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Author Archives: eljubilado
Today’s salad
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
The Green Man
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
Theses on the 2019 General Election
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
The new municipalists defeated in several Spanish cities.
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
What’s gone wrong in Venezuela?
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
Posted in economics, Latin America
Tagged 21st Century socialism, Latin America, Venezuela
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Degrowth, divestment, politics
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?
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
Posted in climate change, ecology, economics, ideology
Tagged climate change, degrowth, ecology, economic growth, Labour Party, politics, steady state economics
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After peak capitalism: the livelihood challenge – revised version
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
Posted in climate change, ecology, economics, policy
Tagged 21st Century malaise, Bolton, climate change, degrowth, ecology, economy, imperialism, limits to growth, Manchester, Marxism, peak capitalism, permaculture, the mess we're in
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Brief notes on Catalonia
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
After peak capitalism: the livelihood challenge.
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