Grassroots campaign for a radical Green New Deal 🌱🌹 General email: [email protected]
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As COP26 wraps up this week we want to try and harness the energy that has been created by letting you know about some amazing groups that are leading the fight against climate breakdown in Mcr.
Some are longstanding, some fairly new and some are single-issue groups.
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Last month we did our 1st in-person event, commissioned an article exploring the connections between health and the climate crisis, released 2 podcasts and a newsletter.
If you appreciate our content, please consider becoming a supporter for as little as £1 a month. 💪❤️🌿
We've spent 2 years keeping climate breakdown at the top of the news agenda, reporting on climate stories from the north of England.
Please show your support now for climate journalism — this planet ain’t gonna save itself🎙️✊ patreon.com/gndmediauk
Free event tonight at 33 Oldham Street, hosted by our pals over at @gndmediauk.
It's bound to be a banger, so we hope to see you there! 🌱🤝🛠️
🚨FREE LIVE EVENT TONIGHT🚨
Join us at 33 Oldham St in the Northern Quarter for 1 hr of ranting followed by 2 hrs of dancing.
👉Talks on the night by @NiallGlynn @indigenousmanc & our Ads
👉2-hour hip hop set with Pro P
Get your ticket: bit.ly/3rGPp07
See you there!
This is going to be absolutely class (pardon the pun).
Hope to see many comrades there! 🛠️🤝🌱
Reminder we have our live free event on Tuesday 25th October!
Join us at 33 Oldham Street for a night of hard truths, hope and hip hop, featuring our Ads, @NiallGlynn and @indigenousmanc 🔥
Get your tickets now: bit.ly/3rGPp07
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How many of you know what Cruella Braverman's Public Order Bill contains?
It's frankly unbelievable: legislation you might expect in Russia, Iran or Egypt. Here's a summary from my column today:
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💥NEW💥
We spoke to @Right_2Roam about the history of their campaign and trespassing laws, why the language of trespass is framed against the working class, govt hypocrisy on access rights and why reconnecting with the land is so important 🌄🚶♂️
Listen: bit.ly/3CkaT7V
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"The battle to save Ryebank Fields is a microcosm of a much wider story of land found throughout the world."
In this brilliant and personal account, Lilly Hill describes life at Ryebank community camp and reflects on its broader significance.
Read here:
gndmedia.co.uk/articles/ryeb…
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A big welcome to our 100 new followers this month!
Want to know more about us?
Meet the team:
gndmedia.co.uk/about-us
Read our articles:
gndmedia.co.uk/articles
Have a listen to over 100 podcast eps:
gndmedia.co.uk/the-podcast
Join the Revolution:
patreon.com/gndmediauk
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We enjoyed the show so much we asked David to write a piece on why the Inflation Reduction Act is a far cry from a GND✍️
"The IRA will merely shore up the bottom line of capitalists. We need something that will revitalise American society."
Read it here:
bit.ly/3CaJNBr
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Double content folks!💥
We welcomed @DavidGriscom of @LeftReckoning onto the show to discuss Texas' energy politics: Big Oil and Gas union busting, the just transition and whether the Inflation Reduction Act is all it's cracked up to be🛢️🇺🇸
Listen: bit.ly/3r9jPI4
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Here's a list of the 38 councils in talks with Govt about setting up new low-tax, deregulated 'Investment Zones' - where planning rules would be relaxed & environmental constraints ripped up: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Yesterday on Oxford Road, NO₂ levels were 2.1 times the WHO air quality guidelines.
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New ep 🚨
We spoke to Marianne Quick + @crawford_ben, two organisers @ucu, about a GND pay claim it's launching, how the union is making climate part of its bargaining agenda + how unions can keep institutions honest with #NetZero commitments ✊
Listen: bit.ly/3SdhyXW
🚨 CALL OUT! 🚨
Have you passed the 2022 Green New Deal motion at your CLP? Let us know by either dropping us a DM or contact [email protected]! 🌱🤝⚒️
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New ep 📣
We spoke to @Jodi7768 + @KaiHeron about the role of Leninist anti-imperialism in stopping climate breakdown, why institutions are also key battlegrounds and how the establishment is already adapting to climate change 🪧
Listen: bit.ly/3eHU52L
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More of Manchester's soul being extracted and replaced by concrete.
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NEW 📣
We spoke to @Matthuber78 about how focusing on consumption can obscure class analyses of climate change and why 'carbon guilt' stops action. Plus we dig into his critiques of degrowth and why we need trade unions to shape a GND 👷🌱
Listen here: bit.ly/3BauYhR
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Newsletter out y'all 📢
👉 Tune into podcasts with @adribuller and @eiecampaign 🎙️
👉 Read articles by @GBuskell, @elapachabotones and María Sagastume ✍️
👉 Check out other cool climate content we've spotted 👀
Not signed up? You should: bit.ly/3z9aPYG
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As energy bills soar and in the absence of any meaningful support for households to reduce their energy demand for the foreseeable, I asked experts for energy-saving tips for keeping your home warm for less this winter for the @BigIssue
bigissue.com/life/money/ener…
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Guatemala's decentralised approach to conservation has benefitted citizens while protecting the country's natural resources.
But many worry a sweeping new bill in congress could put all that at risk, write @elapachabotones and María Sagastume.
Read here:
gndmedia.co.uk/articles/guat…
