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Against Rent: Resource Guide
A hand grasping money. Image credit via Liz West flickr, Creative Commons. In the midst of COVID-19, the housing crisis in the UK has come to the forefront. Only delaying…
Interview – Making Sustainable Theatre with Bea Udale-Smith
How To Save A Rock Cast - Image credits via Pigfoot Theatre Bea Udale-Smith is the director of Pigfoot Theatre, a multi-award-winning environmental theatre company. Their show How To Save…
Strikes: Resource Guide
Image credit via Nick Youngson, Creative Commons. With the Climate Strikes and UCU action marking the start of 2020, the role of strikes has come to the forefront of conversations…
Capitalism, Climate and Computing: Capital is Dead by McKenzie Wark
Image credit via Gerd Leonhard, Creative Commons There is something quite refreshing about heretical writing. It feels like a pressure washer to the brain. Most of the time, individuals find…
Power Beyond Parliament: Resource guide
Protest sign saying no. Image credits via niekverlaan, Pixabay License. With the latest election result the Conservatives, with their terrible climate record, could be in power until 2024. That's four…
Ecosocialism: Resource guide
Raised fists. Image credits via Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Creative Commons To interrupt your mandated 2019 General Election content, we've put together a list of resources on ecosocialism. We're hoping as part of…
Red Relations: Comrade by Jodi Dean – book review
A protest as part of the Peoples Assemble against Austerity. Image credit via Peter Damian, Creative Commons. Comrade. The ‘c’ word. It seems such an anachronistic phrase. The term is…
Economics as if the planet mattered: Ann Pettifor’s The Case for the Green New Deal
Image credit via TEDxUU, Creative Commons Having just finished Naomi Klein’s On Fire, I was left feeling slightly unsatisfied and wanted a more robust book on the Green New Deal.…
Why we need a “Bright Green” culture
Despite the environmental and social chaos that many face worldwide, there are some reasons to be hopeful. The climate strikes, originally organised in desperation by children, are being increasingly joined…
Book review – On Fire: Naomi Klein tries to kindle support for the Green New Deal
As a young man concerned about climate change and unsure of where to start reading, I picked up Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything. And I could hardly put it down.…