{"id":11042,"date":"2022-09-12t12:35:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-12t12:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/music-mobilizing-and-making-a-living-on-a-living-planet\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:24","slug":"music-mobilizing-and-making-a-living-on-a-living-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/music-mobilizing-and-making-a-living-on-a-living-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"music, mobilizing, and making a living on a living planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\nwe know we\u2019re dumping carbon in the atmosphere,
it\u2019s warming the earth, messin\u2019 with the oceans, climate change is here.
we know what we\u2019ve got to do, leave it in the ground;
look to the sun, feel the wind, listen to the sound.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n-joe uehlein<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
long sung from the throats of ralph chaplin, pete seager, and workers around the world, \u201csolidarity forever \/ for the union makes us strong!\u201d is the authentic fighting song for organized labor, centering solidarity as their greatest strength against exploitative capital. yet for joe uehlein, it is hard not to see this as a \u201chollow slogan\u201d after more than four decades at the intersection of labor organizing and environmental activism. to him, the climate crisis has pulled organized labor\u2019s priorities\u2014its \u201ctwo hearts beating within a single breast\u201d<\/a>\u2014in opposite directions, giving into a false duality of \u201cjobs vs. environment\u201d as though we can’t have one without the other. <\/p>\n\n\n
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