Lorraine Suzuki

As we’ve seen from the first three parts of this series, the current goals and tactics of Extinction Rebellion and the climate movement are leading us in the wrong direction. An entirely different strategy is needed if we are to have any hope of building an effective movement to end corporate control and the industries destroying the planet and all who live here.

If it’s not obvious what I mean, the consider this. In what way precisely have Pelosi and the Democrats really stood up to Trump? It’s good that they are standing up a little bit, finally. But is that all we should really be asking? I think I might have already made you mad. OK — let’s consider a few simple, cold, hard facts.

Long-term objective data points support the experience of working families, poor people, and the oppressed/exploited: they do not benefit from either party’s victory. Let’s start by looking at income inequality.