“It is time the nation woke up and realized that it’s not the armed robbers or drug dealers who cause the most economic harm, it’s the white collar criminals… who harm us the most.” (Harry Markopolos)
A Brief History of Monstrous Corporate Crimes
Corporations have been around, on and off, for...
Mass strike action is coming and the Tories know it. Concerns over crippling energy bills are a massive disincentive to people to go on strike (over their pay, conditions and job-cuts) and a reason for workers (including agency staff) to be 'forced' to break strikes and cross picket lines.
People...
Our last, best hope of averting systemic environmental collapse is to use the peculiarities of complex systems to trigger cascading political regime shifts.
Now it’s a straight fight for survival. The Glasgow Climate Pact, for all its restrained and diplomatic language, looks like a suicide pact. After so many squandered...
In response to the final draft of the agreement approved at COP28 in Dubai, the global movement Scientist Rebellion has released a scathing statement of criticism, continuing their call for a global "climate revolution." The full statement can be read below and can also be found on our website:
The...
This is extraordinary. In eleven minutes, the once-mighty America is now revealed to be over. They have privatised everything and have virtually nothing left. The International Court of Justice, once just a puppet of the USA, is now having to listen to the clear evidence, supported by the global...
Research and campaign group Positive Money welcomes a new report from MPs on the Conservative-led Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) which concludes that Covid-19 is a symptom of environmental breakdown and sets out how the government can enable a green economic recovery from the crisis.
Titled ‘Growing back better: putting nature...
Despite Boris Johnson stating in March that 'greed is good'
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/johnsons-greed-is-goodcredo-is-in-no-ones-interest-40236844.html
the government is "exploring every possibility, including legislative options", to stop the proposed European Super League, the prime minister has said. It appears that greed is not good now. Given Mr Johnson's weather vane approach to values and morality...
The idea of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London was proposed by the then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The ULEZ initiative was part of his broader efforts to address air pollution and improve air quality in the city. The plan was officially announced in 2013 as...
This will come as no surprise that a proposed New Clause 9 to the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, to ensure no Government Minister benefits financially from a hard or No Deal Brexit may not be selected for debate. Welcome to Boris Johnson’s “golden age”. (Peter Stefanovich)
https://twitter.com/Debbie_abrahams/status/1214107314594205696?s=20
“We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportion…we must not fail to comprehend its grave implication…in councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex”. (US President Eisenhower 1961)
A military-industrial complex exists when the connection between politicians,...
