Britain Geographical Pollution Waste A brilliant “Led By Donkeys” video on the water companies The companies are in debt to the tune of £60bn – and have paid out dividends of £57bn! Now Thames…
Britain Fossil Fuels Geographical Green New Deal Just Transition Labour Party Trade Unions Labour’s crackdown on free thinkers: it’s bad for the party and politics The Guardian on the growing purge in the Labour Party- which has serious implications for our ability to develop a…
Amazonia Climate Change Direct action Ecosocialism Imperialism Indigenous Peoples Internationalism Marxism Hugo Blanco 15.11.1934‑25.06.2023 Derek Wall celebrates the life of his friend and comrade Hugo Blanco Hugo Blanco, who died on Sunday 25th June, was…
Britain Geographical Green New Deal Housing and Building Just Transition Labour Party Local government Sustainability Trade Unions Transport We need Democracy Driven Governance for climate action by Birmingham Council From Birmingham Against the Cuts This is the beginning of the new Council year, when Birmingham Cabinet members announce their…
Britain Direct action Fossil Fuels Geographical Green New Deal Growth Just Transition Labour Party Local government Sustainability Trade Unions Extinction Rebellion, The Big One and the Labour Movement Rob Marsden writes: Extinction Rebellion’s “The Big One”, a long weekend of climate actions, pickets and demonstrations in London last…
Britain Farming Food Geographical Genetic Technology Act passes into law but still much to fight for From Thin Ice GM Freeze, Thin Ice, 5 June 2023 On Thursday 23 March, the deeply flawed Genetic Technology (Precision…
Britain Ecosocialism Geographical Green New Deal Growth Just Transition Labour Party Local government Sustainability Trade Unions Nine questions for Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer From Urban Ramblings, a very topical piece which raises some important questions. In the week that the sky all along…
Britain Energy Fossil Fuels Geographical Green New Deal Just Transition Labour Party Trade Unions Starmer urged not to U-turn on new North Sea oil and gas ban Following yesterday’s post, we have another Guardian article urging Labour to stand by its radical energy and decarbonisation proposals… Starmer…
Britain Climate Change Energy Fossil Fuels Geographical Just Transition Labour Party Trade Unions Labour’s oil and gas ban shows it’s ready to fight the next election on climate issues The announcement by Keir Starmer, detailed in the Guardian article below, that he will ban all new gas and oil…
Europe Geographical Pollution Sustainability Waste Big Toxics and their lobby firepower From Social Europe The chemical giants outspend even Big Tech and Big Energy on lobbying the EU—and it’s working. In…