Relaunch Labour’s Green New Deal
Just 6 per cent of the public want a return to the old pre-pandemic model of the economy. The rest want the lessons of the pandemic to be learned and for real change to be put in place.
Ecosocialism
Support China’s ban on its wildlife trade
Ecosocialists should oppose this trade whenever and wherever it is found. This is not just because it opens the door to dangerous pathogens but because it stands in direct contradiction to the new relationship between human beings and nature that is central to the future of this planet as a liveable space.
Covid-19 changes everything
Viruses such as Covid 19 represent a direct threat to the future of life on the planet – human life in particular – on a par with the other threats such as global warming, the pollution and acidification of the oceans, the mass extinction of species, and fresh water depletion.
International Earth Day and Covid-19
Our starting point, in the best traditions of Earth Day, has to be the defence of the planet itself as a viable living space. We as human beings cannot keep on trashing nature without serious consequences.
The electric cars revolution
Modern society was massively (grotesquely) shaped by the ICE – the Global North in particular. It spawned the development of suburbia and the drive into the city to work. This destructive legacy will take huge investment to reverse.
Green New Deals must push the boundaries
Green New Deals (GNDs), of various kinds, are increasingly a feature of the global climate and ecological struggle, writes Alan Thornett . They are not new but today they have greater significance.
Population and contraception: the Godwin, Malthus, Place, debate
This well written and informative biography is a good summary of William Godwin’s personal life as well as his considerable contribution to the politics of the Enlightenment
Facing the Apocalypse: Arguments for Ecosocialism
This is an important book . One may disagree on some issues, but Alan Thornett arguments are a substantial contribution to ecosocialist thinking – and action.
Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism
Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism; by Alan Thornett RRP £17. Pub. Resistance Books and Merlin Press.ISBN: 978-0-902869-91-2; 342pages, reviewed by Pete [...]
Extinction Rebellion, Reform and Revolution
Extinction Rebellion is getting large numbers to take direct action to put climate change on the agenda. It must be doing something right argues Andy Stowe.
