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A Powerful Call to Action

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Signs at September 21 Tucson solidarity march

A review of This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein (Simon & Schuster 2014) In May of 2012 I attended a weekend Climate Leaders’ Workshop that was hosted locally by Tucson Climate Action Network (TUCAN) and sponsored by 350.org. Young and energetic trainers led forty attendees through group exercises on topics ranging from campaign planning and …

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A Primer to the Fiscal Cliff

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Grey text over white background that reads, "No image of the fiscal cliff available as it is an illusion conjured up by the Debt Relief Commission"

SOURCED ONLINE AND OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN The fiscal cliff explained “Fiscal cliff” is the popular shorthand term used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government will face at the end of 2012, when the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are scheduled to go into effect. Among the laws set to change …

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