Author Archives: eljubilado

Today’s salad

Posted on 8 April, 2022 by eljubilado

We have a small garden and grow fruit a few vegetables and a variety of salad crops.  Most days we can pick a salad (sparsely in December and January) and this is always a combination of cultivated and volunteer crops, … Continue reading →

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The Green Man

Posted on 20 April, 2021 by eljubilado

The Green Man, and also sometimes the Green Woman, is a persistent figure in European folklore, although similar figures appear in other regions too. The Green Man, typically a face, surrounded by, or even sprouting, leaves, was a traditional carving … Continue reading →

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Theses on the 2019 General Election

Posted on 27 December, 2019 by eljubilado

Here is my attempt to cast some light on the General Election defeat.  I’ve written it as a set of “theses” to try and make the fairly complex argument concise.  I haven’t covered everything and some of this has already … Continue reading →

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The new municipalists defeated in several Spanish cities.

Posted on 27 May, 2019 by eljubilado

Updated re Barcelona, Sept 2019. Here is a summary of the major results for the “Cities of Change” (or Fearless Cities / Ciudades sin Miedo), where the insurgent, new municipalist, left gained power, in 2014. Most of these innovative coalitions … Continue reading →

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What’s gone wrong in Venezuela?

Posted on 11 January, 2019 by eljubilado

What’s gone wrong in Venezuela? Mark H Burton1 pdf version [Update, 3 Feb, 2019: Some additional recent English language sources appear at the end – not in the pdf version yet.] This piece is intended as a guide to what’s … Continue reading →

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Degrowth, divestment, politics

Posted on 19 December, 2017 by eljubilado

Updated: 7 September, 2018 In addition to the Left Foot Forward piece below, I’ve published seveal other related pieces: Practical degrowth for Labour (fuller version).  Published as The Case For Degrowth? (not my question mark!) on the SERA blog. 2) Divesting … Continue reading →

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Could Labour implement a post-growth economy?

Posted on 28 November, 2017 by eljubilado

Here is the full version of the article published, in rather truncated form today, on Left Foot Forward. I will be posting a fully referenced extended version in the near future. pdf version of the full text Could Labour implement … Continue reading →

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After peak capitalism: the livelihood challenge – revised version

Posted on 3 November, 2017 by eljubilado

Here is the revised version of my working paper, “After peak capitalism: the livelihood challenge“.  I’m grateful to those who have offered encouragement and constructively critical comments.  This new version, Has numerous improvements to the text and further references to … Continue reading →

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Brief notes on Catalonia

Posted on 26 October, 2017 by eljubilado

Having friends in Barcelona and liking the city and region, as well as Spain in general, the situation in Catalonia causes me a lot of concern.  A lot of the commentary here oversimplifies the situation with some on the left, … Continue reading →

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After peak capitalism: the livelihood challenge.

Posted on 1 August, 2017 by eljubilado

Note: there is now a revised version.  See this later post. This is my new working paper. It attempts to deal with the question of peak capitalism and ecological crisis on two levels – the post-industrial wastelands of the core … Continue reading →

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