Fantastic Thread On a Green New Deal

all of the policies in the GND are either clearly about 1) making the investments to tackle climate change; 2) about how to leverage those investments to create jobs; or 3) how to ensure that EVERYONE can participate in a green economy. 2/ pic.twitter.com/0pAFP1PIiz

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

M4A: in WWII, migration patterns changed. thousands moved for jobs. why wouldn't that happen in GND, given how much industrial growth we'd see and the nature of the work to transition from power from fossil fuels to power from renewable sources. 4/

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

similar case with paid family leave: how are women going to fully participate in the GND and make bank from the explosion in trades and other nontraditional jobs if they can't access affordable child care? how we gonna get to full employment? 6/

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

same with the jobs guarantee. JG offers perhaps the simplest way to build a real workforce development system in this country, which is CRUCIAL to a GND and the transition to a green economy. 8/

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

plus it can be structured so states and localities DECIDE where they want to place workers, so it meets the demands of the transition AND lets communities put workers where they need them. (plus you can use it to increase job quality in sectors where workers are exploited.) 10/

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

we KNOW what happens when nat'l mobilizations make justice negotiable. you think the racial wealth gap ain't connected to agricultural and domestic workers (aka black people) being left out of social security? 12/

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

and again, miss me with the "but we can deal with that later. climate change is unique!" yes, but the great depression was also unique. when did at workers get included in SS? 1950. that's 15 years. FIFTEEN. 14/

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

so next time someone tells you that the GND is just a "laundry list" of random policies, remember: ISSA 👏🏾TRAP 👏🏾 we ain't gotta choose between equity and climate action. this mobilization is big enough for all of us.

thank you for coming to my TED talk.

— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019

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— Rhiana Gunn-Wright (@rgunns) February 9, 2019