Watching the trials of the Catalan independentists now taking place at Spain’s highest court in Madrid, I have been reminded again and again of a scene from director Hal Ashby’s marvelous 1979 movie Being There.
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Climate Crisis
Harrison Stetler – Why Environmentalists Are Still Losing
‘Dissatisfaction at established green parties and environmental NGOs has fed the rise of more confrontational forms of activism. The task can’t just be to raise awareness but to mobilize millions of people in fighting for […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’
One expert called it a “systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production.” Read here
Austerity
Counterfire: The Greek fires: a catastrophe fuelled by austerity
Odd, looking for an article concerning the effect of austerity upon Greece’s ability to deal with the fires (there were numerable tweets from Greece on the topic), nothing could be found in corporate media. Read […]
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