System Change November Call: Plans for 2015
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SCNCC November Call Monday, Nov. 10,
Plans for 2015
The Republican “victory” in the farcical US Midterm elections was not an expression of a rightward shift in US politics as much as the sigh of voter discontent. Given the shared agenda of the Democrats & Republicans, historically low approval ratings for Congress and the lack of third parties, even a Republican voter in Kansas speaking about choices for governor admitted that, "both seem kind of like leftovers you don't want to eat." The Republican majority in the Senate has many rightly worried about a renewed effort to pass the KXL Pipeline. The Obama administration will likely use Republican control as an excuse to roll over and green light the project. Our movement must rise to the challenge in such a case.While the US electoral system has stacked the deck in favor of a corporate agenda, pro-environmental votes beat back monied campaigns to win a moratorium on fracking in Denton, TX, and defeat Chevron-backed candidates in Richmond CA. The Hawkins-Jones Green Party ticket won nearly 5% of the vote in the NY governor’s race. Howie and Brian ran on a shoestring as open socialists who supported 100% clean energy by 2030, a fracking ban and a Green New Deal for starters. These results confirm what most of us already know: below the media’s facile interpretation of the election lies a mostly unorganized sea of discontent.
Do you want to help SCNCC change that "unorganized" bit? Join us on our monthly call to discuss our plans for 2015. The time is right for a stronger anti-capitalist and ecosocialist voice in our movements. We need more activists and politicos involved with SCNCC to make that happen. Please tune in and plug in.
SCNCC Monthly Organizing Call
Monday, November 10th
9pm EST / 6pm PST
Call information listed below.
Proposed Agenda:
Activist campaign ideas for 2015
Steering Committee elections, SCNCC Convention January in Chicago
The Burnaby Mountain Standoff, working group and chapter report backs
The Defense of Burnaby Mountain
Kinder Morgan standoff: standing with the caretakers and residents of Burnaby Mountain
Burnaby Mountain: Latest wall of opposition against tar sands
The Jane and John Does of Kinder Morgan's injunction
News and Reviews
The IPCC report: Between nightmare and revolution
Review of Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything: ‘Only mass social movements can save us’
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