The zealous participation of European Greens in the campaign to thwart Rocco Buttiglione is indicative of the capture of green politics by an unreconstructed, unreformed and unelectable left
… February 2005 News Green Party Green Movement Politics UK Politics And Economics The zealous … is indicative of the capture of green politics by an unreconstructed, unreformed and …
The #GreenSurge - which has seen the Green Party's membership quadruple in a year - has happened for good reasons, says Natalie Bennett: a deep disgust and frustration at 'mainstream' politics and its subservience to vested interests; and the growing yearning for a better, greener, fairer future.
… Join the politics of the future! Natalie Bennett | 9th March 2015 Comment Politics UK natalie-b-gp-spring-conf.jpg The … deep disgust and frustration at 'mainstream' politics and its subservience to vested …
‘He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.’ Friedrich Nietzsche
… Punch & Judy politics Aidan Rankin | 1st October 2004 News Iraq War Bush Blair Saddam Hussein Political Dissent Politics UK US Politics And Economics Society …
How can Green parties acquire real political power? A new book by Per Gahrton, founder of the Swedish Green Party, is much more than a useful reference text on the history of Green Parties around the world, write Bennet Francis and Rupert Read. It's also a valuable manual in realpolitik that resonates here and now in the UK.
… Green Future: lessons from history for Green politics Rupert Read Bennet Francis | 8th December 2015 Reviews Politics EU UK Ecology green-parties-cut.jpg … How can Green parties acquire real political power? A new book by Per Gahrton, …
We need more inclusive, empowering political narratives that drive systemic change.
… Politics in a time of consequences Laurie … Sep 2019. We need more inclusive, empowering political narratives that drive systemic … environmental emergency is about power and politics, not just clean technologies and …
London-based front groups pushing for the most deregulated form of Brexit have strong ties to major US libertarian influencers.
… Donald Trump’s campaign, Robert Mercer. Political activities At the heart of this … regulation — at least in principle. But politicians associated with this transatlantic … Matthew and Sarah Elliott, UK lobbyists and politicians, and US groups with vested …
A lack of political will to address climate change could be attributed to cultural constraints and social pressures.
… The cultural politics of climate change Rebecca Willis | … January 2019 News Green Alliance Parliament Politics Thought Leaders 4642915654_4fbb595e20_b.jpg A lack of political will to address climate change could …
A new Ecology Party would work for a change in values, a paradigm shift in which human beings learn to work with the grain of the natural world, instead of against it.
… Aidan Rankin | 19th February 2009 Comment Politics Democracy UK Environment Politics And Economics Archive_173.jpg A new … of criticism, however, would be the party-political green movement. For green politics …
The real significance of last night's TV debate was the vigorous assertion of a new progressive politics in Britain, expressed by the 'trimulierate' of female party leaders from the SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru - the three sharing a positive vision of a green, fair, inclusive future in which all participate in the nation's prosperity.
… Easter rising - progressive politics is reborn! Oliver Tickell | 3rd March 2015 Comment Politics UK leaders-debate-2015.jpg The real … the vigorous assertion of a new progressive politics in Britain, expressed by the …
What is to be done about reactionary localism? How can we keep fascism out of local politics? We need to foreground democracy and interdependence over local autonomy. The latest on our series on radical municipalism from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… 'Dark municipalism' - the dangers of local politics The Symbiosis Research Collective | … How can we keep fascism out of local politics? We need to foreground democracy and … a diverse, egalitarian, and ecological local politics is to be successful, it must develop …
Aidan Rankin argues that modern liberal values can be more of a threat than a liberation.
… Why greens should be politically incorrect Aidan Rankin | 12th June … Nomadic People Sustainable Hunting Green Politics Ecologist Ecology Green Thought Green … International Development Indigenous Peoples Politics And Economics Archive_155.jpg Aidan …
An invitation to unlearn the disciplinary boundaries of academia and 'to build collectives of care rather than mere departments'.
… Undisciplining political ecology Marco Armiero Stefania Barca … Thought Leaders Undisciplined Environments Political Ecology Academia Disciplines … of us was teaching a graduate course in Political Ecology and gave students papers to …
The short cut to transformation offered by politics is an illusion
… we need Paul Jennings | 1st July 2005 Comment Politics Green Party Zac Goldsmith Community Society Green UK Green Living Politics And Economics Archive_82.jpg The short cut to transformation offered by politics is an illusion Aidan Rankin’s …
The more the GM industry claims to enjoy the support of 'science', the more it resorts to emotive attack and insult against its opponents, while doing its best to suppress the many scientific truths that are not to its liking, writes Colin Todhunter. In truth it is driven by profit, politics and ideology, and is based on fraud and the capture and corruption of governments and regulators.
… 30th December 2015 News GMOs Regulators Media Politics Science gmo-poster-cut.jpg The more … Todhunter. In truth it is driven by profit, politics and ideology, and is based on fraud … claims based on ignorance and are driven by politically motivated ideology. The actions of …
Transport emissions are a political hot potato - mobility is often associated with as 'freedom', while the most environmentally aware are also most addicted to high carbon emissions from travel, writes Scott Cohen. To cut transport emissions means tackling four big political taboos.
… Political taboos leave trail of rising … August 2014 Comment Transport Climate Change Politics jet-in-flight-usaf-cut.jpg Transport emissions are a political hot potato - mobility is often … transport emissions means tackling four big political taboos. Transportation continues to …
To secure the clean energy transformation for the long term we must get the good news out there, writes Natalie Bennett - driving forward a popular movement for warm, comfortable homes, affordable fuel bills, community renewables and thriving local economies.
… Responding to populism: we need more politics in energy, not less! Natalie Bennett | 7th December 2016 Comment Energy Politics UK Renewables freiburg-solar-cut.jpg … , even its advances were very vulnerable to political change, with a push to liberalise …
It's time for UK citizens to #takebackREALcontrol by challenging the anti-democratic powers that control our country, our economy and our lives, retiring Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett told her party conference this weekend in this barnstorming speech. And that's a challenge only the Greens are prepared to take on.
… Natalie Bennett | 5th September 2016 Comment Politics UK Climate Change Pollution Oceans … Greens are prepared to take on. They say in politics you should never say 'I told you so.' … of a phrase I've often used: "the future of politics doesn't look like the past." I don't …
The political events of the last year are cause for sorrow, for reflection, and for reorientation. But they're also cause for a Green reboot. And fortunately, the UK's upcoming election on June 8th gives us just such an opportunity, writes RUPERT READ
… Election 2017: a Green realignment of British politics? Rupert Read | 3rd May 2017 Comment General Election 2017 Green Politics kaleidoscope.jpg The political events of the last year are cause …
Land seizures, rampant logging and oil palm expansion have decimated Sarawak's forests. But now an invigorated reform movement is fighting back - accusing the government and its chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud of duplicity. Alex Joseph reports
… Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak's political relationship with central government … in 1963. The desire of Sarawak's nascent political establishment to assert its autonomy … of battling, there eventually emerged a new political elite of Muslim natives whom Kuala …
Loneliness, capitalist urbanisation, and ecological crisis. In this world, politics should be about bringing people together and taking control of the spaces where we live. The latest instalment from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… and ecological crisis. In this world, politics should be about bringing people … patrolled by private security. Metropolitan sprawl swallows the countryside, … are now quiet, and neighbours barely talk. Politics is reduced to a vote; there is little …
People have been talking about some kind of 'progressive alliance' ever since the 2010 General Election, writes Jonathon Porritt. If ever there was a moment where such an alliance could start coming together, and start working out a game plan to transform our political prospects between now and 2020, this has to be it.
… Porritt | 27th June 2016 Comment Green Party Politics Europe Brexit Transformation brexit .jpg Every new political movement begins as a … working out a game plan to transform our political prospects between now and 2020, this …
Ada Colau surprised many when she won the election to become mayor of Barcelona. The housing rights activist was part of a deep social movement aiming for participatory democracy. But this latest article from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE examines how winning the election was just the first step
… movement Though they were registered as a political 'party', all decisions would be … almost inevitable. The new way of doing politics was already prefigured in the … government they wanted, because they lived politics in the day-to-day at their …
Floods, giant waves and billions of pounds of destruction to the UK's homes, businesses and key national infrastructure could revolutionise climate politics, writes Jonathon Porritt. But no thanks to the increasingly pathetic BBC!
… After the deluge - Britain's new politics of climate change Jonathon Porritt | … February 2014 Comment Global Warming Flooding Politics can-we-talk-climate-change.png … infrastructure could revolutionise climate politics, writes Jonathon Porritt. But no …
As Theresa May and her Ministers struggle to make a pact with the DUP, Ecologist Nature Editor, ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT says we could all do worse than model both leadership and politics on Nature and work together to improve partnership and community, as well as innovation
… Leading from Nature: Politics and Biomimicry Elizabeth Wainwright … Nature Editor | 13th June 2017 Comment Nature Politics Leadership Biomimicry Innovation … all do worse than model both leadership and politics on Nature and work together to …