Fellow Mobilizers — every week, I check the news and take note of another existential threat to our future, usually related to our systematic destruction of the environment. Yesterday, I noted Donald Trump's rise in the polls, just a few days out from the election.

I am scared that if Donald Trump is elected the president of the United States, it will unleash uncontrollable social and political dynamics that, together with the climate emergency and the limits to growth, will precipitate the collapse of civilization.

Let's buy some time for our growing mobilization movement, civilization, and the natural world by electing Hillary Clinton president next Tuesday.

If you haven't already, please read my Oct. 5 Common Dreams article, "The Climate Emergency & The Election: A Pathway to WWII-scale Mobilization," to see why I am relatively hopeful about the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency. Primarily, it has to do with us — not Clinton and the lethal ideology of carbon gradualism that she currently embraces.

If you want to help get out the vote for Hillary Clinton in swing states, visit 350 Action's voter turnout page.

Next week we also have a chance not just to escape fascism, but to elect courageous political candidates across America who have actually pledged to mobilize against the climate emergency by calling for national goals of 100% clean energy and net zero emissions by 2025 in the United States.

If you have the chance to vote for one of these fine people, please do! See if candidates who have Pledged to Mobilize are running in your area.

NATIONAL

Dimitri Cherny (D)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

South Carolina 1st District

Margaret Flowers (G)

Candidate for US Senate

Maryland

Matt Funiciello (G)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

New York 21st District

Peter Jacob (D)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

New Jersey 7th District

Wendy Reed (D)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

California 23rd District



Darren Soto (D)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

Florida 9th District

Alina Valdes (D)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

Florida 25th District

Tom Wakely (D)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

Texas 21st District

Kim Weaver (D)

Candidate for US House of Representatives

Iowa 4th District

STATE

Ruth Anne Gaines (D)

Candidate for Re-election to Iowa House of Representatives

Iowa 32nd District

Veronica "Roni" Jacobi (D)

Candidate for State Assembly

California 10th District

Ako Abdul-Samad (D)

Candidate for Re-election to Iowa House of Representatives

Iowa 35th District

LOCAL

Heidi Harmon (D)

Candidate for Mayor

San Luis Obispo, CA

Ash Kalra (D)

Candidate for State Assembly

California 27th District

Annisa Karim (D)

Candidate for Collier County Commissioner

Florida 3rd District

Daniel Sohn

Candidate for Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor

Palm Beach County, Florida

And thank you very much to all the Mobilizers who gave these candidates the Pledge! Let's keep mobilizing in every way we can — elections are just one tactic among many for our movement.

Sincerely,

Ezra Silk

Strategic Director, The Climate Mobilization

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Originally published at The Climate Mobilization