Why the CCC is DOA

Sunrise’s Civilian Climate Corps is a strong proposal. It’s a shame that the class struggle orientation needed to realize it is wholly absent.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was one of the most popular and successful of the New Deal programs. Its goal was to put people to work, solving the dual problems of America’s social and ecological devastation during the Depression years. Three months after its swift legislative passage in 1933, the federal government had organized 275,000 people…