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The Power of Protest

Fighting racism and police brutality in lockdown from Minneapolis to Hong Kong By Hugh Barnes The history of protest is as old as the history of anything. People have always protested against oppression because it has always existed. Unless you have a vote, and sometimes even if you do, demonstrating in public is the bestContinue reading “The Power of Protest”

Killing time in Palestine

By Toby Abse What the mainstream media generally describe as ‘the war between Israel and Hamas’ has in reality amounted to a massacre of Palestinian civilians. Around two thirds of the 29,410 Gazan dead (22nd February 2024) have been women and children. Unlike the Israel Defence Force (IDF), and unlike the more secular Palestinian armedContinue reading “Killing time in Palestine”

Hate and war

Civil war may not be ‘inevitable’, as the world’s wealthiest psychopath, Elon Musk, claims but, TOBY ABSE argues, the riots delivered a stark warning about far-right culture wars THE rioting that spread across England and Northern Ireland at the start of August was not a spontaneous reaction to the brutal murder of three young girlsContinue reading “Hate and war”

The Future of Energy

By Mike Davies Modern civilisation uses – and is dependent on – vast amounts of energy. Over the last couple of hundred years, we have shifted from using energy for heavy industry to relying on the ready availability of huge amounts for convenience and leisure. One consequence has been global heating caused by the ‘exhaust’ gases, such asContinue reading “The Future of Energy”

The Climate Election

MIKE DAVIES sets out the principles and issues — ignored by the major parties —on which he is standing for the AGS in Leeds North East This is an odd election. Although ‘odd’ scarcely covers it. The key issue facing the country, indeed all countries, is the environmental crisis. This is set to disrupt andContinue reading “The Climate Election”

Germany in crisis

TOBY ABSE warns of the shadow of the Far Right looming over the country’s forthcoming general election LAST autumn’s elections in three East German Lander had a significance that went far beyond the local, or even the national, causing shock waves all over Western Europe. Not only did they ultimately bring down Germany’s federal coalition,Continue reading “Germany in crisis”

Editorial

The current issue of Green Socialist is the 100th since the journal began publication a quarter of a century ago. It is a significant milestone perhaps but also gives us pause for thought because what it signifies in many ways is how little progress has actually been made in the intervening period towards achieving the goals ofContinue reading “Editorial”

Green Socialist 111

The English title of a new film about the legendary singer-guitarist Stelios Kazantzidis, who popularised rebetiko, which is often called ‘the Greek blues’, may beguile some cinemagoers into thinking they are about to watch a biopic of the Cypriot entrepreneur, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of EasyJet. Luckily, Stelios is much more interesting than that.Continue reading “Green Socialist 111”