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Eric Mann, Back from the Paris Climate Conference

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator Eric Mann was an NGO delegate to the United Nations Framework Climate Change Conference representing the Labor/Community Strategy Center. He produced daily “Posts from Paris” for Pacifica and his KPFK radio show, Voices from the Frontlines. His new book, Katrina's Legacy: White Racism and Black Reconstruction in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast will have its international opening in Paris in December 2015 and its U.S. opening in Los Angeles in January 2016. He is also the author of: Comrade George an Investigation into the Life, Political Thought, and Assassination of George Jackson, Dispatches From Durban: Firsthand Commentaries on the World Conference Against Racism and Post-September 11 Movement Strategies, and Katrina's Legacy: White Racism and Black Reconstruction in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He is working on his next book, Revolutionary Organizing in the Age of Reaction, featuring The 25 Qualities of the Successful Organizer. Contact Mr. Mann, visit his blog (ericmannblog.blogspot.com) or Follow him on Twitter: www.twitter.com/EricMannSpeaks. David A. Love, JD Managing Editor: Nancy Littlefield, MBA Publisher: Peter Gamble

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The Paris Climate Talks – A Victory for President Obama, a Defeat for the Planet, and a Challenge to the Climate Justice Movement

By Eric Mann, Back from the Paris Climate Conference Guest Commentator

The battle over Paris is not at all over. In fact, it is just beginning and the battle of the sum-up is the critical ideological and scientific baseline in the battle between hope and despair.

The just concluded Paris Climate Conference--the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—was a critical juncture in human and planetary history. Could the world's governments,…

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