Socialism and electricity: renewables and decentralisation versus nuclear

An article in Capitalism Nature Socialism journal (available on open access), discussing socialist approaches to electricity networks, to the fight for public and common forms of ownership of them, and to their place in tackling climate change. 

The road to nowhere

Invest in public transport - not the Lower Thames Crossing. My comments on the Labour government's transport policy, in the Ecologist.

Post-election battlegrounds on climate and social justice

A review of Labour policies on climate and energy, and the possible responses by trade unions and civil society. The Ecologist, June 2024

Power station bombing redoubles pressure on Ukraine

The Russian attack on Ukraine's electricity infrastructure, and the response. Foreign Policy in Focus, June 2024.

'Capitalism won't save the planet'

 Review of The Price is Wrong by Brett Christophers, in The Ecologist, May 2024

Palestine, Ukraine and the crisis of empires

Comments on two struggles against colonialist aggression, in Commons.com.ua, the Ukrainian socialist web site, May 2024

No path to peace in Ukraine through this fantasy world

Comments on "campist" writers and what they say about the war, in New Politics, April 2024.

Free Public Transport for London - why and how

 A campaign briefing, supported by Fare Free London, the Greener Jobs Alliance, the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel coalition and Tipping Point. I drafted the text.

Energy should be a right, not a commodity

The 1980s gave us "this idea of energy, whether for electricity or fuel for vehicles, as being a commodity which some people could profit from, as opposed to being a right which all people should have because we live in modern times and the technologies available can deliver this to us". My interview with the Times of India. 

Climate change and social justice in Greenwich: why targets matter

This article, published on the Greener Greenwich Community Network site, reviews the greenhouse gas emissions targets set by the borough of Greenwich, asks whether they do the job they need to do, and comments on how climate measures can be taken in a socially just way. 

Realising renewable power's potential means combating capital

An article in Spectre journal, responding to the false logic, promoted by "ecomodernists", that renewables, decentralisation, private capital, and neoliberalism go together; and that nuclear, centralisation, public power, and socialism go together.

Palestine and Ukraine: how the 21st century empires wage war

Two wars and how their causes are related. An article based on a talk I gave to the conference on "Changing Global Order: Nations and States", held by the Punjab Research Group (UK) in Oxford on 28 October.