Growth
Degrowth- facing up to harsh reality
From Alan Thornett: This article is based on the introduction I gave on degrowth at a meeting of the West…
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Degrowth: a remarkable renaissance
From Alan Thornett’s Ecosocialist Discussion website There has been an upsurge of interest in degrowth –a long-discussed strategic alternative to…
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Degrowthers Gain Support as Planet Cooks. Can They Ally With Green New Dealers?
From Truth Out– a contribution to the ongoing debate around growth Degrowth and its opponents recognize the necessity of mass…
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Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge
Sunak dumps another climate pledge… Disclosure provokes fury as Rishi Sunak accused of betraying populations vulnerable to global heating Helena…
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Degrowth and Socialism- an online public meeting
ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING Monday 26th June, 7.30pm Zoom link here Economic growth is central to mainstream economics. Politicians insist that…
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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…
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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…
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Labour: Stand firm in opposition to oil & gas
Please sign this open letter to Keir Starmer. Dear Sir Keir Starmer, CC: Angela Rayner MP, Rachel Reeves MP and…
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Getting real: what would serious climate action look like?
From Scientists for Global Responsibility Prof Kevin Anderson, Manchester University, summarises the action necessary if governments and societies were really…
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“Everything about carmaking is changing at once. The industry must reinvent itself to keep pace.”
From Birmingham Against the Cuts website On April 27 BATC asked “How safe are jobs in the auto industry in…