The golden era of greenwashing
The “economy” is ultimately our material relationship with each other and with the rest of the living world. As today’s IPCC report settles in, we have to decide whether we …
The golden era of greenwashing Read MoreTag: UK economy
The cost of Covid-19 is no reason to put off tackling inequality and climate change
“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 MoreJohnson’s levelling up programme is looking more like a sham
A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people. Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun Oh, the …
Johnson’s levelling up programme is looking more like a sham Read MorePoliticians and the media coax the public to accept a new period of austerity
“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 MoreNeither Green Savings Bonds nor your pension money are needed for the government to invest in an environmentally sustainable recovery
“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 MoreReducing government spending now would be calamitous for the wellbeing of people
“If every politician asks the ridiculous question ‘how will you pay for that’ when it comes to full employment, universal healthcare, infrastructure modernisation, tuition-free university and sustainable energy, but no …
Reducing government spending now would be calamitous for the wellbeing of people Read MoreThe G7 jolly – a symbol of everything that is wrong with the global economic system.
“The kind of transformation that is now required [to address the climate crisis] will happen only if it is treated as a civilizational mission, in our country and in every …
The G7 jolly – a symbol of everything that is wrong with the global economic system. Read MoreInflation is not what we should be worried about right now
“The purpose of government is to ensure that everyone has what they need to live a good life. That means giving every child the very best start in life, caring …
Inflation is not what we should be worried about right now Read MoreDealing with crucial issues must triumph over the bogus ‘need’ to balance the books.
“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 MoreMore than tinkering around the edges is needed to bring about a better world
“I suppose there hasn’t been a single month since the war, in any trade you care to name, in which there weren’t more men than jobs. It’s brought a peculiar, …
More than tinkering around the edges is needed to bring about a better world Read More