Pittsburgh Green Left

One of the most important decisions when creating a news or educational work -- a blog, a pamphlet, a book, a podcast, a youtube channel -- is to decide who  the audience is going to be and what  you want to tell them, which requires that you know  why  your message is even worth spreading in the first place. This blog is no exception. The "why" is fairly straight-forward -- with growing poverty, growing racism, sexism, and xenophobia, and a several ecological crises looming on the near horizon, we must  create cultural and institutional change and develop a new world where we can all live in peace with each other and with nature. We need a world free of pollution and climate change, free of war and poverty, free of racism and sexism, that encourages every single person to be the best they can be  and develop their own interests, hobbies, and lifestyle. In a word, a world where we can all be happy . Exactly what  to say about the topic depends heav...

Welcome to the new Pittsburgh (PGH) Green Left blog. I am hoping to provide essays and educational material about a new kind of leftist politics: one that integrates the best ideas of socialist and anarchist thought, with the views and ideas of modern movements for environment, social justice, and peace. As a short introduction to the ideas, let me present a recent thread I wrote about how the ecological crises we face such as climate change are deeply tied to a large number of other issues: poverty, racism, imperialism, much as Martin Luther King, Jr., originally spoke about, but also issues of healthcare, education, and democracy itself. Only by a holistic study of how all of these issues are interrelated and connected can we develop a plan for real system change. I hope the following thread, which forms sort of a short essay, helps provide context for why we need a new political and cultural movement around green values. Once you look at the causes and solutions to ...