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“Reparations Now! Climate Justice Now!”

“Reparations Now! Climate Justice Now!”

Date: Saturday 23 August 2025 1200hrs - 2000hrs Venue: We are 336, Brixton Road, SW9 7AA (Nearest Station Brixton) Contact: Mel Mullings 07718 645817 As part of the Trade Union Year of Climate Action, this year’s RMT Reparations Conference 2025 will challenge us to...

Exposing the Great British Nuclear Fantasy

Exposing the Great British Nuclear Fantasy

Image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuclear_Power_Plant_Cattenom.jpgIn recent blog posts and newsletter items, we’ve dealt extensively with the energy transition, including the fallacy of Carbon Capture and Storage.   One aspect not covered thus far has been...

Letters from Baku

Letters from Baku

This blog covers the most urgent issue currently facing the Trade Union movement as regards the climate crisis.  We would encourage feedback, response articles and replies from every perspective to ensure we do justice to workers everywhere in this crucial debate. Use...

Labour’s Climate Strategy – strengths and weaknesses

Labour’s Climate Strategy – strengths and weaknesses

This blog covers the most urgent issue currently facing the Trade Union movement as regards the climate crisis.  We would encourage feedback, response articles and replies from every perspective to ensure we do justice to workers everywhere in this crucial debate. Use...

Peace and Planet: inextricably linked

Peace and Planet: inextricably linked

Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim on UnsplashThis blog covers the most urgent issue currently facing the Trade Union movement as regards the climate crisis.  We would encourage feedback, response articles and replies from every perspective to ensure we do justice to workers...

Insorgiamo – We rise up

Insorgiamo – We rise up

GKN Workers The Greener Jobs Alliance was part of the UK group that attended the ex-GKN Workers Assembly on 12 and 13 October in Florence, Italy. The delegation of 29 people from a range of union and solidarity organisations was co-ordinated by Reel News. In the...

Trade Unions, Worker Education and the Climate Crisis

Trade Unions, Worker Education and the Climate Crisis

Green shoots Image by eko pramono from Pixabay GJA has been publicising the instalments of Stuart Tannock’s research as they’ve emerged over the last year or two.  Here is the fourth part of this fascinating and comprehensive study that will provide an invaluable...

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