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Kiss the Ground: Eco-Optimism on Netflix

Movie Review Optimistic film proposes solutions to climate change by Christine Browning Freedom Socialist newspaper, Vol. 42, No. 1, February-March 2021 www.socialism.com The Kiss the Ground documentary, now screening on Netflix, is a breath of fresh air amongst the constant bad news about climate change. Not only is it highly informative and educational, it also reveals a plausible solution to the global warming crisis. While the film does not recognize capitalism as [...]

By |2021-01-30T04:12:18-05:00January 30th, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Arts, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Film & Documentaries, Film Reviews, Films, Reviews, Socialism|0 Comments
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Shared Solar: Solar Electricity for All!

LADWP's Shared Solar -- Solar for All! Renters, this is the program for you. The Shared Solar enables residential customers living in multifamily dwellings (apartments, condominiums, duplexes) to fix a portion of their electric bill against rising utility costs for 10 years, as well as support renewable energy, help create local jobs, help reduce the carbon footprint of LADWP’s generation portfolio and lessen the impact of global warming. There are no enrollment [...]

By |2020-12-31T02:48:22-05:00December 31st, 2020|California, Climate Change, Ecology, Economy, Energy, Environment, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, News, Resources, Sustainability|0 Comments
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Native Nations Reaffirm Paris Accord

Native Nations Condemn US Withdrawal from Paris Accord, Reaffirm Commitment      The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) condemns the United States’ decision today to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Agreement – a global accord designed to reduce the risks and impacts of climate change – features roughly 200 countries as signatories; the United States today becomes the first country to formally withdraw from it. In response, NCAI, the [...]

By |2020-12-01T20:51:27-05:00December 1st, 2020|Anti-Racism/Racism, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Movements, News|0 Comments
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Letter to the Editor: Promote Cultured Meat to End Animal Slaughter

To the editor, President-elect Joe Biden, who won the endorsement of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, should support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For readers who aren't aware, cultured-meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. There is no greater crime than what we do to nonhumans in food production. We kill over a trillion aquatic and land creatures every year for this purpose. According to the Population Reference Bureau, only about [...]

By |2020-12-01T20:46:05-05:00December 1st, 2020|Economy, Environment, Food, Health, Letters, Letters to the Editor, Movements, News|0 Comments
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People Get Ready

People Get Ready:  There's a Bad Moon on the Rise by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA (https://antiracist.org) As you read this, there is barely a month to election day. What are you doing to prepare for the possible outcomes and their consequences? Given recent realities, including vehicles being driven at racial justice protesters here in L.A., the murder of two protesters in Kenosha, exposures of organized racist violence being planned in Portland, the repeated [...]

By |2020-10-03T18:19:27-05:00October 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Biden, Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Commentary, Constitution, COVID-19, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economy, Elections, Environment, Gentrification/Displacement, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Labor, LGBTQ+, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Palestine, Peace and War, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Russia, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Surveillance, Unity, Voting, War|0 Comments
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Book Review: The Role of the Revolutionary Poet

The Role of the Revolutionary Poet in Society and a Strategic Vision for the 21st Century by Mark Lipman (Vagabond Books, ISBN 13: 978-1-936293-39-1, 2020, $18.50) reviewed by Michael Novick This volume of essays and poems is by the former poetry curator of Change Links, Mark Lipman, who is the founder and editor of Vagabond, editor and publisher of a number of award winning poetry anthologies, including The Border Crossed Us (an [...]

By |2020-10-01T01:50:44-05:00October 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Arts, Economy, Environment, Health Care, Justice/Injustice, Mark Lipman, Michael Novick, Movements, Non-violence, Peace, Poetry Corner|0 Comments
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Earth Day 2020: Planet on the Brink

Earth Day 2020: Planet on the Brink by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action L.A. April 22, 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of the original "Earth Day" in 1970. It is a sad commentary that 50 years on, the earth system, and the lives of hundreds of millions of people, particularly people in the global South, people of  color, and poor and working people generally, are at greater risk and in greater peril [...]

By |2019-12-30T22:51:37-05:00December 30th, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Climate Change, Ecology, Economy, Energy, Environment, Historical, Indigenous Nations, Labor, Movements|0 Comments
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December 2019 Community Calendar

Change Links cannot publish without your support. Send events, articles or poetry to changelinks2@gmail.com or via https://change-links.org/submit/ Please subscribe, as well. Subscriptions to the print edition are $12/25/50 a year, low income, regular or sustainer (sliding scale), PAYABLE TO “AFGJ,” our fiscal sponsor, with “Change Links” in the memo. All events announced are encouraged to donate $5 (per event), payable to AFGJ, mail to Change Links, PO Box 34236, Los Angeles 90034. [...]

By |2019-12-12T05:37:21-05:00November 28th, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, Editorial, Education, Elections, Environment, Events, Gentrification/Displacement, Independent Journalism|0 Comments
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PDF of December 2019 issue of Change Links

By |2019-11-28T23:39:42-05:00November 28th, 2019|About, Activism, Anti-capitalism, Calendar, Donald Trump, Editorial, Environment, Events, Health, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Latin America, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace Vigils, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Reports, Resources|0 Comments
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Earth Day 2020: Clear Vision for Environmental Action

Open Invitation for entities committed to the Earth and her children: Co-Sponsor the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in 2020: Clear Vision for Environmental Action. Dear First Nation, non-government organization, local jurisdiction or entity, April 22, 2020 is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and as you may know we are facing environmental crises greater than ever. Pollution and production processes threaten life on this planet. And they are projected to get [...]

By |2019-11-28T23:36:31-05:00November 28th, 2019|Activism, Beyond Capitalism, Climate Change, Ecology, Elijah Carder, Energy, Environment, Independent Media, Indigenous Nations, Los Angeles, Lydia Ponce, Movements, Politics, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Stop Blaming Cows and Start Targeting the Corporations that are Destroying the Amazon

Stop Blaming Cows and Start Targeting the Corporations that are Destroying the Amazon by Anthony Pahnke httpss://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Stop-Blaming-Cows-and-Start-Targeting-the-Corporations-that-are-Destroying-the-Amazon-20190827-0025.html Most of the reporting on the fires raging in the Amazon try to identify the guilty parties.  Some of those that have been identified include ranchers and loggers, as well as the rightwing government of Jair Bolsonaro for its lack of enforcing environmental regulations.  Yet, what we need to consider is that no single actor [...]

By |2019-10-02T05:31:28-05:00October 2nd, 2019|Anti-capitalism, Brazil, Capitalism, Climate Change, Environment, Indigenous Nations, Latin America, Movements, Politics|0 Comments
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LA County Settles Lead Paint Litigation

LA County Settles Lead Paint Litigation, Shares in $305 Million from Paint Companies       The Los Angeles County Dept of Public Health announced the settlement of a lawsuit that will provide significant funding for remediating lead paint hazards in residential housing throughout the County. County Counsels and City Attorneys of 10 CA jurisdictions reached a settlement that will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up the lead paint that poisons [...]

By |2019-07-22T20:13:37-05:00July 30th, 2019|Anti-Racism/Racism, California, Ecology, Economy, Environment, Health, Health, Los Angeles, News|0 Comments
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