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"Green Structural Adjustment” in South Africa: A War on Workers and Climate   Friday, February 25, 2022 * 8:00am ET * via Zoom

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Join us on Friday, February 25, 8am ET for a TUED Global Forum: "Green Structural Adjustment” in South Africa: A War on Workers and Climate Find your local time here. Spanish and French interpretation will be available. At COP26 in Glasgow, the EU, the US and the UK announced it was going to “mobilize” $8.5 billion to accelerate South Africa’s transition away from coal in order to protect the climate. A month later the IMF “advised” the South African government to downsize and break up (“unbundling”) its public utility (Eskom) in order to build a “A Green and Climate-Resilient Economy.” The “unbundling” of Eskom, “must be accompanied by a substantial downsizing and structural transformation of its operations, notably through a meaningful reduction of procurement and personnel costs. Eskom spends more than it earns, reflecting both its operational inefficiencies and unsustainable debt level. Competition from private firms is necessary. The resulting higher level of private investment should help finance the energy transition away from coal, contributing to climate change objectives.” The IMF is pursuing the same policy in many countries in the Global South. But experience has shown that the privatization of power systems impedes the effort to move away from fossil fuels. Unions and their allies in South Africa have put forward an alternative to this approach, one that keeps energy under public ownership, allowing a transformed and fully-resourced Eskom to drive the transition while preserving the country’s energy sovereignty. Meanwhile, unions are leading an international effort to fight the energy privatization agenda and to reclaim energy companies to public ownership under a pro-public mandate that can address climate concerns. Click here to register. Learn more on TUED's website: unionsforenergydemocracy.org

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NO BOSSES, NO BORDERS: Anti-Capitalism & Migrant Justice Organizing Friday, March 4 * 12:00pm - 1:15pm ET * via Zoom In response to exploitation, criminalization, and mass detention and deportation of migrants in the US, migrant justice activism has become a central feature of United States politics. The movement is politically and tactically diverse. Some organizing efforts more actively engage with critiques of and struggles against capitalism than others. This panel brings together three activists and thinkers to discuss the anti-capitalist work that is already happening, the obstacles that currently stand in the way of anti-capitalist approaches, the possibilities for anti-capitalist mobilizations in the future, and the connections to other struggles for justice and liberation. We invite you to think with us about how to fight for migrant justice and a post-capitalist future. Click here to register.

Guest Speakers: Ashley Bohrer  Asst. Professor of Gender & Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame Author of Marxism and Intersectionality (Columbia Press 2021) Justin Akers Chacón Professor of U.S. History & Chicano Studies, San Diego City College Author of The Border Crossed Us (Haymarket 2012)  Aly Wane  Migrant Justice Organizer Syracuse Peace Council and the UndocuBlack Network Moderator:  Sofya Aptekar Associate Professor of Urban Studies CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies  

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DEMOCRACY IN PERIL: Leadership Challenges in a Time of Crisis Civic Engagement & Leadership Development (C.E.L.D) Spring 2022 civic leadership seminar The virtual Spring 2022 C.E.L.D. seminar will take place on five Saturday mornings starting on Saturday, March 5, and held via Zoom. The seminar is led by James Steele of the CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies, and each session features special guest presenters. Click here to register. (https://forms.gle/GtKr5cmxAsKGEJiU9) Click here to view the seminar schedule. Click here to learn more about civic leadership at SLU. slu.cuny.edu/civicleadership

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Listen to the latest episode of Reinventing Solidarity, featuring SLU Professor Heather McGhee, discussing her latest book: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Progressive commentators in the U.S. have long debated the primacy of race vs. class in our political and economic life, and therefore its role in organizing strategy. CUNY SLU Professor Heather McGhee sees this as a false debate. The stories McGhee tells illustrate the concrete ways in which racism and our deep economic divide go hand in hand. McGhee argues that, at every turn, racism undermines class solidarity and makes it possible in the richest country on earth for so many people lack a living wage, a pension, access to quality healthcare, childcare, and a sustainable environment.  Listen now - click here.

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