Best of the Left Podcast

Fri, 18 January 2019

Air Date: 1/18/2019

Today we take a look at the groundwork for a Green New Deal as it's being laid and the fight that is heating up around the policies, not just between political parties but between the separate wings (and generations) of the Democratic Party

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Why We Need a Green New Deal, According to Robert Reich | Op-Ed - NowThis - Air Date 12-18-18

Here's one of the best arguments for why we need to invest in clean energy jobs now.

Ch. 2: The Green New Deal and the shift to a new economy Part 1 - @TheNextSystem ‏Project - Air Date 12-11-18

We spoke with The Democracy Collaborative’s own Johanna Bozuwa, the Sierra Club’s Anthony Torres, and Sunrise Movement Co-Founder Evan Weber to explore the economic and social ramifications of a Green New Deal

Ch. 3: The Green New Deal enjoys bipartisan support. For now. - @GreenNewsReport - Air Date 12-20-18

Polls show Americans waking up to climate change and the Green New Deal

Ch. 4: The Green New Deal with Kate Aronoff - The Dig from @jacobinmag - Air Date 12-26-18

An ecologically sustainable response to the climate crisis must definitionally also be a socially and economically just one: something like a Green New Deal, a broad vision that climate activists and left insurgent politicians are uniting behind.

Ch. 5: The Green New Deal and the shift to a new economy - @TheNextSystem ‏Project - Air Date 12-11-18

Ch. 6: Sunrise Movement Pelosi's Actions on Climate Fall Woefully & Inexcusably Short of What We Need - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 1-7-19

Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from some climate activists for failing to back a Green New Deal. Pelosi formed of a Select Committee on the Climate Crisis but the committee is far weaker than what backers of a Green New Deal had envisioned.

Ch. 7: The Shift To Biosphere Consciousness - Sustainable Human - Air Date 5-26-18

We must begin to think, organize, and act from a biosphere consciousness if life as we know it will continue to exist. We are in the midst of the greatest transition upon which humanity has ever embarked. How will you respond?

Ch. 8: Climate and Change in Congress - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 1-10-19

Varshini Prakash, co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, discusses her group's opposition to fossil fuel financing and the effort to create a Green New Deal.

VOICEMAILS

Ch. 9: Understanding political correctness - Zach from Atlanta

Ch. 10: A progressive foreign policy would be more trade-based - Abdul from DC

FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 11: Final comments on how political correctness, by today’s definition, is really just another form of politeness and works in pretty much the same way

FOR READING/SHARING:

With A Green New Deal, Here's What the World Could Look Like For the Next Generation(The Intercept)

The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting(The Atlantic)

Green New Deal has overwhelming bipartisan support, poll finds. At least, for now.(Grist)

The Green New Deal, explained(Vox)

The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us(The Guardian)

MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):