By Atus Mariqueo-Russell and Rupert Read. This article first appeared on Radical Philosophy. ‘This is not a book about the future but about a present that goes unacknowledged’, Aaron Bastani writes in Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Bastani does not set…
This article first appeared in the Eastern Daily Press. Let’s cut to the chase; our government has let us down in the way they have handled this pandemic – with devastating consequences. Not only that but many of us have…
This article was first published in Medium. It is because of pressure from experts and citizens, and because of citizens moving way ahead of Government in implementing physical-distancing measures from the bottom up, that the Johnson Government has finally moved,…
This article was first published in IAI. The world has become a lot more dangerous and uncertain. We have not seen a pandemic the likes of COVID-19 for a century. Within three short months over 250,000 people have been confirmed…
This article was first published in The London Economic. Aviation co-created the global corona pandemic. And it is destroying our climate too. The government is currently working out the finer details of an airline rescue package. In practice, this likely…
By Rupert Read and Jem Bendell. This article was first published in The Ecologist. One man’s promise of putting less than ten percent of his wealth towards climate action generated a lot of media attention. It sounded like it might…
This article first appeared on Medium. It is hard for humans to imagine things radically outside their own experience. As there has never been a major worldwide pandemic in this age of globalisation, contemplating that tens – or possibly even…
This article was first published on Medium. Executive summary Are the historical precedents helpful when thinking about COVID-19? Answer: Not very. It is highly-likely that these precedents are, rather, tending to give us false reassurance. COVID-19 may well become a…
This article was first published at Reuters Breaking Views. Extinction Rebellion and Davos sound like odd bedfellows. Why would a direct-action campaign, increasingly visible in the United Kingdom for warning starkly about the climate emergency, want to rub shoulders with…
This letter was first published in The Guardian. The Guardian’s recent revelation that Extinction Rebellion (XR) had been classed as an extremist ideology in now hastily withdrawn advice issued by counter-terrorism police (Anti-terror police target school climate strikes, 11 January)…
This article was first published in The London Economic. With the Tory landslide, Brexit is bound to finally happen. Therefore what matters is making it as good, or as least bad as possible. The argument is finally settled; it will…
This article was first published in Green World. There is no use in hiding from the bitter truth. As I’ll explain, the decisive Conservative victory means the Green Party must reassess its demands and aspirations, and make significant changes in…