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A2. Green Unionism
"We are sent to the town hall to find solutions to these problems" How councils can take on the climate crisis with Councillor Jon Burke
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Local councils. Not your usual starting point when it comes to dealing with world wide crises like climate breakdown. Normally you'd associate them with the mundanity of bin collections and road works, tax bands and planning permission. Local councils however are our first interaction with democracy and thus our first opportunity to change the direction that our carbon cramming country is heading in. Joining us this week to discuss how local councils can be at the for-front of decarbonisation and greening the economy is Councillor Jon Burke from Hackney (@jonburkeUK). Speaking truth to power about how labour councils are locked together with the aviation industry and how environmentalism intersects with all parts of local government.
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*Links*
Gresham College lecture on Aneurin Bevan
https://youtu.be/3vgye4SvAzQ
The making of the the working class- E.P Thompson
https://uncomradelybehaviour.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/thompson-ep-the-making-of-the-english-working-class.pdf
*Shout outs*
Practical ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x65xLdIUDWMUl4_nkuD-EeP98UuJ2nuknUDsqUm7R9s/htmlview
Clyde Loakes @Labourstone Waltham Forest
Claire Holland @Clairekholland Lambeth
Sophoe McGeevor @SophieMcGeevor Lewisham
Adam Harrison @AdamDKharrison Camden
Upping it Mosside environmental community group
@UppingIt
"You get the cycling culture you deserve" Active transport with Nick Hubble
Here is a list of resources to support the BLM movement https://bit.ly/2MCdcKa
Covid-19 has resulted in a 17% drop in global emissions over the length of the crisis. How do we hold on to this silver lining after the economy starts back up and we return to "The new normal"? With transport being a whopping 3rd of emissions we have to look to other means of getting about that are better for the environment and better for us. This week on the pod we talk to Nick Hubble, otherwise known as the Prestwich Pootler (@pootlers), about cycling in Greater Manchester. We discuss how you don't have to reinvent the wheel (sorry not sorry) to make cycling accessible to all and what we can learn from our comrades on the continent.
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Shout Outs
Brian Deegan - Advisor to Manchester cycling and walking commissioner
@bricycle
Nandini Mitra
@_nmtr
Wheels for all- making cycling accessible for all.
https://cycling.org.uk/wheels-for-all
Manchester Bike Hire
https://manchesterbikehire.co.uk/
**Links**
Manchester Critical Mass Cycling group
https://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/events/event/critical-mass/
Walk Ride GM
https://walkridegm.org.uk/
"Where is our podcast invite Milliband?" Labour for a Green New Deal with co-founder Chris Saltmarsh
From humble seeds do oak trees grow, from twitter frustration can a movement emerge. Labour for a Green New Deal had only been around for 6 months when it engaged in the longest composite meeting of the Labour Party conferences history. With now over 50 local groups across the country, demanding the Labour Party do better we sat down with co-founder of Lab4GND Chris Saltmarsh (@Chris_Saltmarsh). To discuss the movements beginnings, it's strategy and where we go next.
Our previous episode with Angela Brown on the 2019 Labour conference.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/919177/2944135
Chris' article on Extinction Rebellion
https://novaramedia.com/2018/11/18/5-reasons-im-not-joining-the-extinction-rebellion/
**Shout Outs**
Angela Brown @Angel4Brown598
If you would like to get involved in Angelas' work in North Manchester follow the link below
https://www.facebook.com/groups/211148843589816
Acorn Housing union
https://acorntheunion.org.uk/
Mersey Labour GND
@MerseyLGND
Rutger Bregman new book HumanKind
@rcbregman
https://www.waterstones.com/book/humankind/rutger-bregman/9781408898932
"34,000 Trees cut down in GM" Making Manchester greener with Trees Not Cars
Last year Manchester council declared a climate emergency to the adulation of the city and the environmental movement. Two days later they decided to build a brand new car park in the heart of the city, a stark slap in the face to that same declaration. This week we talk to Trees Not Cars on their efforts to make more green space in the city center, the affects on the already disastrous levels of pollution on our health and what we can do to fight back against a contradicting council.
https://www.treesnotcars.com/
Trees not cars fundraisers
https://www.gofundme.com/f/trees-not-cars-mcr
Defra pollution monitor and forecast
https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/
"corporate media is kinda shitty" exploring local environmental journalism
It's very easy to concentrate on the national news cycle. Big flashy stories and scandals that drip from the teleprompters of Sky and the BBC. But underneath cocaine habits and duck islands, local government ticks over with a slither of the amount of coverage. With the perception it's just about bin collection and bus time tables, councils and local government have substantial power still on how we support our ecosystem and where money is invested.
This week we are joined on the Pod by investigative journalist Andrea Sandor (@wordstoseeby). Andreas coverage includes the stripping of cycling provision across the city, the gentrification of the Northern Quarter and Manchesters pollution crisis. We discuss why local journalism is more important than ever, how philosphy is keeping people from cycling and how the Manchester Meteor is building a truly independent media.
Shout outs
Nick hubble cycling activist.
https://nickhubble.bike/
Build back better campaign
@BuildBckBetter
https://www.buildbackbetteruk.org/
IPPR study on the furlough scheme
https://www.ippr.org/files/2020-05/1589291707_who-wins-and-who-pays-may20.pdf
Deansgate pedestrianisation
https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/deansgate-set-for-partial-pedestrianisation-from-this-weekend/
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"Fiscal friction is what the rest of us call tax" Tax havens and Kleptocracy with Oliver Bullough
The Green New Deal is a plan to vastly transform our society. Through bold economic and social change it's a plan to save the Earth from the destructive forces of capitalism. that is going to cost a lot of money to do, and as the age old attack on the Left goes "how are you gonna pay for it?". 7.8 Trillion Dollars is estimated to be in tax havens and offshore accounts worldwide. Sounds like a good start to me. Joining us this week is journalist and author Oliver Bullough (@OliverBullough) to discuss his most recent book “ Moneyland: the inside story of the Crooks and kleptocrats who rule the world and how to take it back
**Shout outs**
Catherine Belton Author of Putin's People @CatherineBelton
Kevin Anderson Professor of Energy and Climate Change for his work at the Tyndell Center advising Manchester council
@KevinClimate
Mentioned Links
South Dakotas Tax Haven
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/the-great-american-tax-haven-why-the-super-rich-love-south-dakota-trust-laws
Treasure Islands by Nicholas Shaxson
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/108/1085201/treasure-islands/9780099541721.html
Dark Money by Jane Mayer
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215462/dark-money-by-jane-mayer/
Democracy in Chains by Nancy Maclean
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533763/democracy-in-chains-by-nancy-maclean/
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"Replace the Natural Monopolies" UBI & UBS with Will Stronge of Autonomy
It's time for a moment of respite. With the planet in turmoil we must take a moment to envisage how it could be better. To have the imagination to design a more equitable world. How can we resolve the conflict between ourselves and the planet.
This week we are joined by Will Stronge the director of Autonomy, a progressive think thank researching how we can change the world of work. We take on two big ideas that can reshape the world ; Universal Basic Income and Universal Basic Services.
https://autonomy.work/
Mentioned links
Watch the documentary about the Mincome Trail
https://www.bigexperience.org/film
UCL Report on UBS
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/igp/sites/bartlett/files/universal_basic_services_-_the_institute_for_global_prosperity_.pdf
campaign for public ownership
https://weownit.org.uk/
shout outs
Rob Palmer at Tax Justice UK
https://www.taxjustice.uk/
@robertnpalmer
everyone involved in pushing back on the GM councils planning committee suspension
Andrea Sandor
@wordstoseeby
Greater Manchester housing action
@gmhousingaction
Manchester Bee sanctuary with Highfiel Country Mark
https://twitter.com/HighfieldCP_Lev
"It's a really complicated Chicken" Retrofitting housing to battle climate change with Charlie Baker
Even with a pandemic, the climate crisis rages on. In a time when it feels like so much is out of our control what can we do to fight against the ticking down of the U.K's Carbon Budget?
This week we talk to Charlie baker the founder of Red Co-op. A organisation putting the agency back into peoples hands in the fight against climate change. We discover the immense potential of retrofitting the 25 million homes in the UK in tackling climate breakdown and what are the challenges with doing so.
What to get involved with the show? Fill out the Manchester Labour GND survey below to join us
https://bit.ly/2SaTI2i
If you wanna get in touch with Charlie to learn more on retrofitting contact him at charlie@red.coop
discussed links
2050 Carbon pathway calculator
https://bit.ly/2W3farb
Homes as energy systems
https://retrofitworks.co.uk/haes/
https://bit.ly/3aDUsn7
Retrofitworks
https://retrofitworks.co.uk/
**Shout outs**
Tyndall center for Climate Change
https://tyndall.ac.uk/
B4box contractors
https://b4box.co.uk/
Manchester friends of the earth
https://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/
Annette wright Labour Hulme councilor
@AnnetteWright
Jon Burke Labour Hackney councilor
@jonburkeUK
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"Climate education is not a tick box" Teaching Climate Breakdown.
Education, Education, Education! It's as true now as it was then the only way to take on the biggest challenges in the world is through empowering our future generations to tackle the problems ahead of us. This week we are joined by Lydia Meryll from Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN) and Fi a primary school teacher from South Manchester to discuss how schools are coping with COVID-19, How the children are educated on climate change and we speculate at what Rebecca long Bailey will now do in her shadow education role.
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https://www.meen.org.uk/
**Shout out Links**
my mini maths
https://myminimaths.co.uk/
The Writing Squad
http://www.writingsquad.com/
Greater Manchester Community Renewables
https://www.gmcr.org.uk/
The Kindling Trust
https://kindling.org.uk/
Pesticide Action Network UK
https://www.pan-uk.org/
"Socialism and Degrowth aren't the same thing" The Degrowth movement with Mark Burton
The pandemic gripping the world has put Capitalism back into one of it's classic cardiac arrests. With economies slowing to a sclerotic trundle across the globe and great recessions on the horizon is there a better way to organize ourselves? We are joined by Mark Burton from Steady State Manchester to discuss the limits of Growth, how Climate Breakdown and Growth interlock and how Degrowth can save us from disaster capitalism.
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**Links**
Degrowth UK
https://degrowthuk.org/
Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/
Degrowth VS the Green New Deal
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2019/09/12/six-problems-for-green-deals/
Degrowth Conference 2020
http://www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk/events/degrowth2020/
*Extra reading**
Viable economy
https://steadystatemanchester.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-viable-economy-revision-for-2nd-edn-v2.4-final.pdf
Labour and Degrowth
http://renewal.org.uk/articles/degrowth-the-realistic-alternative-for-labour
Steady State Critique of The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2020/03/12/imagining-an-alternative-future-for-greater-manchester/
GND mini: Bernt Out.
We are once more asking for your.... well nothing. Our brother from another continent Bernie Sanders has suspended his presidential campaign. We decided to feel the Bern one last time.
You can watch Bernie's speech here:
https://youtu.be/TnRivUNrobA?t=1332
"You've got to be social to be Socialist" Interview with Dr Lucy Burke
We are all still in lock-down but the pod goes on! The results of the Labour leadership election are in, how will this affect the the Green New Deal? We are also joined by Dr Lucy Burke to discuss how critical care in the UK has been impacted by Covid-19, how people with disabilities have been affected by this crisis and the subsequent Government response.
We also discuss the short comings of the environmental movement and how it can be more inclusive of the disabled.
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***LINKS***
Guidance from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
Critical care in Adults
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng159
Managing symptoms (Including at the end of life) in the community https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng163/chapter/1-Communicating-with-patients-and-minimising-risk
Corona Virus Act legislation
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/contents/enacted/data.htm
*Shout Outs*
Preswitch Village Green Co-op
https://www.village-greens-coop.co.uk/
Trees Not Cars
https://www.treesnotcars.com/
"Fair judgement on potential a***holes" Covid-19 Crisis
Covid-19 has taken the world by storm, with 20,000 deaths worldwide due to the virus. We sat down (at least 2 meters apart) to talk through this crisis. Discussing the governments response, the citizens response and how this is all going to play out down the line.
The UK is a wash with amazing acts of solidarity in this incredibly stressful time, here are some links for how you can help out others during the pandemic.
Acorn tenants Union- defending renters
https://acorntheunion.org.uk/corona/
Community support around Rochdale, Oldham and Tamside
https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/mutual-aid
Find some local help with this national table of volunteer groups
https://bit.ly/39lynJr
Here's how you can volunteer for the NHS
https://www.goodsamapp.org/
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"#Proper Trees" Getting the Green New Deal through labour conference.
Our inaugural episode!
The dust has settled after the 2019 General Election and we face five more years of a climate denialist Conservative government. Yet, while locked out of power nationally, there are ways to take direction action locally and regionally to prevent climate catastrophe. But first, where did this all start?
We sat down with Angie Brown to discuss how the Green New Deal made it through Labour Party conference.
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