Sian Berry proposes £10k a year payment for 1,000 young Londoners to enter arts
Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Sian Berry has pledged to pilot a new financial support scheme for young Londoners if elected Mayor of London in May. The scheme…
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Lighting a spark: How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
How to Blow up A Pipeline starts with what will be a familiar image for many. It's the yearly climate negotiations, activists have streamed towards the conference space, pleading with…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…