strategy

Nov
25
Nationalisation is finally back in fashion

Nationalisation is finally back in fashion

The popularity of the SEC demonstrates that fighting for re-nationalisation of essential industries and rebuilding the public service is a demand capable of building a broad political base for climate action.
5 min read
Jun
08
To Take Real Action on Climate Change, Australia Must Rebuild Its Public Sector | Jacobin

To Take Real Action on Climate Change, Australia Must Rebuild Its Public Sector | Jacobin

By returning to a policy of full employment and tying it explicitly to decarbonization efforts, Labor could make it self-evident that climate action tangibly and materially benefits working-class people right now.
1 min read
May
11

Why doesn't the left invest in people and institutions like the right? →

Money, infrastructure, and leadership development over the long-term. It’s a frustratingly simple formula.
1 min read
Feb
14

The End of the End of the End →

"Food might be political now, and sitcoms, and novels, and every conversation with everyone you’ve ever known, but the sole exception seems to be politics itself."
2 min read
Jan
31
Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? →

Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? →

The moral case against the fossil fuel industry is irrefutable. But this is not simply a question of morality, this is about strategy and power
3 min read
Jan
20

The Left’s “Theoretical” Problem →

Being correct is less important than building organisations and power.
1 min read
Jan
12

The Only Winning Climate Policy Is a Pro-Worker Climate Policy →

Matt Huber: "The GND strategy is deceptively simple. Tie decarbonization directly to public investment and visible material benefits for the working class."
1 min read
Dec
21
Powershop’s Sellout Shows the Free Market Won’t Stop Climate Change | Jacobin

Powershop’s Sellout Shows the Free Market Won’t Stop Climate Change | Jacobin

The Australian green energy provider Powershop launched in 2012 with the support of a range of environmental NGOs. Last month, Shell bought the company and took over its clients.
1 min read
Aug
03

The Case for the Civilian Climate Corps →

Decarbonisation isn't a set-and-forget kind of thing. Plans that don't account for what it would take to build and maintain political constituencies over the long-haul are doomed to fail.
1 min read