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GIMMS welcomes Carlos García Hernández as he introduces his new interview with Chris Williamson. “As long as the issue of any matter fraught with peril is still in doubt, and …
Carlos García Hernández interviews Chris Williamson – The Resist Movement Read MoreBeing a planetary citizen does not need space travel. It means being conscious that we are part of the universe and of the earth. The most fundamental law is to …
A broken system – where does the buck stop? Read MoreA country ruled by criminals needs two revolutions, one small and one big: The small revolution is to overthrow the criminal government, the big revolution is to radically undo the …
The National Insurance increase shows that levelling up has been consigned to the Conservative bonfire of easy promises Read MoreBy Carlos García Hernández (originally published in Spanish in El Común ) “(a) the monopolistic political power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) must not be challenged; (b) within the …
A Chinese socialist consensus Read More“Last time, most of us fell for it. This time, it is critical that we do not. Because, in reality, the crisis we just experienced was waking from a dream, …
Fairy tales and the vocabulary of scarcity. Protecting the wealthy and hurting the rest Read More“Emperor Nero, it’s said, fiddled while Rome burned. If you don’t want our politicians to continue to follow his example while the world burns, get politically active now.” Thom Hartmann …
The cost of Covid-19 is no reason to put off tackling inequality and climate change Read More“The political class in Westminster have failed us. They inoculate themselves against the pain that we suffer. We will not forgive them, and no, we will not be patient with …
Politicians and the media coax the public to accept a new period of austerity Read More“We can pretend that extending the status quo into the future, unchanged, is one of the options available to us. But that is a fantasy. Change is coming one way …
Neither Green Savings Bonds nor your pension money are needed for the government to invest in an environmentally sustainable recovery Read Moreby Carlos García Hernández (originally published in Spanish in El Común) I was prompted to write this article by yet another sad fatality, the death of British economist John …
Modern Money Consensus Read More“Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck …
Dealing with crucial issues must triumph over the bogus ‘need’ to balance the books. Read More