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Winter 2019

Lessons for a Greener Future
Though our nation faces critical challenges--political, economic, and environmental— the New Deal holds important lessons for a better future. Inspired by the original New Deal, a Green New Deal is emerging as a way forward. A new generation of leaders is demanding an all-out response to climate change and calling upon government to address economic and social inequality in the process. This is where the Living New Deal can help. Lessons from the New Deal offer hope and a path toward renewal. You’ll find inspiration in the stories in this issue of our newsletter. You can also learn more about the Green New Deal at our website ([link removed]) , which topped a million views in 2019! And we hope you will join us at our New Deal talks, tours, and special events in the year ahead.

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Ten Lessons for a Green New Deal ([link removed]) , by Richard Walker
West Virginia Homesteads a Lasting Legacy ([link removed]) , by Carol Denney
On the New Deal Trail at Yosemite National Park ([link removed]) , by John Broesamle
A Better United States, c. 1937 ([link removed]) , by Marta Gutman
Past Is Prologue: Murals Offer a Teachable Moment ([link removed]) , by Judith T. Kenny


** Ten Lessons for a Green New Deal ([link removed])
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** By Richard Walker
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FDR and the New Dealers were idealists, but their genius lay in a hard-nosed pragmatism and a willingness to experiment. The Green New Deal is still mostly a set of potential policies and hoped-for outcomes. To succeed, it needs to take seriously ten lessons from the first New Deal. Read more ([link removed])


** West Virginia Homesteads a Lasting Legacy ([link removed])
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** By Carol Denney
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Between 1933 and 1935 the federal Division of Subsistence Homesteads (DSH) gave people displaced by the Great Depression the chance to build a new life. In the Tygart Valley, the program left a legacy of affordable and sustainable housing and community-serving buildings constructed by the residents themselves.
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** On the New Deal Trail in Yosemite National Park ([link removed])
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** By John Broesamle
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When I was a year-and-a-half old, and for years thereafter, I would spend all summer with my parents in Tuolumne Meadows in the upper reaches of Yosemite National Park. I didn’t know until four decades later that not far from our campground, hidden among the trees, was a mess hall where young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps relaxed and refueled between shifts on New Deal projects that made the park’s High Country hospitable to families such as ours.
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** A Better United States, c. 1937 ([link removed])
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** By Marta Gutman
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A short-lived federal agency, the U.S. Film Service, hired “Hollywood” to make newsreels to show how workers formerly on relief were building a better United States. The 47 WPA films remind us of the power of moving images to craft political narratives. Read more ([link removed])


** Past Is Prologue: Murals Offer a Teachable Moment ([link removed])
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** By Judith T. Kenny
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New Deal-era murals have stirred protests for their representations of gender and race. The administration at the Knight Library at the University of Oregon chose conversation over censorship. Read more ([link removed])


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A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945
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Thursday, February 6, 2020
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"One would hope that war will cease someday in this world. Might we not strive harder to understand and respect one another, working toward compromise and thus an ensuing peace? A return to the concept of the “common good?” My thoughts today lie with all the people of the world. Let’s all aspire to true peace on earth. Finally."


—Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fireside Chat, Christmas Eve
1944
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