The Green New Deal must include PEACE as an inherent part of its agenda

May 17, 2019 GlenAnderson Climate, Energy Issues (Also see Oil, Climate, Environment), Environment, Examples of Parallax Views, International Affairs (Click to see specific nations and regions), Our Current Political Crisis (in addition to Trump and Trumpism), Outreach, Framing/Reframing (Also see Organizing & Activism), Peace (See Foreign Policy and specific nations and regions -- and ALSO see Military Spending and Nuclear Weapons) 0

The U.S. military is an ENORMOUS waster of oil and an ENORMOUS factor in causing and perpetuating the climate crisis. To reduce carbon emissions, we absolutely must reduce all kinds of military flights, ships, and vehicle traffic.

The Military-Industrial Complex hires troops and workers who build weapons. The Green New Deal must move them away from climate-killing jobs into jobs that solve our problems and create a sustainable future.

A militaristic foreign policy is NOT SUSTAINABLE!!! Militarism is DESTROYING OUR FUTURE!

PEACE must be a strategic part of the Green New Deal!!!

See this article, which promotes the Green New Deal globally, not merely within the U.S.:

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/05/15/green-new-deal-needs-anti-war-message?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=The%20Green%20New%20Deal%20Needs%20an%20Anti-war%20Message&utm_campaign=Undermining%20Trump-Bolton%20War%20Narrative%2C%20UK%20General%20Says%20No%20Evidence%20of%20%27Increased%20Threat%27%20From%20Iran%20%7C%20News%20%2526%20Views&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-Undermining%20Trump-Bolton%20War%20Narrative%2C%20UK%20General%20Says%20No%20Evidence%20of%20%27Increased%20Threat%27%20From%20Iran%20%7C%20News%20%2526%20Views-_-The%20Green%20New%20Deal%20Needs%20an%20Anti-war%20Message

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org