If any historians survive the environmental crises to come, they will look back on the political follies of the 2020s with horror. While the international rise of fascism mirrors many aspects of the 1930s, current economic fantasies are more reminiscent of the 1980s. The financial deregulation of that decade led directly to the 1990 and 2008 crashes, while that decade’s […]
Making space for Government greenwash
Most sensible people see the horrific wildfires in Los Angeles as a clear symptom of climate change – a clear result of six months’ lack of rainfall in California and fires driven by stronger winds than usual. President-Elect Donald Trump, however, knows better. On his own social media platform, Truth Social, he blamed California governor Gavin Newsom for the challenges […]
A cold floodwater of reality
Happy New Year. Well, try anyway – we could do with a little happiness. But it won’t be secured by running away from some of the major challenges and threats that face us, for these are dangerous times. Many people are comparing the 2020s to the 1930s but, while that decade saw the rise of dangerous fascist dictators, we’re now […]