If we are to have an “honest dialogue” between the labour and climate movement, we need to see ourselves as one. This means ensuring we join these spaces as much as climate activists are now giving support to trade unions on the picket lines. By Sam Mason When Extinction Rebellion announced at the end of…
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Why should you get to the ‘Big One’ climate demo – Morgan Trowland, Just Stop Oil activist
"With every extra year that we take to stop burning fossil fuels in the UK, we drive more families like Amaleh’s & Abaleh’s towards starvation – families who burn no fossil fuels but the odd cooking gas cylinder or occasional bus ride into town."
The climate crisis is escalating, our movement must unify and act now – Greener Jobs Alliance
"With the climate crisis so severe, there is no prospect of a return to any kind of normal" - Paul Atkins, writes on the need for movements or resistance to come together in the call for transformative change.
UN Biodiversity Conference offers a lifeline for nature, now all progressives should take up the struggle
Not a single previous global biodiversity target has been met in the last 10 years. Now, nature restoration must join the front line of our class struggle.
Lula’s return a turning point for environmental protection in Brazil #COP27
Brazil's President-elect Lula recently received a "rockstar's welcome" at #COP27. Dr Marcelo Lima shows why his presidency presents a turning point for Brazil's fight against the climate crisis.
Labour and climate movements must unite to defeat Liz Truss’ climate vandalism
"It will take the united strength, imagination and organisation of the labour and green movements to stop Truss’ climate vandalism in its tracks and to tackle the cost of living crisis."
By reversing the fracking ban, Liz Truss turns the clock back on climate policy – Olivia Blake PM
"Reversing the fracking ban will not even lower our energy bills or increase our energy security, as Truss and her cheerleaders in the Net Zero Scrutiny group suggest."
Public Ownership for Climate Justice and a Worker-Led Transition – Labour for a Green New Deal
To combat the climate crisis we need public ownership and a worker-led transition to a greener, fairer economy. Analysis by Labour for a Green New Deal.
TSSA calls for public transport fares to be slashed – let’s all do the same!
"Investing in our public transport is part of the solution to the problem, we are already in a crisis and we must act now" - a call for investment to tackle the climate and the cost of living crises.
Justice for the Global South
An in-depth discussion on tackling climate chaos, ending crippling international debt and bringing about vaccine equality. Watch the meeting or read the report-back.