Bernie Hits the Jackpot
Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial discuss Bernie’s big win in Nevada, ballots dropping in the Labour leadership race, and the start of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
Tag: climate change
Opinion: The Government’s Inadequate Response to Flooding Is Further Proof It ‘just doesn’t get’ Climate Change
Storm Dennis and Storm Ciara are just the latest in a string of increasingly severe weather events that have devastated entire regions, caused mass travel disruption, and confirmed that the UK government has no coherent or credible plan for the challenges our changing climate will inevitably bring, writes Hannah Martin.
Opinion: Military Interventions Won’t Solve Climate Change
As the effects of climate change worsen for many across the globe, merely reacting is not enough. We must take proactive, preventative steps to tackle the problem, argues Hannah Martin.
4 Ways We Can Continue Building a Green New Deal
The prominence of climate politics over 2019 failed to be translated into the UK general election, but with the task of mitigating climate change only growing there is no time to spare. Angus Satow suggests four ways to continue building towards a green new deal.
Settler Colonialism Is Behind Climate Denial
Australia is on fire. So why do so many of it’s politicians seem intent on denying the cause?
Labour’s Next Leader Must Be Able to Talk About Class and Climate Justice
As Boris Johnson’s government inevitably fails to take action on climate change we will begin to experience harsher climate shocks. Labour needs a leader comfortable stepping up to interpret these events by laying the blame at Johnson’s feet and articulating a compelling socialist response.
GE2019: We Need to Change the Way We Talk About Climate Breakdown. It Shouldn’t Be This Boring
Last night's climate debate was disappointing. Climate breakdown is a product of the same destructive economic logic that has pushed 14 million people in the UK into poverty, driven record waiting times at A&E, and left the working people of this country overwhelmed by private debt. We must be clear about this, rather than concentrating on boring technocratic details and personal responsibility.
Paying for the Planet? Ann Pettifor on the Green New Deal
James Butler is joined by Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the Green New Deal.
GE2019: Labour Needs a Bold Climate Vision in This Election – Including a 2030 Decarbonisation Target
In what is being touted as the UK's first 'climate election', Aliya Yule argues it's up to the Labour party to put forward the strong vision required to tackle the climate crisis.
GE2019: Green Tories? Don’t Believe the Hype
Boris Johnson claims his party is taking action on climate change. He's lying, argues Adrienne Buller; any decrease in fossil fuel emissions in the last decade has happened in spite of Tory policies, not because of them.
Ash Sarkar X Extinction Rebellion: Lovebomb the Cops?
Ash Sarkar visited Extinction Rebellion’s Westminster occupation, to find out whether climate change activists still felt so dedicated to peace, love and positivity after hundreds of their mates were arrested for blockading the streets.
The Debrief
James Butler is joined by James Meadway and Adrienne Buller to break down the outcome of Labour Conference: will radical policy translate to radical action?
Labour Conference Belongs to Members, so Why Are Police Allowed to Shut Activists Out?
Police have attempted to ban activists from Labour Party conference again this year, despite being sued for doing so in 2017. Chris Saltmarsh was targeted for his climate activism and argues the system must change to stop cops being able to veto party members.
How a Green New Deal Would Reignite Corbynism
Beyond its policy ambitions, the momentum gathered by the Labour for a Green New Deal campaign shows the way forward in injecting Corbynism with a new lease of life ahead of an election, argues Chris Saltmarsh.
The Uninhabitable Earth | Aaron Bastani Meets David Wallace-Wells
‘It’s worse, much worse than you think’. Aaron Bastani speaks to David Wallace-Wells, author of the bestselling ‘The Uninhabitable Earth’, on the scale of climate change and how humanity has done far more to destroy the planet – fully aware of the consequences – than it ever did in ignorance.
Amazon in Flames
As the Amazon burns, its time to join the dots between right-wing populism and the climate crisis. With Oscar Guardiola Rivera, Professor in law at Birkbeck and author of “What if Latin America Ruled the World?” and Daniel Willis, from Global Justice Now.
Do We Really Need to Quit Beef to Save the Planet?
Goldsmiths College has banned the sale of beef on campus starting this September as part of broader efforts to be carbon neutral by 2025. But do we really need to stop eating meat to combat climate change?
Tackling the Climate Crisis Means Transforming British Foreign Relations
Britain’s modern relations with the fossil fuel producers of the Middle East are key in sustaining our neoliberal economic model and militaristic foreign policy. Combating the climate crisis will force us to untangle these relationships - and the effects will be transformative, argues David Wearing.