Environmental campaigner and former politician Donnachadh McCarthy on the power of political lobbyists and the damage they do to democracy.
… The Real Power in Politics Donnachadh McCarthy | 7th March 2014 Other Politics Democracy Lobbying Tax Havens … Environmental campaigner and former politician Donnachadh McCarthy on the power of …
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 …
Democracy campaigner Donnachadh McCarthy is in court tomorrow tomorrow on a fictitious charge of 'assault against a security guard in Parliament Square'. But his real offence was to expose the corruption at the heart of the Lib-Dems, with the sale of peerages by political parties for around £300,000. And now the CPS is trying to deny him a fair trial.
… McCarthy | 13th August 2015 Comment Law Politics UK Human Rights donnachadh-arrest.png … of the Lib-Dems, with the sale of peerages by political parties for around £300,000. And now … about how corruption works in Britain's political system and taken to a police station …
The first in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from the podcast Political Economy for the End Times.
… and climate breakdown from the podcast Political Economy for the End Times. Javier Moreno Zacares (JMZ) from Political Economy for the End of Times : I … the future. JMZ: You talk about how preceding political theories have always assumed the …
Never mind Cameron's mealy mouthed denials that he or his family benefit from tax havens, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. The real problem is systemic: Britain's entire political establishment has long been owned by tax haven wealth. Finally a senior politician, Jeremy Corbyn, has the courage to stand up to the unaccountable super-rich.
… It's the tax havens that own the politicians! Donnachadh McCarthy | 6th April 2016 Comment Finance Politics UK Economics monaco-cut.jpg Never … real problem is systemic: Britain's entire political establishment has long been owned by …
Charles Kennedy may have struck a chord with voters as a man of the people, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. But in fact, he was very much a politician. He refused to speak out against the Iraq war, suppressed anti war activism, presided over serious political corruption, was supine in the face of corporate power, and laid the foundations for Nick Clegg's disastrous takeover.
… Donnachadh McCarthy | 2nd June 2015 Comment Politics UK War charles-kennedy-cut.jpg … McCarthy. But in fact, he was very much a politician. He refused to speak out against … anti war activism, presided over serious political corruption, was supine in the face …
Jeremy's Corbyn's appointment of John McDonnell as shadow Chancellor was bold, provocative and absolutely correct, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. As well as being Corbyn's firm political ally, McDonnell understands the nature and scale of the challenge that he faces as he confronts the corrupt nexus of political and economic power in modern Britain.
… McCarthy | 15th September 2015 Comment Politics Finance UK … McCarthy. As well as being Corbyn's firm political ally, McDonnell understands the … he faces as he confronts the corrupt nexus of political and economic power in modern …
Donnachadh McCarthy is facing 14 years in prison for his peaceful demands for democratic reform in Parliament Square, following his arrest on the order of 'Boris Guards' answerable to the London Mayor. In total four 'occupy democracy' protestors were arrested this weekend a stone's throw from the Westminster media pack - but not a word in the mainstream news.
… McCarthy | 16th February 2014 Activism Politics UK Media occupy-democracy-arrest.jpg … jail. Why? In the UK, Boris Johnson owes his political power to and literally gets paid … taxpayers’ expense. Boris Johnson owes his political career (and his power to order …
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% …
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
… leaps, and the dynamics and gear changes of political response and strategy. While others … which it feeds is not inevitable but reflects political decisions. Consider the … paradigm that has taken hold of Northern politics in recent years: nationalism.” In …
The third in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times.
… on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times. Javier … of climate breakdown and made a radical politics around climate much more real for … easily one of the most inspiring politicians in the world, by the left of the …
The IPCC report pulls its punches - while economists are still punch drunk when it comes to ignoring the climate risks of economic growth.
… get steadily weakened and adulterated as political and corporate paws—some of them … Nordhaus. The Bank of Sweden Prize in Erasing Politics In Monday’s other announcement, … as purely scientific , obscuring the political.) In their locations and ages (62, …
The leaders gathered at COP26, with the British government to the fore, remain in the thrall of technology fetishism.
… class mentality.” In the groupthink of political leaders and diplomats gathered at … industries so there’s no pressing need for politics to intervene. This mindset is … invites us to ask: why would Johnson put his political capital in support of this tool of …
'For the rich, much much less, while for the billions who lack the basics: more good food, better housing, abundant clean water...'
… and cavernous, there’s a dominant political complexion. For the degrowthers: … By social democracy I mean a cross-class political alliance rooted in organised labour. … castigates degrowthers for advocating a politics of less . In their focus on the …
The relentless pursuit of GDP growth is being challenged from environmental and well-being standpoints. But where did the idea come from?
… But where did the idea come from? The politics of economic growth are complex and … performance legitimacy will suffer too, political leaders, civil servants and … in a regularised manner. If earlier political-economic thought had construed its …
The facts of climate breakdown are scientifically established - so don't get lost in BBC Radio Four's latest Moral Maze.
… Presley and the birth of a new age in climate politics. By an odd quirk of fate, the … group called The Jasons , and the new climate-political era was inaugurated by a group of … She takes reckless positions - to put it politely - on many an issue, not just climate. …
Donnachadh McCarthy, former deputy chair of the Lib-Dems, speaks to The Ecologist about the collapse of British democracy and his hopes for reform.
… McCarthy | 8th November 2013 Comment Politics Society Media prostitute-state.png … this state has four pillars - a corrupted political system, a prostituted media, a … the corrupt practice of Lib-Dem peers selling political-lobbying services to corporations. …
Liz Truss's decision to overturn the fracking ban in the UK is reigniting grassroots resistance.
… for fracking, then, has an economic and a political edge. Will either succeed? … gas, its profitable extraction will require political action. Fracking companies are … was part-funded by beneficiaries of the political funding programme of that other …
Jet Zero is a charade, driven by considerations of profit, economic growth and aviation's corporate consumers.
… and removal’. Read Part 1: Jet Zero and the politics of the technofix Finding them to be … toxic, we ask why this is, and we look at the politics of the aviation technofix, before … geared to short-circuiting difficult politico-economic decisions and supporting …
Boris Johnson’s calculated error: climate migration and civilisation collapse, from Ancient Rome to COP26.
… speak of civilisational collapse. There is a politics to any rhetorical strategy that … of slaves and territory, generated intense political antagonisms and steep hierarchies of … became possible after long-term decay and political fragmentation. The collapse of …
An extreme right-wing coup is unfolding day by day, writes Donnachadh McCarthy, as the government exploits Brexit to justify more huge cuts to public services, extreme deregulation and massive corporate empowerment. A new political leadership must step up to defend our hard-won rights and our children's futures.
… McCarthy | 20th January 2017 Comment Politics Brexit Society daily-mail-cut.jpg An … and massive corporate empowerment. A new political leadership must step up to defend … secretary who shares Corbyn's popular political vision, has come out firmly against …
Karl Marx was born in Trier 200 years ago today. The legacy of the political economist is fiercely contested. The Ecologist was among the first magazines to examine his ecological thinking - in an essay published in 1971. Here, GARETH DALE, an editor of the book Green Growth, examines Marx's own claims about nature and society - and our original interpretation of them
… Gareth Dale | 5th May 2018 Comment Karl Marx Political Economy Thomas Malthus Marxism … Trier 200 years ago today. The legacy of the political economist is fiercely contested. The … and 1968. This Author Gareth Dale teaches politics at Brunel University. He is a …