Baldy Center: Co-sponsored Lecture by Matthew T. Huber

[Baldy Center]

The Baldy Center Co-sponsored Speaker Matthew T. Huber (Syracuse University) will present "Whither the Green New Deal? The Rise and Fall of a Working Class Climate Politics"

October 13, 2022
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. ET
509 O’Brian Hall
All are welcome, in person or online.
Zoom registration: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... -RmPf_rCZW

Abstract: In the wake of the election of Donald Trump -- alongside eight years of relatively ineffectual climate action during the Obama administration -- climate advocates realized we needed a bolder approach to climate policy (or what some called a 'Medicare for all'-like demand for the climate). By 2018, that framework exploded onto the scene under the banner of a "Green New Deal" (GND) aiming to tackle inequality and climate change with rapid, public-sector-led decarbonization and broad, universal working class gains after decades of austerity and wage stagnation. Yet, by 2020, the GND movement sputtered into disarray. The recently passed "Inflation Reduction Act" might lead to decarbonization, but a Green New Deal it is not. What happened and why? What prospects for a working class climate politics remain?

To learn more about Co-sponsored Speaker Matthew T. Huber, visit our website https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/eve ... _568255391