Tag archives for Green New Deal
Councils, the climate emergency and the Green Party
With six months to go until a bumper round of local elections, where next for Green Party councillors and campaigners? Based on my experience of working with Green Party of…
Green politics is class politics
I’ve seen several tweets recently, by socialist activists on Twitter that I have a lot of time for, bemoan the fact that Labour are being outflanked on a variety of…
Joe Biden ought to listen to the Sunrise Movement on the Green New Deal
In November 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was first elected to Congress and the Sunrise Movement thrust the Green New Deal into the mainstream by occupying Nancy Pelosi’s office. The Presidential election…
‘Credibility’ won’t be enough for the Green Party to deliver
Rosi Sexton has invigorated a leadership election in the Green Party of England Wales that was - for its last three outings - something of a coronation. It is clear…
A Green New Deal needs public abundance
The McDonald’s close to my apartment is closed. It’s a shame, because it was basically our neighbourhood’s most important social centre. Before Montreal went into lockdown, seniors spent whole days…
We need a powerful vision of transformation. We need a Green New Deal.
The Green New Deal is a project with a powerful vision of transformation. Green politics is often cast as uncaring or too focused on the climate at the expense of…
We must demand racial justice in response to the current crisis
In the week following lockdown I wrote a briefing in my day job highlighting the specific risks facing people of colour in the UK from COVID19. I have written dozens…
A Green New Deal must be built from the ground up
You would think that tackling inequality and climate change in one fell swoop would be almost universally popular. But the UK’s 2019 general election suggested otherwise. With per cent of…
Greens say no return to “normal” after the crisis – UK Green news round up issue 57
Greens say no return to "normal" Image credit: Kaihsu Tai and Ric Lander - Creative Commons, and YouTube screengrab As another week of lockdown continued, people have begun discussing what…
Democracy is just an add-on for the European Commission’s “Green Deal”
The European Commission has launched its proposals for a “Climate Pact” as part of the European Green Deal, an initiative - it claims - that “aims to engage citizens and…