Archives for Social Movements
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…
Solidarity funds: When donating is much more than charity
After the country's first lockdown showed laid bare the inequalities in our society, over ten resident-run solidarity funds have now started, aiming to redistribute wealth locally. Solidarity Funds are not…
Twitter suspends UK environmental justice group with no explanation
Reclaim the Power activists protesting at a mine. Image credit via Break Free From Fossil Fuels, Creative Commons. Reclaim the Power, a UK based environmental group, has found itself unceremoniously…
10 years on from the student revolt, marketisation is still haunting our universities
How can we be in a situation where we are seeing students trapped behind fences on their own campuses? People have rightly reacted with horror, but this is a logical…
Calling for a tuition fee rebate is playing into the hands of the neoliberal university
Free and fair education should be for life – not just during pandemics. That’s why I won’t be joining campaigns which call for students to have a year off fees…
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…
Are Dolce & Gabbana trying to silence protesters?
On 20 September 2019, a group of four people were protesting at a Dolce & Gabbana store in London against a barbaric practice the company still supports. Farmed fur is…
The Green Party is better than “better is possible”
Last weekend I switched my computer and, opening a browser window, found my way to Instagram. I expected to see holiday snaps from school acquaintances I barely remembered, scattered among…
These universities are failing to defend workers’ rights
A recent campaign launched by students in the People & Planet network has shown that universities in the North East and Midlands are falling behind when it comes to ethical…
Why Greens should be learning from Leninism
Nina Simone discussing her early life and friendships noted, "We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin or Revolution - real girls' talk". Do Greens talk…