Greg Harman - Deceleration (Page 6)

Check Fascism: Shut Down the Economy (and Grow Something Beautiful-ler)

Defeating Trump & Musk’s authoritarian power grab will require multiple forms of resistance, including targeted economic boycotts and general strikes.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Feb 2025

Check Fascism: Shut Down the Economy (and Grow Something Beautiful-ler)

San Antonio Mayor Mulls Legal Action Over Guajolote Ranch as Wastewater Hearing Continues

Residents are decrying the anticipated million gallons of ‘treated’ wastewater the community would flush into Helotes Creek daily—and impact the drinking water source of millions.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Feb 2025

San Antonio Mayor Mulls Legal Action Over Guajolote Ranch as Wastewater Hearing Continues

Water at Risk: ‘Million Gallon March’ Decries Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch Development Plans

Up to a million gallons of treated wastewater could flow into Helotes Creek from Lennar’s planned Guajolote Ranch every day, putting local wells and San Antonio’s primary water source at risk.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Feb 2025

Water at Risk: ‘Million Gallon March’ Decries Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch Development Plans

Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

‘Why is CenterPoint Energy making billions while people die? Why is Encor and other electric utilities making massive profits, when none of that comes back to us?’ — Dave Cortez, Texas Sierra Club

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Feb 2025

Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classes in San Antonio to Protest Trump Actions

Students told Deceleration that they understand they are organizing for the rights of their own generation as well as those who will follow.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Feb 2025

Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classes in San Antonio to Protest Trump Actions

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Planning Indigenous-Led Higher Ed In Shadow of DEI Crackdowns

White supremacist movements seeking to eradicate the study of race and racism are driven by a fear of discomfort, says Juan Mancias, tribal chair of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. That’s also where the healing we all need resides.

By Greg Harman

/ 29 Jan 2025

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Planning Indigenous-Led Higher Ed In Shadow of DEI Crackdowns

Why Elon Musk’s Demand for Suffering Won’t Stop at Mars

Critics describe Elon Musk’s guiding philosophy of longtermism as primed to justify ‘atrocities.’

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Dec 2024

Why Elon Musk’s Demand for Suffering Won’t Stop at Mars

Texas Supreme Court Scrutinizes San Antonio’s Bird & Tree Removals In Religious Liberty Debate

While a legal decision that could reanimate a federal lawsuit may take until summer, the City of San Antonio is expected to move ahead with tree removals at Brackenridge Park as soon as it gets clearance from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Dec 2024

Texas Supreme Court Scrutinizes San Antonio’s Bird & Tree Removals In Religious Liberty Debate

Another Midnight Call to Avert Authoritarian Capture and Climate Collapse

There is a cliff. We are throttling off of it. MAGA must be defeated.

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Nov 2024

Another Midnight Call to Avert Authoritarian Capture and Climate Collapse

Gentrification, Displacement, Heat Deaths, & the Robert E. Lee Tenants Union

We could know what happens to people after they are evicted. Just like we could know how many people are dying from extreme heat. In the struggle to stay housed, organizers must push against powerful entrenched forces that demand unknowing.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Oct 2024

SpaceX Wastewater, LNG in the RGV, & Sustained Indigenous Resistance

Deceleration speaks with Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and co-founder of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2024

SpaceX Wastewater, LNG in the RGV, & Sustained Indigenous Resistance

Is ‘Cool Pavement’ … Cool? Pedestrians & Bicyclists May Not Think So

Deceleration measured heat at one location and found reflected heat from the street was worse at the cool pavement location

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Oct 2024

Is ‘Cool Pavement’ … Cool? Pedestrians & Bicyclists May Not Think So