Root and branch

My primary influences for navigating out of the present mess these days are distributism, civic republicanism, agrarian populism and Thomism, or maybe immanentism … which not a lot of people have heard of. One reason not a lot of people have heard of them is that we’re so caught up in mainstream modernist politics like neoliberalism and socialism that they get no airtime, which I think is regrettable.

The reaches, limits and biases of feasibility studies and environmental licenses

The EIA is an integral component of regulatory process that has evolved over the last couple of decades to extend ‘upstream’ into the planning process and ‘downstream’ into the licensing procedure, so that the state can intervene, either to modify the original proposal or to correct deficiencies that are manifest as

World Oceans Day: Scientists find new clues about frontiers of ocean life

In 2008, the United Nations recognized June 8 as World Oceans Day to spotlight the rising vulnerabilities facing the oceans that cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface. Seventeen years later, average ocean temperatures have never been higher. Heat stress has hit 84% of the world’s coral reefs.

Zak Stein — AI’s Unseen Risks: How Artificial Intelligence Could Harm Future Generations

In this episode, Nate is joined once again by philosopher of education Zak Stein to delve into the far-reaching implications of technology – especially artificial intelligence – on the future of education.

Reform Threw Kitchen Sink at Scottish By-Election – and Came Third

Despite rolling out a campaign bus, Nigel Farage and controversial adverts for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat, Reform’s Scottish breakthrough is not materialising. Adam Ramsay reports.

Mutual Aid, the Commons, and the Revolutionary Abolition of Capitalism : Revisiting the Difference Between Mutual Aid and Charity

To get the most out of mutual aid, we ought to create participatory commons in which everyone can contribute and there is no fundamental division between organizers and beneficiaries.

Sri Lanka needs a comprehensive agrarian reform program, not ad-hoc initiatives, MONLAR

At this critical juncture, as the current Sri Lankan administration designs a new land reform program, MONLAR emphasizes that what is truly needed is a comprehensive agrarian reform.

The IWW is making labour anti-fascist again - Miriam Lafontaine

An article by Miriam Lafontaine covering the Industrial Worker of the World's anti-fascist efforts through its General Defense Committee. Originally posted: April 3, 2018 at The Link