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1. Class and Climate Change
2. Film of the Month: An Inconvenient Truth (DVD)
3. December Actions Towards a Non-Classist Society
4. Featured Resources: Global Warming through the Lens of Class
5. Share your experience: Class Action Survey
6. Class Action House Parties
7. Upcoming Programs
1. Class and Climate Change
When you think about which economic class of people will bear the brunt of all these disasters, global warming starts to look like the mother of all economic justice issues. So this month’s Class Action e-news is devoted to exploring anti-classist responses to global warming.
2. Film of the Month: An Inconvenient Truth
Forget about whether or not you like Al Gore, his movie “An Inconvenient Truth” has initiated a conversation that will dominate politics in the coming decades. The global warming debate used to be over whether we really are disrupting the earth’s climate, but Gore resolves that with a lucid explanation of the now-overwhelming scientific consensus. The new question he raises is: “How bad is it really going to get?” The answer, however you slice it, is “pretty bad.” Drought, disease, loss of drinking water, giant hurricanes, 20-foot sea level rise, etc… it’s all in there.
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Book recommendations on this subject can be found in our book corner.
3. December Actions Against Classism
Al Gore and others say that the most tangible thing we can do individually is to “go carbon neutral”— find out what it means and how to do it at our action page.
You can also find lifestyle and consumption tips that reduce the amount of global warming pollution you produce,a political action and green holiday gifts ideas at our action page
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4. FEATURED RESOURCES: Articles and links to information on Class and Climate Change
A recent report from the Tides Foundation called “Changing the Social Climate” is a good analysis.
"Hurricane Katrina and Climate Justice" by Joshua Karliner
Take a look at which countries consume the most and the least on the funky World Consumption Map
5. SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE: Class Action's Survey asks for your experiences with Class and Climate Change
What responsibility do different economic classes bear for reducing their contributions to global warming pollution? Should wealthy people assume more of the cost of fixing the problem?
Let us know at our survey page.
Read the varied responses to last month's survey.
6. Class Action House Parties
Class action has upcoming house parties in Cambridge, Arlington and Northampton, MA as well as Maine and Pennsylvania. Please see our House Party page or contact us for details. If you can't attend please consider making a donation to our fall fundraising drive.
Interested in getting your friends and family talking about class while helping Class Action? Host a Class Action House Party!
Raise awareness while raising money to support this work.
Email Dana or call 413.585.9709 ext. 207 to find out more.
7. Upcoming Programs
"Day-Long Training on Issues of Class and Classism"
December 5, 2006
Portland,ME
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Class Action Groups
Excess Baggage Lovely Luggage" – FREE
December 7, 2006
Northampton,MA
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Please email us for more info...
Straddlers Group
January 24th, 2007 7pm
Hadley, MA
Please email us for more info...
For information on joining a group please email us.
Read Class Action's past eNews:
November 2006: Class and the Military
October 2006: Class and Televsion
September 2006: Class and Higher Education
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