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Friend,
Despite impassioned pleas and people organizing for months to demand the Democratic National Committee sanction a climate-focused debate for this primary, the DNC over the weekend voted down a resolution that would have made a debate possible.
To put it mildly—and for anyone concerned about the future of the planet—this is infuriating. While opponents said it would be "dangerous" to upset the rules of the primary debate schedule, author, journalist, and longtime friend and ally to Common Dreams Naomi Klein disagreed:
"This matters. A DNC that won't bend the rules of its debate playbook in order to treat climate change like an emergency will not support policy that is transformative enough to actually stop the emergency."
And Princeton University professor Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor put it this way:
"This past July was the hottest in human history. The temp reached 94 degrees in the Arctic Circle. Temps reached 114 in France. Temps in India reached 120. The crisis is not coming. We are here. It's the most crucial question facing the human species. What is the DNC afraid of?"
It's a crucial question.
We have been covering this fight since groups such as Sunrise Movement, 350.org, and others started demanding a climate debate months ago, and we won't stop covering the climate emergency until leaders from all political parties across the world treat it with the urgency it demands.
The DNC just failed all of us, but we won't fail you.
Common Dreams will keep holding the powerful to account, but this people-powered media model doesn't work without support from readers like you. Our Summer Campaign is underway. Can you pitch in $5, $15, $50—any amount—right now to make sure we can keep holding the feet of the powerful to the fire?
So long as our supporters are fearless, we are not afraid.
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