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Martial Mining – The link between warfare and resource extraction
Martial Mining by Kay Stephens On the 6th November 2020, Environmental Conflict Day, social and environmental justice coalition, the London Mining Network, launched their latest report: Martial Mining. This research…
A Bright Future: Futures of Socialism by Grace Blakeley
Image credit: Jurriaan Persyn - Creative Commons In just under a year, progressive movements across the Anglosphere have received some crushing defeats. First came electoral crises, with the wipe-out result…
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…
Taking action: Climate Strike by Derek Wall
Welcome to the Rebellion. Image credit via Alexander Savin, Creative Commons. Environmentalism is messy. For those campaigning around climate change, this will be obvious. Whether writing petitions or getting arrested,…
With culture in crisis, workers like me are paying the price
Last month, executives at Southbank Centre told me and my colleagues that at least 365 jobs - including my own - were at risk of redundancy. After weeks of uncertainty…
Tate workers rally against redundancies
PCS members outside the Tate Modern, image credit via PCS Tate United. On the 27th July, workers and supporters gathered outside of the Tate Modern for a socially-distanced demonstration. With…
Amelia Womack leads campaign for universal basic income to support arts workers
Green Party of England and Wales deputy leader Amelia Womack this week wrote to chancellor Rishi Sunak demanding the introduction of a universal basic income to support arts workers. A…
A defender’s death: Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani
Image credits via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons In March 2016 Berta Cáceres was murdered, shot multiple times in her own bedroom by a squad of armed hitmen. The Honduran Indigenous…
No more cops: Resource guide
Any struggle for environmental and social justice should be aimed at the abolition of police and prisons. Given the current fight against racist police violence in the wake of the…
The Resource Question: Planetary Mine by Martín Arboleda
Kalgoorlie Open Cast Mine. Image credit via Stephen Codrington, Creative Commons. An early memory of mine is going on an underground tour of the National Coal Mining Museum in primary…