads & trails, & managing #forests. Mountain towns need hands to clear dead vegetation fueling bigger #wildfires. Coastal communities need help restoring seaside ecosystems that absorb storm surge. Urban areas need people & funds to plant trees, mitigating “heat island effect”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/american-climate-corps-joe-biden-youth-workforce/
America's new youth Climate Corps will need to be a lot bigger

“We're seeing just a tremendous sense of urgency from young people."

Mother Jones
#US Is Mobilizing an Army to Fight the #ClimateCrisis
American #ClimateCorps will employ tens of thousands to prepare the country for the pain ahead. But it'll need to get much, much bigger. The #CivilianConservationCorps put 3M people to work during the #GreatDepression developing the #nationalparks, building roads and trails, and managing #forests. The additional goal of the Climate Corps is decarbonization—which will in turn create more jobs by juicing green economy
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-mobilizing-an-army-to-fight-the-climate-crisis/
The US Is Mobilizing an Army to Fight the Climate Crisis

The American Climate Corps will employ tens of thousands to prepare the country for the pain ahead. But it'll need to get much, much bigger.

WIRED

I googled to try to figure out what all these #cccamp23 toots were about and this was the first hit.

https://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/newdeal/ccc_camp.htm

#ccc #civilianconservationcorps #newdeal #swell

"C.C. CAMP IS A SWELL PLACE FOR A BOY TO LEARN."

@Dianora @ablackcatstail Apartments are a good solution, but not enough on their own.

We also need:

#UniversalBasicIncome
#MedicareForAll / #UniversalHealthCare
#FreeCollege
and the return of the #CivilianConservationCorps

We'll get these things faster if we push through #RankedChoiceVoting