Big Oil

Oil workers move to reclaim power for the people in Iraq

May 28, 2019 By David Bacon

As millions of people marched against the invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s, many carried signs pointing an accusing finger at Dick Cheney and Halliburton.

Town that beat Big Oil created model for beating Trump

February 13, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

The key is organizing campaigns focusing on issues, not just candidates.

Unions to lobby for “energy democracy” at Paris climate talks

November 27, 2015 By Teresa Albano

Unions worldwide will make sure the voices and needs of working people are included in the UN Climate Change Summit in Paris: The ITUC will lobby negotiators and leaders of 190 countries.

After Keystone XL: Why the Paris climate summit could be different

November 25, 2015 By C.J. Atkins

For the first time, leaders from the advanced capitalist countries and those of the emerging economies seem to be on the same page when it comes to the urgency of slowing climate change.

Obama’s Alaska visit highlights climate already changed

September 4, 2015 By Marc Brodine

Each particular battle is but one part of the longer struggle to transform our energy economy, our economy as a whole, how things are produced, packaged, and distributed.