What I learnt from the Young Greens lecture series on overthrowing capitalism
With such a compelling title as 'Why capitalism is broken and how we overthrow it", I couldn’t resist watching all four lectures in this insightful political education series presented by…
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…
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…
To save the planet, we have to kill capitalism
Image credit: Neil Cummings, Creative Commons We’ve missed the chance to introduce steady change to save our society and our planet. Had we listened and acted in the late 80s,…
Capitalism is undermining animal welfare
Four years ago, when my kind and generous Aunt Nancy died, aged 94, she asked that we should donate to the charity Compassion in World Farming. I felt that the…
We Need to Free Our Education From Neoliberal Thinking
Photo: pixabay user 'padrinan', Creative Commons 0 license In the past couple of years, the Government has created a programme with the aim of 'raising aspirations' for Higher Education…
Our schools need more democracy, not just funding, to flourish
Photo: Pixabay user 'NeiFo' Creative Commons 0 license Modern society is riven with problems. We have huge inequality, unemployment, social strife, and we are falling to respond to our…
To save democracy, we must end capitalism
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Creative Commons license This article is part of Bright Green’s ‘End of capitalism’ series– if you’d be interested in contributing something to this series,…
What Labour needs to become in 2018
Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Photo credit: flickr Andy Miah Creative Commons license: If the tragedies and betrayals replete throughout Labour history could be summed up in common phrases,…
Capitalism relies on imperialism, and both systems may be in trouble
Photo credit: pixabay user 'stux' Creative Commons 0 This article is part of Bright Green’s ‘End of capitalism’ series- if you’d be interested in contributing something to this series, drop…