#Socialist Politics and the #Electricity Grid

"[The] alliance between #RenewableEnergy capital and #BigTech consumers emphasizes their green credentials in the face of catastrophic climate change. We argue that the Left itself is divided in the same way, with traditional #labor unions aligning with the utilities while environmentalists and #ecosocialists align with renewable energy producers, Google, and increased marketization of electricity."

https://catalyst-journal.com/2023/03/socialist-politics-and-the-electricity-grid #USPol #SolarPunk

Socialist Politics and the Electricity Grid

Market and climate chaos reveal electricity as a key site of struggle in the twenty-first century. The capitalist class and the Left are both split between capitalist utilities and unions on one side and big tech, renewable capital, and green NGOs on the other. The socialist path is with labor.

Revolutionary/peasant leader Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)
https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article8143

Hugo Blanco, the Peruvian revolutionary, peasant leader, former member of parliament, fighter for the rights of indigenous people & for the environment, died after a short period of acute illness.

He did not compromise in political struggles; he neither surrendered nor was enticed by privileges he was offered

Hugo Blanco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Blanco_(politician)
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#HugoBlanco #Peru #ecosocialists #PeruvianRevolutionaries

Revolutionary, peasant leader: Hugo Blanco (1934 - 2023) - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Tierra o Muerte! Land or death!

NY wins Build Public Renewables!!! This is an amazing victory for #DSA #Ecosocialists who have been working on this for years! This will put thousands of people to work building publicly owned clean electricity. And making sure all those dirty peaker plants in neighborhoods of color are shut down ASAP!

https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-york-budget-renewables

'Big Win': New York to Build Publicly Owned Clean Energy, Electrify New Buildings

"A better world is possible," said campaigners who pushed for the passage of the Build Public Renewables Act. "And we are building it."

Common Dreams
where my #goth #ecosocialists at