The government's afforestation scheme amounts to nothing more than a bailout of the timber industry. Presenting this piece of greenwashing as progress only serves to undermine belief in climate action.

Read ARG-GL's statement on the subject below 👇

#biodiversity #afforestation #ireland #irishpolitics #greenpolitics #climatepolitics #greenleft #ecosocialism

"Neutrality to people like Mícheál Martin means speaking out of both sides of your mouth."
Lorna Bogue on the Irish Foreign Ministry's so-called #ConsultativeForum ; a scripted PR pantomime to answer a question nobody was asking.

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/06/irelands-neutrality-stitch-up

#ecosocialism #neutrality #citizensassembly #irishpolitics #greenleft #ireland #neutral

Neo-Nazi extremist Desmond Liddington pleaded guilty on February 6 to his part in the 2021 attack on the home of anti-racist activist Padraic ‘Paddy’ Gibson. He was sentenced to 2.5 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 18 months. #Auspol Via #GreenLeft
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/neo-nazi-sentenced-jail-attack-anti-racists-home

As wages stagnate and the cost-of-living crisis worsens, it’s time to re-evaluate the role of work in our lives and the economic system.
#auspol Via #GreenLeft
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/happier-and-healthier-why-we-need-four-day-work-week

Robodebt fiasco reveals Centrelink workers opposed it
Via #GreenLeft #Auspol https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/robodebt-fiasco-reveals-centrelink-workers-opposed-it

Going to be working on a Green Left article with a comrade of mine about Autism and ADHD rights struggles in Australia.
Currently Senator Steele-John is pushing for the NDIS to be expanded to cover ADHD as a primary diagnosis. Autistic self-advocates like my self are pushing for ABA to be banned and for the level system for diagnosing Autism to be removed entirely or replaced with a working list of individual support needs as to better reflect the support each individual requires.

Is there anything that any #actuallyAutistic or #ADHD people would like me to cover? #AusPol #GreenLeft #Neurodiversity

“Capitalism must die for Indigenous people to be free,” Professor Thalia Anthony told a meeting on February 5, quoting First Nations Canadian scholar Glen Coulthard.
Via: #GreenLeft #Auspol https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/thalia-anthony-colonialism-continues-alice-springs

"The holiday season is meant to be a joyous time, but for the nearly 3 million Australians, who are victims of the poverty industrial complex, it can be nothing but embarrassment, isolation and hunger."

Link: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/welfare-recipients-dread-averyalbochristmas

#auspol #GreenLeft #welfare #poverty #christmas #xmas #AVeryAlboChristmas

Inflation in Australia has gone through the ceiling. Interest rates have risen significantly in the past 6 months. Another unwelcome cost is the raising of gas & electricity. Recently there was a change in government that swung centrally and to my relief to the left. The new government has come up with a plan to cap these utility prices. (Part 1) #sustainability #SolarPunk #greenleft

Quite proud of this latest Green Left Show on the West Australian nurses and midwives' dispute:

Green Left Show #30: WA nurses and midwives defy intimidation

https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-30-wa-nurses-and-midwives-defy-intimidation

#AusPol #GreenLeft #ANF #AusUnions

This is really good:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
Neoliberalism sees competition as the defining characteristic of human relations. It redefines citizens as consumers, whose democratic choices are best exercised by buying and selling.
#consumerism #neoliberalism #sustainability #biodiversity #greenleft

It is always a pleasure to watch Neoliberal Tories lose. Australia is going through more positive changes at the moment. #environment #greens #greenleft #progressivepolitics

Looking for like minded people to follow - I am into the following: #sustainability #gardening #conservation #environment #SolarPunk #sci-fi #downtempo #electronic #greenleft #urbangardening #minimalism

More of the same, nothing has changed. Elizabeth May is the “new” leader of the Canadian Greens.

Capitalist solutions to capitalist created problems will never solve any problem without creating further inequality.

May is not the leader we need. We need left wing green solutions. Anything else will harm us all.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-leadership-race-results-1.6657717

#Climate #cdnpoli #Greens #GreenLeft

Well-argued contribution by Denys Pilash to #GreenLeft's #ecosocialist conference focus on the current situation in #Ukraine️
#StandWithUkraine
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ukrainian-socialist-denys-pilash-russia-will-only-negotiate-if-it-suffers-some-defeats

Intro toot: I’m Pat Kane, a musician, writer and activist who divides his time between #glasgowuniversity and #London. #Musician: with my brother Greg, still one half of Hue and Cry. Writer: 4 New Thinking in NY & The National in Scotland, concerned with #power, #culture, #humannature, #democracy, #technology, #greenleft politics, #Scotsindy. Activist: the aforementioned agenda, but in addition the minimisation of x-risks. Father of two fabulous daughters (& one step-son), partner to Indra Adnan