The idea that our profit-oriented, growth-driven economic system can deliver a sustainable society is a beguiling one, write Lili Fuhr, Thomas Fatheuer & Barbara Unmüßig. But it is doomed to failure. The changes we need are in the first place political, and will be driven by a new democratic will to put people and planet before money.
… Green transformation is a political project, not an economic one Lili … July 2016 Comment Green Economy Economics Politics Technology Corporations … The changes we need are in the first place political, and will be driven by a new …
Naomi Klein famously called for a 'grand coalition' of the progressive left to fight climate change and Earth-destroying capitalism, writes Alexander Reid Ross. And now it's happening, drawing together diverse strands that encompass the fight for social and racial justice, the right to work, health, clean air and fresh water, and our freedom to be alive and thrive on this our one planet.
… Alexander Reid Ross | 6th March 2015 News Politics Indigenous Peoples USA Health Energy … peril. Something must be done. But what? The political party in power in Greece is called … what one could possibly call a conventional political party: it is more of a work of …
This week the people spoke - and a tad under a quarter of them voted to put the Conservatives in power for another five years, writes Jonathan Cook. Was it an act of collective insanity? No, it's much worse than that. It's because our politics, media and ultimately our minds are controlled and manipulated by billionaires.
… victory Jonathan Cook | 9th May 2015 Comment Politics Media Corporations UK … it's much worse than that. It's because our politics, media and ultimately our minds are … - given that Brand had shaken up British politics over the previous 18 months by …
The UK's political mainstream has performed a complete U-Turn in policy on nuclear power, culminating yesterday in the European Commission's approval of a £15-20 billion subsidy package for the Hinckley C project. Donnachadh McCarthy delves into the nuclear industry's deep and far-reaching political links.
… McCarthy | 9th October 2014 Comment Politics Nuclear Energy prostitute-state.png … was published on 1st October 2014. The UK's political mainstream has performed a complete … the nuclear industry's deep and far-reaching political links. Why is our democracy failing …
There are many good reasons to criticise Donald Trump, writes John McMurtry. But none of these matter to the US media, political and corporate powers determined to keep him out of the White House. With his radical talk of halving military spending, controlling Big Pharma and exiting 'free trade' agreements, Trump is a direct threat to the parasite capitalism that's destroying America.
… John McMurtry | 11th April 2016 Comment US Politics Finance Corporations War Health Trade … But none of these matter to the US media, political and corporate powers determined to … seeks recovery again, the dominant media and political elite relentlessly denounce him as …
Nuclear industry's need for subsidies rather than political opposition remains main obstacle to building of a new generation of power plants in the UK
… Finance, not politics, the main obstacle to nuclear, say … Ecologist | 14th May 2010 News Nuclear Energy Politics And Economics nuclearpower.jpg No … industry's need for subsidies rather than political opposition remains main obstacle to …
The Apollo Programme proposed this week to make renewable energy cheaper than coal through technological advances is welcome, writes James Dyke. But the real problems are political, not technological. Unless we back the Apollo vision by challenging the power of fossil fuel companies, it can never succeed.
… for renewables cannot take off without political power James Dyke | 4th June 2015 … Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels Corporations Politics Finance Technology apollo-cut.jpg The … writes James Dyke. But the real problems are political, not technological. Unless we back …
Barring a miracle Marco Rubio is set to be Trumped in the Republican primary tomorrow in Florida, his home state, putting an effective end to his campaign. But it's not for want of support from one of the US's biggest frackers, Devon energy, and its politically active CEO Larry Nichols. And with or without Rubio, Nichols's influence on the red states' energy policy is only going to get bigger.
… Energydesk | 15th March 2016 Comment USA Politics Energy Fracking Oil Gas Corporations … US's biggest frackers, Devon energy, and its politically active CEO Larry Nichols. And with … candidate Marco Rubio has for years used his political clout to lobby against tougher rules …
The Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe may have scared most of the world off nuclear power, write Jan Haverkamp & Iryna Holovko. But mysteriously, not Ukraine, where the reactor meltdown actually took place. Thirty years on more than half of Ukraine's electricity is still nuclear, while the power sector is dominated by powerful oligarchs. So what are the chances of a post-nuclear Ukraine?
… enterprises will choose independence from the politically and economically unstable … for the future. These choices relate to political contexts and preferences, but none … departure from a highly unstable energy politics that rely on centralisation of access …
Naomi Klein's magnum opus on climate change, capitalism and the growing resistance to extreme energy is positive, inspiring and full of hope, writes Jonathon Porritt. But it's also deeply challenging: the 'everything' that has to change is not just government and corporations, but you, me and the ideas that guide our lives.
… absolutely 'on the front line' of the politics of climate change today, profound in … is not exactly an epicentre of radical politics, but pretty much the whole community … fossil fuel companies, and builds pressure on politicians to introduce across-the-board …
Two unusual political events will take place next week. The Green MP Caroline Lucas goes on trial for protesting against fracking. And Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage go head to head on TV. Rupert Read contrasts the underlying political agendas ...
… trial Rupert Read | 23rd March 2014 Comment Politics Fracking Climate Changes Corporations … UK caroline-lucas.png Two unusual political events will take place next week. … on TV. Rupert Read contrasts the underlying political agendas ... A heads-up. There are …
President Obama faced reality last Friday when he conceded that the TPP would not be ratified by this Congress, write Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers. It was a massive victory for a people power: the culmination of a years-long campaign to expose the corporate depravity at TPP's heart, and turn it into political poison. Trump's victory was just the last straw that broke TPP's back.
… Research | 14th November 2016 News Trade USA Politics Corporations … depravity at TPP's heart, and turn it into political poison. Trump's victory was just the … working to stop it made TPP stand for 'Toxic Political Poison'. First, the movement exposed …
To understand how technology is used in the real world we must appreciate who owns and controls it, writes Colin Todhunter: whose interests it serves, and how it works in an economic system driven by profit, geopolitics and the compulsion to capture and control markets - while the monopolists proclaim a noble ideology of 'free choice' and 'democracy'.
… the bank balance: GMOs, development and the politics of happiness Colin Todhunter | 14th March 2016 Comment Food Farming Politics Corporations USA kalimantan-cut.jpg … in an economic system driven by profit, geopolitics and the compulsion to capture and …
The idea that GMO cotton offers hope to Africa's impoverished cotton farmers is facile and fraudulent, writes Arya Tajdin. In fact it only adds to their vulnerability. Their real problems lie in the structural oversupply of subsidized cotton on world markets, and the flood of 'kifua' - dead white man's clothing - that undermines the continent's textile industries.
… resolves the root economic, structural and political causes behind the collapse of the … cotton farmers in Africa. There is intense political lobbying and pressure by Monsanto, … and resolve the root economic, structural and political causes behind the collapse of the …
President Obama's whistlestop Alaskan tour highlighted his unique ability to believe in two completely contradictory ideas at once, writes Timothy Clark. On the one hand, the importance of climate change and the urgency of preventing dangerous warming. On the other, the importance of the Arctic's fossil energy and the urgent need to exploit it as rapidly and completely as possible.
… Timothy Clark | 15th September 2015 News USA Politics Climate Change Energy Oil … century has become. In a stunning display of political dexterity, the President managed to … constant." This is nothing more than political doublespeak. In terms of climate …
The UK government celebrated Christmas by donning Santa suits and throwing a £1 billion subsidy down the fuming smoke stacks of the UK's biggest power companies, writes Alan Simpson - a massive payment at the expense of UK energy users, for doing what they should be doing anyway. Have a Brave New Year!
… | 31st December 2014 Comment Energy UK Politics Corporations lights-cut.jpg The UK … own leap into 'keeping the lights on' politics. This has taken the form of the … went into such 'demand reduction' measures. Politicians could easily have changed the …
The UK's nuclear deal with China makes no sense, writes Jeffrey Henderson - unless you factor in the simultaneous agreement to forge lucrative links between UK and Chinese financial markets. Lucrative, that is, for the City institutions whose interests the British government so assiduously represents. As for the rest of us, our task is simple: to bear the ever-growing cost.
… | 6th November 2015 News Finance UK China Politics Nuclear Energy … power stations in 2020s Britain and a curious political role created in 1571. But the fact … for the country's economic, cultural and political power. Its primacy has been …
The GMO industry has legitimised itself via a vast network of lobbyists and the assiduous capture of the politicians, regulators and scientists that should be holding it to account, writes Colin Todhunter. But as the failure of the GM revolution and its disastrous impacts become ever more evident, the industry's legitimacy is fast eroding away.
… Todhunter | 21st April 2015 News GMOs Farming Politics Science Corporations Finance … of lobbyists and the assiduous capture of the politicians, regulators and scientists that … have every right to speak on psychology, politics and democracy. However, let a …
Disregarding revelations of systemic political corruption in Brazil's hydropower sector, President Dilma Rousseff is ploughing ahead with a cascade of giant dams on the mighty Tapajos river. Among the companies touting to win huge construction contracts are France's EDF and Engie, and Germany's Voith and Siemens - in a consortium led by Brazil's Electrobras, which stands accused of high-level corruption over four other dam projects.
… April 2016 News Corporations Brazil Forests Politics Finance Water Energy Hydropower … Disregarding revelations of systemic political corruption in Brazil's hydropower … Rousseff and the country's most powerful political figures. Otávio Marques de Azevedo, …
As the toll of climate change rises, as the summers become hotter, we have the opportunity to link struggles for cooler cities with other progressive demands. From the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… that already existed are exacerbated. Political movement As the effects of climate … how we use public space. What we need is a political movement that links people's needs … there? Cool people’s movements This is where political organizing comes in. If we …
Just as the chemical industry and its shills once proclaimed the safety of DDT, they are doing the same today with the herbicide glyphosate which has penetrated throughout the food chain, writes Evaggelos Vallianatos. And once again it is a toxic lie that threatens species, ecosystems and people. It's time to demand a new kind of agriculture, and a future free of all pesticides.
… Ruthless power and deleterious politics: from DDT to Roundup Evaggelos … some 17 years after Biskind's complaint. The political and economic forces of agribusiness, the chemical industry, and politicians forged an unofficial alliance …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… Uranium UK Environment Climate Change Energy Politics And Economics Power_On_MAIN.jpg The … That is how the leaders of the UK’s main political parties (Conservative, Labour and … business-as-usual collusion between media and politics that energy is viewed through the …
Why are we so surprised at the Google tax heist? It's not because there's anything new about it, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. It's because our own political class have long their noses in the trough, and the tax-dodging billionaires that own our mainstream media are anxious to hide the swindle that's keeping them rich, and us poor.
… Donnachadh McCarthy. It's because our own political class have long their noses in the … provider LexisNexis. Where 'mainstream' political party funding comes from Do not … Prostitute State i.e. the corruption of our political system. This is how the rich 0.1% …