Watermelon on line now at ​http://greenleftblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/watermelon-spring-2018.html … Hard copies available FREE for Green Left members £1.50 to fellow travellers, contact yrrumuk@googlemail.com

The views expressed in this article are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the New Lucas Plan working group. Following on from the highly successful conference on the 40th anniversary of the Lucas Plan, a network of trade unionists and ecosocialists are working together to develop a new Lucas Plan for the 21st... Continue Reading →

It’s time for a Just Transition in the UK, moving to a modern low carbon economy in such a way as to protect workers’ livelihoods, create new industries and deliver a fairer society in all regions and devolved nations. The need for action to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Change Agreement... Continue Reading →

Videos of the CCCTU conference  March 10 (​ plenaries  and climate refugees and Lucas plan workshops ) now posted at http://greentulondon.blogspot.co.uk/p/jobs-and-climate-planning-for-future.html

  In recent decades Latin America has led in forging alternatives to the global capitalist, imperialist and ecocidal system. New initiatives in grassroots democracy such as participatory budgeting in Brazil; the indigenous communalism of the Zapatistas in Mexico; Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela; Evo Morales in Bolivia with the concept of rights... Continue Reading →

It’s shocking that in the twenty-first century the anti-science brigade are on the march. The reason is clear. Scientific research conducted across many earth-system science disciplines is our most powerful instrument exposing the threats and damage to the environment and social justice due to capitalism. Capitalism is the enemy of nature.  The anti-science policies and... Continue Reading →

Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) rally on  10/12/ 2017 To President Mariano Rajoy’s chagrin Catalunya’s election results on 21st December 2017 called by the Spanish government reinstated the majority position for independence in the Catalan parliament. Junts per Catalunya (JxC) Together for Catalonia (the party of Carles Puigdemont, who fled into exile as leader of the parliament... Continue Reading →

8th January 2018 rmt.org.uk RMT strike action solid and united in rail safety disputes this morning as union steps up pressure for summit talks RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said; "RMT members remain solid and united in each of the separate disputes across the country over rail safety this morning as we continue to fight... Continue Reading →