#YouthStrike4Climate tell Theresa May the Green New Deal is here to stay
On the day of the third #YouthStrike4Climate, the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) came out in support of a Green New Deal. Demonstrations in March saw over 50,000 students...
When it comes to public ownership nothing’s off limits
Neoliberalism is in decay. It has been since the 2008 financial crisis. The Tory-Lib Dem Coalition tried to rehabilitate it under the guise of austerity. But the policy program,...
Momentum members join fight against Barclays’ fossil fuel funding
Momentum are treading new ground as they launch a new ‘Bankrupting Climate Change’ campaign against Barclays over their funding of fossil fuel companies. Collaborating with student activist network People...
Building hegemony for climate justice – tales from Sheffield
Climate change is happening now. It requires urgent action. Increasingly, it is apparent that only socialists have the ideas and the organisation to lead us out of this crisis....
6 things we learned at “Building a Green New Deal for the Many”
The Green New Deal has taken US politics by storm, propelled into the mainstream by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Sunrise Movement. Inspired by its transatlantic traction, members of the...
The fossil fuel industry is terrified of students
The Guardian’s report that fossil fuel companies BP and BHP interfered with the University of Cambridge’s decision to reject divestment in June 2018 underlines two things we already knew:...
As the Green New Deal goes mainstream, it needs protecting from liberalism
With the flash of the Sunrise Movement’s occupation of Nancy Pelosi’s office and the bang of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joining them, the Green New Deal has exploded into US politics’...
Sadiq Khan’s congestion charge is disastrous. This union has an alternative.
Sadiq Khan may be a Labour Mayor of London, but his response to the capital’s crisis of air quality show that he has lacked the courage to move beyond...