Browsing Tag
Climate change
98 posts
Climate catastrophe: Why you must be red to be green
The first half of 2019 has been characterised by the eruption of a huge movement around climate change,…
“Keep it in the ground”: End the use of fossil fuels
By Dean O’Donnell Last year, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that we have a mere…
Local & Euro Elections 2019: Green Surge & Lacklustre Performance for Political Establishment
A very significant surge for the Greens, huge loss of seats for Sinn Fein, and losses for the Left were the headline stories of Local and European Elections May 2019. While the elections absolutely did not represent any ringing endorsement for the Government or political establishment, the combination of the impact of a late Greens surge, and a low turnout amongst the harder pressed sections of the working class, impinged significantly on the Left’s vote.
“We only want the earth” – The case for socialist change
Dean O’Donnell & Cillian Gillespie make the case for a democratic socialist society based on need, not profit…
Euro elections: Vote no.1 Rita Harrold
From the housing crisis, to the cervical cancer scandal, to climate change – capitalism’s profit motive clashes with…
School Climate Strikes: A New Generation Takes on the System
In recent months a new movement of school student strikes and protests has emerged globally demanding “system change,…
Winning the Green New Deal Means Challenging Capitalism
By Elan Axelbank, Socialist Alternative (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) “The one thing we…
From the Classroom to the Streets: School students move into action
By Haritha Olaganathan We’ve all heard it before – on the 25 May 2018 over 1.4 million people…
Climate change: Why capitalism is the problem
“Climate over Capitalism!” was the call of hundreds of school students in Manchester, protesting for effective measures to…
Food production, climate change and capitalism
By Ben Samson Food production is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the primary contributor to ecosystem…
