Deceleration (Page 22)

Why the U.S. Left Needs to Get Ukraine’s History Correct and Deepen Its Solidarity with the Victims of Russian Violence

More than ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution and an estimated million lives lost to Russia’s war on Ukraine, mischaracterizations continue.

By Truthout

/ 18 Mar 2025

Why the U.S. Left Needs to Get Ukraine’s History Correct and Deepen Its Solidarity with the Victims of Russian Violence

The Fight for Mahmoud Khalil Is a Fight for Us All

If we don’t successfully challenge the government’s unconstitutional seizure of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, this behavior will become the model for repressing labor organizers, racial justice advocates, reproductive justice efforts, climate activists, and more, the authors write.

By Sajida Jalalzai

/ 15 Mar 2025

The Fight for Mahmoud Khalil Is a Fight for Us All

CERAWeek: Eight Arrests Outside Houston’s ‘Super Bowl’ of Energy as Hundreds Convene to Imagine a Future Free of Fossil Fuels

As calls for ‘Drill Baby Drill’ and ‘Mine Baby Mine’ filled the conference rooms at Hilton Americas in Houston, hundreds gathered outside to imagine what many described as the more just, sustainable, and inevitable world we all actually need.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Mar 2025

CERAWeek: Eight Arrests Outside Houston’s ‘Super Bowl’ of Energy as Hundreds Convene to Imagine a Future Free of Fossil Fuels

Beyond the ‘Swasticar’: A Barrio Renewables Conversation About Electric Vehicles

In spite of Trump threatening renewables and Tesla’s Elon Musk driving for global fascism, electric transportation remains part of the solution for working-class communities under assault, as this Deceleration conversation with EV enthusiast Jim Royston shows.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 12 Mar 2025

Beyond the ‘Swasticar’: A Barrio Renewables Conversation About Electric Vehicles

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Mar 2025

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

LGBTQ+ Rights: To Survive Attacks on Trans And Queer Texans Stronger Communities Are Needed

Nonprofits that serve LGBTQ+ Texans are struggling with the limits of the old playbooks, while fighting renewed attacks on transgender and queer rights.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 28 Feb 2025

LGBTQ+ Rights: To Survive Attacks on Trans And Queer Texans Stronger Communities Are Needed

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)

Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial

The tech billionaire is invigorating groups in the U.S. and Europe aiming to sabotage climate action, a DeSmog media analysis shows.

By DeSmog

/ 26 Feb 2025

Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial

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

Choosing Democracy: How to Crash Fascism and Build a New World (from Your Living Room)

‘People were frozen, I knew that. It wasn’t the stunned shock of 2016; this time around, it was exhaustion. But it also felt like people were thinking. What we’d done before hadn’t worked. What would? No one knew. Yet.’

By Marisol Cortez

/ 13 Feb 2025

Choosing Democracy: How to Crash Fascism and Build a New World (from Your Living Room)