On October 17, the BBC reported on United Utilities repeatedly dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage illegally into Lake Windermere between 2021 and 2023 and failing to report most of it. It now seems a week never goes by without some part of the media reporting another calamity involving water privatisation. Continue Reading
Environment
From eco-socialist talking to eco-socialist action. Come to the Ecosocialist Conference 2024
Talking about Socialism has focused on the environmental crisis since launching in 2023. TAS supporters helped organise the first Ecosocialism Conference held in London in 2023. The conference brought together people who responded to a conference call stating clearly that the only realistic solution to the environmental crisis was to Continue Reading
Climate catastrophe and how to confront it.
This article is based on Will McMahon’s introduction to the 15 April Talking About Socialism event which you can watch here March 2024 was the tenth straight month where average global monthly temperatures hit a record high. Climate scientists are now considering whether there has been an unexpected acceleration in Continue Reading
Capitalist Environmental Crises: A Socialist Response
In ‘Revenge of Nature: did the Rain Spoil your Grand Prix?’[1], Will McMahon paints a stark picture of the choices facing humanity under capitalism in the face of environmental catastrophe, but also throws down a gauntlet to socialists regarding our responsibilities in response to the crisis. What are we, and should Continue Reading
Revenge of nature: did the rain spoil your grand prix?
The irony of the Imola Grand Prix being cancelled last weekend because of the huge inundation in the west of Emilia-Romagna cannot have been lost on many. After six-months rain fall fell in 36 hours, over 20 rivers burst their banks, producing 280 landslides, killing at least 13 people and Continue Reading