Ende Gelände – direct action against climate change
“We cannot seriously tackle climate change or provide global social justice without overcoming capitalism, its obsession with growth and its mechanisms of exploitation.”
What does Trump’s presidency mean for global climate change?
Bettina Trabant argues that Trump’s disregard of climate change is yet another reason to oppose his presidency.
Reactions to Brexit: the March for Europe
Last Saturday, 2 July 2016, over 100,000 people marched through central London to protest against the outcome of the recent British referendum on EU membership. Bettina Trabant reports. The march, organised on social media, set off from Park Lane and finished in Parliament Square where people listened to a wide array of speeches, including those […]
EU debate: “Leaving the EU won’t get rid of neoliberalism”
Bettina Trabant, originally from Germany, currently living in London, continues the discussion on which side to support in the vote on EU membership. We will be continuing this debate with another article from Brian Parkin tomorrow. Socialists have been debating the upcoming EU referendum ever since the general election in May and can be […]
Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience 1950s – 1990s
Bettina Trabant reviews Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience 1950s – 1990s, currently on at the V&A, South Kensington and the Black Cultural Archive, Brixton. Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience 1950s – 1990s forms part of a Heritage Lottery funded project that aims to raise awareness of the contribution of black […]
This Changes Everything: make climate central
Bettina Trabant reports The ‘This Changes everything’ event, named after Canadian journalist Naomi Klein book, saw several hundred people gather in Friend’s Meeting House in London on Saturday to debate Climate change and listen to a host of speakers from a range of campaigns. The day started off with a Skype talk by Naomi Klein […]
Over 20,000 march for action on climate change
Bettina Trabant reports from the Time to Act on Climate Change demonstration on Saturday. Over 20 000 climate activist gathered in London on Saturday to tell the government it was time to act on climate change. On a sunny March day people from all walks of life marched from Lincoln’s Inn Fields to Millbank singing and […]
March and rally against privatisation at the National Gallery
Bettina Trabant joined gallery staff and supporters braving the wind and cold for a demonstration against privatisation at the National Gallery. A group of around 200 angry gallery staff, trade unionists and regular gallery visitors marched from Trafalgar Square to the Department for Culture Media and Sport in Whitehall to hand in a petition containing […]
Stop global warming: change the world
Bettina Trabant reviews a book which puts the fight against capitalism at the heart of the struggle to stop climate change. Stop Global Warming: change the world Jonathan Neale, Bookmarks (2008) ISBN 9781905192373 Unlike most books about environmental issues, which seek to locate the problem within individual human consumption, this book is quite clear about […]