Last weekend, the Green Party Conference was in Manchester. I wasn’t able to attend, but was delighted that the motion I co-proposed on Palestine was overwhelmingly supported. Here is Kate Usoff proposing the motion. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_qubiFoObN/ Here’s Cllr Mothin Ali seconding the motion. https://twitter.com/MothinAli/status/1832891158927938007 The full text of the motion is as follows. Insert the followingContinueContinue reading “Green Party Conference calls for an end to Genocide and Apartheid in Palestine.”
Category Archives: Politics and Campaigning Groups
South Yorkshire Citizens Assembly findings fraught with delays.
A guest blog by Ci Davis One hundred people, selected as a representative cross-section of the South Yorkshire population, met between October and December 2023 as members of the South Yorkshire Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change; I was one of the members. We were asked “to consider how we might respond to climate change andContinueContinue reading “South Yorkshire Citizens Assembly findings fraught with delays.”
Why is Retrofitting the poor relation?
A guest blog by Joyce Bullivent Retrofitting i.e. making old buildings more energy efficient, seems to be the poor relation when it comes to talks about a greener environment or green jobs. Maybe it’s not so romantic laying down insulation and putting in triple glazing etc but it should be a priority. Cutting energy demand,ContinueContinue reading “Why is Retrofitting the poor relation?”
We need an end to Grouse Monoculture
On Sunday August 19th, I joined about 70 walkers at Redmires for the annual protest walk, Reclaim the Moors, Stop Grouse Monoculture. It was a very educational day, with experts on hand to explain everything. Moorland Campaigner Bob Berzins was the main speaker. He has just published a new book, “The Last Crow” which isContinueContinue reading “We need an end to Grouse Monoculture”
Axe Drax!
27 arrests foil Climate Camp but real climate criminals are given Government subsidies. A week-long climate camp planned by Reclaim the Power, to raise awareness of the climate-damaging wood-burning power station near Selby in North Yorkshire had to be cancelled following the arrest of 22 of the organisers and the confiscation of toilets, wheelchair rampsContinueContinue reading “Axe Drax!”
Sheffield stands firm against racism and thuggery.
Sheffield was at its best on Saturday with a fantastic display of opposition to the racism and thuggery we saw earlier in the week. Here are some of the speeches. My favourite moment of the rally was this speech from Rev Huw Thomas, from Christchurch Pitsmoor, who clarified that we should call these riots theContinueContinue reading “Sheffield stands firm against racism and thuggery.”
Sheffield, Stand up to Racism. Rally on Saturday. Demand your MP helps Asylum Seekers by lifting Reporting Conditions.
On Tuesday I attended the massive gathering at SADACCA, organised by Stand Up to Racism, to plan our response to the far-right racist violence we have seen in our community recently. The thugs that came to the Hotel at Wath could have succeeded in burning down the building, seriously endangering the lives of all theContinueContinue reading “Sheffield, Stand up to Racism. Rally on Saturday. Demand your MP helps Asylum Seekers by lifting Reporting Conditions.”
Sheffield Remembers Hiroshima
On 6 August, outside Sheffield City Hall, Lord Mayor Jayne Dunn joined in a commemoration marking the 79th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, organised by Sheffield Creative Action for Peace (SCRAP). Not only were thousands killed and the cities destroyed, but nuclear contamination continues to poison theContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Remembers Hiroshima”
National Trust urged to drop Barclays at Wentworth Castle and Longshaw
On Friday, August 2nd visitors to Longshaw sang songs and collected petitions calling on The National Trust to stop banking with Barclays. Then on Saturday, August 3rd visitors to Wentworth Castle also made a stir engaging visitors to call on the National Trust to dump Barclays. CCA and XR at Longshaw The group included membersContinueContinue reading “National Trust urged to drop Barclays at Wentworth Castle and Longshaw”
Now the Green Party has 4 MPs, where do we go from here?
Rupert Read, Director of the Climate Majority Project, recently wrote an excellent article which I have summarised below. Please read the full article here. I hope the Green Party take notice. Rupert informs us the election results were great, but they won’t change the trajectory we are on, heading for climate catastrophe. Because we didContinueContinue reading “Now the Green Party has 4 MPs, where do we go from here?”
