Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Burnt: A thought-provoking study of the climate emergency – but is it too late for such optimism?
KEVIN FREA is unconvinced that a strategy beginning with the left taking power can get off the ground
Activists from Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside the Shell building on the Southbank in London
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
THE recent trio of IPCC reports have amplified the urgent need for carbon emissions to be reduced by 50 per cent by 2030, starting now.
Incredibly, rather than support the demands of the Just Stop Oil protesters to halt all new fossil fuel projects (a call supported by the International Energy Agency and the secretary-general of the UN) — the Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative parties have called for the protesters to be “cracked down on” and for their demands to be rejected.
I celebrated at the Labour Party conference in 2019 when a Green New Deal and a 2030 zero-carbon target were adopted in the face of strong opposition from some unions and even Labour’s own Environmental Society, Sera.
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