A Green New Deal for Workers
By Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker Workers in 2020 have a unique opportunity to vote to put two fellow workers in the White House. Howie is a recently retired Teamster…
Howie Hawkins
Oppose the Israeli Annexation of West Bank Settlements
It is time for the United States to end its bipartisan blanket support for Israeli policies that violate the human rights of Palestinians. At this critical moment, where Israel has…
Workers Need More Rights and Economic Democracy
As someone who has been a union member since I was a Marine with the American Servicemen's Union until I retired last year as a Teamster as well as a…
On Day One, the Next President Should Declare A Climate Emergency
The next president should declare a Climate Emergency, which will give the president powers to act rapidly and decisively to confront the climate crisis. The president should also create a…
Howie Hawkins: ‘The US Culture Of Violence Is Reaping What It Has Sown’
The US is in the midst of an epidemic of mass killings. In the 215 days so far this year, the US has seen 252 mass shootings – an average…
Nuclear Disarmament Should Be a Top 2020 Campaign Issue But Is Being Ignored
Two years ago on July 7, 2017, 122 nations approved the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW). The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received…
Juneteenth 2019: The US Must Repair Historic And Current Racism
On this Juneteenth, we must confront the impacts of racism dating back to the founding of the United States with the slave trade of Black people brought from Africa, Jim…
Howie Hawkins -Earth Day, Planetary Boundaries, and the Green New Deal
As we celebrate Earth Day in 2019, we need to recognize that more than climate change threatens our environment and our very existence. We have passed or are approaching several…
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