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Echoes of Cable Street at Altab Ali Park
In 1936 Max Levitas fought Oswald Mosely’s British Union of Fascists at Cable Street. Today, in Altab Ali Park – named after the murdered textile worker – the sprightly nonagenarian gave an emotional and rousing speech from the platform in support of the demonstration against the English Defence League organised by Unite Against Fascism. Though not a communist myself, I warmed hugely to his theme that racism and capitalism have, throughout the history of the industrialised nations, been inextricably linked. Continue reading
What are the Limits to Growth?
I think scientists need to speak out. Over the past 30 years, our politicians have almost grasped the idea that the resources we humans have at our disposal fall into two distinct categories, renewable and non-renewable; both categories provide limited inputs to our activities. Politicians have also almost realised that our outputs, including those that contribute to climate change and loss of habitats, must be limited to rates that enable our planetary systems to function and remain reasonably stable. Yet, inspite of their improved grasp of how and why human activities are governed by the laws of nature, most politicians seems to think that we should ignore entropic thermodynamics and simply go for growth as if such limits did not exist.
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