Tag: climate crisis

Opinion: Beyond Politics? The Limits of Extinction Rebellion’s Strategy Are Beginning to Show
Extinction Rebellion’s protests against Labour during the election campaign might come across as mind-boggling – but it should come as no surprise, argues Alex May.
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: This Election Is Where We Decide the Planet’s Future
With vast swathes of the planet quite literally on fire, 71% of Britons agree climate crisis is a more pressing issue than Brexit, writes Eleanor Penny. But while Labour is offering a potentially transformative Green New Deal, the Tories have an actual fracking lobbyist writing their manifesto.
Climate Strike: ‘I Don’t Want to Have Acid Rain Because I Hate Dying’
We asked protesters, from six to 60 plus, why they were striking for the planet.
The Left Must Embrace the Radical Potential of Technology – Or Face Political Defeat
While mainstream thinking today seeks to separate questions of technology from politics, the left has a long history - from Marx onwards - of visionary thinking about the radical potential of technology. For the left to ignore this potential at our present moment of multiple crises would lay the foundation for political defeat, argues Aaron Bastani.
Youth Strike 4 Climate: ‘We are challenging the systemic exclusion of young people from climate dialogue’
As thousands of children walk out of school to protest climate crisis, we spoke to a 15-year-old organiser about how the strike came about, how it has been coordinated and why it's important.
Extinction Rebellion? George Monbiot on the Politics of Climate Change
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by George Monbiot to discuss the launch of Extinction Rebellion, and the politics of the climate movement.

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