Michael Gove’s actions are simply not enough
There’s a real environmental catastrophe happening, right now. Michael Gove’s twisted vision of a capitalistic ‘green’ future puts us all at risk from excessive pollution levels; especially children, the elderly and those with health problems. As his appointment as environmental secretary, Michael Gove has not progressed far enough to...
Learning to say Yes: a reflection on Naomi Klein’s No Is Not Enough
Let’s be honest. Almost 10 years on from the financial crisis – and the ensuing assault on the public sector it provoked – we’re all exhausted, spiritually, intellectually...
Infinite growth: humanity’s deadliest addiction
For decades economists and politicians across the world have been using GDP growth as the primary means of measuring economic success. The faster an economy grows, the more...
Let Them Burn: The Logic of Capitalism Meets the Reality of Climate Change
In her piece titled “Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World,” Naomi Klein takes aim at the handful of fossil fuel corporations who have...
As the climate clock strikes midnight it’s time to look to the morning
Climate change will profoundly reshape our world in the coming decades. Yet, in this article, I make a case for why we should not give in to despair and...
Queen’s University Belfast set to divest from fossil fuels
Queen’s University Belfast last week announced their intent to end all investments in fossil fuels by 2025. The announcement on the Queen’s University website states: “Following discussions with...
A Plea to Fellow Remainers – Our Best Chance Lies In Jeremy Corbyn
If you are a hard-core Remainer, it might present a depressing prospect that the Labour Party officially “accepts the result” of the referendum, but ask yourself this question:...
Northern Ireland: The Dirtiest Corner in Europe?
If post-Brexit UK risks being known once again as the “dirty man of Europe” then Northern Ireland would be its soiled undergarments. Ours is a jurisdiction replete...
In 2017, hope without organising will be futile
The week between Christmas and New Year is usually dense with year-end listicles and think pieces offering their assessment of the most pressing issues and events in the past...
Reflections on the fight for a frack-free Lancashire
The plans were loose; we would gather for a community conversation about what next now that Westminster has seen fit to drill the democracy right out of Lancashire...