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 … the party-political green movement. For green politics treats the environment itself as a …
The magnitude of Corbyn's victory today represents an irreversible seismic shift in British politics, writes Oliver Tickell. Finally the Tories face serious, principled opposition that will reveal them as the far-right ideologues they truly are. The reverberations will echo far, wide, long and deep, including to the US where the socialist Bernie Sanders is well on his way to winning the Democratic nomination.
… Oliver Tickell | 12th September 2015 News Politics Energy War UK USA Trade Finance … an irreversible seismic shift in British politics, writes Oliver Tickell. Finally the … a revolutionary, seismic change in British politics. But it is also so much more than …
The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
… sense political: "We have never engaged in politics. We do not support any political …
There's no doubt that one of the losers in this year's UK election was the environment and that there's clearly been a failure not just in politics, which is failing in so many ways, but also in environmental communication - a failure to reach people's hearts and minds with the urgent need for change, writes NATALIE BENNETT
… Bennett | 14th July 2017 Comment Environment Politics Climate Change Action green party … there's clearly been a failure not just in politics, which is failing in so many ways, … There's clearly been a failure not just in politics, which is failing in so many ways, …
People power can be the antidote to negative populism.
… The politics of powerlessness Bruce Davis | 29th … This loss of confidence has become endemic. Politics is no longer about power, but powerlessness. The problem with the politics of powerlessness is that it creates a …
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 … conflict - as unspeakable as it gets in US politics. Big Pharma is also called out with …
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.
… Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels Corporations Politics Finance Technology apollo-cut.jpg The …
Who said these words: ‘The environmental movement is a growing force in civil society, searching for a home in mainstream politics. The party that succeeds will be the natural party of government’? It wasn’t George Monbiot, Tony Juniper or Jonathon Porritt. It was David Miliband, in December 2006.
… Miliband Conservatives Tories Lib Dems Labour Politics UK US Environment David Miliband Politics And Economics Archive_200.jpg Who … society, searching for a home in mainstream politics. The party that succeeds will be the …
February 1968. From South Vietnam the explosive Teêt Offensive has dealt a final blow to shattered US troops and sparked a worldwide appetite for insurrection. Left destitute by standards of living and provoked by a three-year war on their ideological comrades, student leaders across Europe rise up with a single voice ‘We shall fight. We will win. Paris, London, Rome, Berlin.’ Within six weeks, 20,000 protesters will besiege the American embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square. It is the Spring of Discontent, and revolution is the air.
… Dreamers demanded a 'new-dawn of inclusive politics' while activists agitated movement of … demonstrated the fear with which inclusive politics was viewed by the West. Political … Papworth also blames the rise of neoliberal politics under Thatcher and Reagan for …
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.
… McCarthy | 6th April 2016 Comment Finance Politics UK Economics monaco-cut.jpg Never …
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.
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UK politicians and officials are studiously ignoring the growing evidence that fracking is an economic and environmental disaster, writes Paul Mobbs. As the circle of 'acceptable' view spins ever smaller, industry PR is dominating a phoney debate that's increasingly remote from reality, public opinion and core democratic principles.
… Mobbs | 20th January 2015 News Fracking UK Politics Energy Finance Oil Gas … sessions typify the problems our national politics has in examining contentious public …
There were deaths, pollution and substandard goods, but last year’s slew of negative
publicity may have encouraged China to face up to its responsibilities, says Isabel Hilton
… Development Globalisation Climate Change Politics And Economics beijing.jpg There were …
A team of researchers is tracking and trying to understand what they call the most influential movement of our time: environmentalism. They give the state of play on a global conflict that is playing out at the local level in a special feature called The EJAtlas: Ecological Distribution Conflicts as Forces for Sustainability. By LEAH TEMPER, FEDERICO DEMARIA, ARNIM SCHEIDEL, DANIELA DEL BENE and JOAN MARTINEZ-ALIER
Environmental conflicts can turn into solutions Leah Temper Federico Demaria Arnim Scheidel Daniela Del Bene Joan Martinez Alier | 15th May 2018 Comment Environment Environmental Conflicts Conflict …
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.
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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 … 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.
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As the Green Party unveils ambitious policies to tackle climate change a new poll from the think tank Bright Blue has revealed that young voters care deeply about the environment. This could have a profound effect on British politics, reports JOE WARE.
… This could have a profound effect on British politics, reports JOE WARE. One group of …
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 … business-as-usual collusion between media and politics that energy is viewed through the prism of personality politics rather than as the critical policy …
Fossil fuel companies are a risky investment thanks to the 2.8 trillion tonnes of 'unburnable' carbon in their reserves, writes Franklin Ginn. But there's an even stronger reason to support fossil fuel divestment: to erode their political power, which they use to block progress to a sustainable, low carbon future.
… October 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Finance Politics Climate Change … to work because fossil fuel companies distort politics and stand in the way of a sustainable … to work because fossil fuel companies distort politics and stand in the way of a sustainable …
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.
UK Tax Dodgers PLC - Google outrage is the tip of an iceberg Donnachadh McCarthy | 31st January 2016 Comment Finance Corporations UK USA Economics google-cut.jpg Why are we so surprised at the Google …
The fight against TTIP is being picked up by local authorities across the UK and other EU countries, writes Kevin Smith. Even Brussels - where the European Commission has been negotiating the deal with its US counterparts - has joined the movement. And now, with the election of the anti-TTIP MP Jeremy Corbyn's as Labour Leader, it's time to drive the message all the way home.
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Supporters of Greece's fight for sovereignty are unanimous in blaming the evil troika for its humiliating defeat, writes Oliver Tickell. But the real fault is with Syriza for their needless, shameful surrender. Now, as the real battle begins, we must hold firm with the Greek people against neoliberal occupation.
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