Boyte A 'We the People' Green New Deal ASU October 30 draft (original) (raw)

This is the written draft version of my talk for the conference, "The Green New Deal and the Future of Work in America," to be held November 1-2 at Arizona State University. Here is the conference website https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-new-deal-and-the-future-of-work-in-america-tickets-69209135387 In this essay/talk I argue that we need a shift in paradigm in climate action and progressive politics broadly, from a struggle against oppressive powers, which leads to polarized politics and a resistance stance, to a movement for cultural transformation. I draw on the constructive nonviolence of the civil rights movement and also the precedent of the Second Great Awakening.