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The Case for Green Plenty

Note: This was originally published on the Green Plenty substack on the 8th of November 2021. https://greenplenty.substack.com/p/the-case-for-green-plenty?s=w I will be republishing some of the articles from there over the next few weeks — Why go marching in the rain? I was at the COP 26 March on Saturday in Liverpool…

Green

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The Case for Green Plenty
The Case for Green Plenty
Green

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Empire Socialism Part 1

Empire socialism defined Empire socialism could also imperialist socialism, assuming you know what the term imperialism means in this context. It’s the nationalistic, narrow “socialism” of a relatively privileged, mostly white, section of the working class in a country that has, or used to have, an empire. The wider society it operates in…

Labour Party

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Empire Socialism Part 1
Empire Socialism Part 1
Labour Party

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Jan 2

No Plan for Utopia

But a better world is necessary I will not cease from mental fight, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant land. William Blake’s Jerusalem A Facebook friend of mine said to me: If you can show me a practical…

Eco Socialism

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No Plan for Utopia
No Plan for Utopia
Eco Socialism

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Jul 17, 2022

Implacable Fury (women and children first)

The demise of the imperial gentleman When I was a child in the 1960s we were taught that we should behave like gentlemen. This meant a few things that might seem a little weird now. Gentlemen were, of course, men, and in the language and perceptions of the time strong and powerful. …

Imperialism

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Implacable Fury (women and children first)
Implacable Fury (women and children first)
Imperialism

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Jun 2, 2021

Empire Socialism Part 14

Escape from McMurder Incorporated There is no need to despair. The recent revelations in the Labour party about sabotage by principle-free centrists is a good thing, it’s helping release energy that would have been wasted worrying about which meaningless Labour committee the left should try to take over to do more constructive things like…

Labour Party

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Labour Party

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Jun 2, 2021

Empire Socialism Part 13

2020 vision — the broader picture The Blair/Clinton and friends project represented the final flowering of the old post war consensus, but of course Thatcher and Regan had already torn up the old social contract it was built on. It was doomed as a vehicle for carrying it forward, but that was not its purpose. The…

Labour Party

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Labour Party

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Apr 1, 2021

Empire Socialism Part 12

What happened to the working class? In this section I will draw on the stats quoted in Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race when Reni Eddo-Lodge discusses the British working class. The shaping of the argument is entirely mine, however. The myth of the white working class First, the old industrial working class in Birmingham, Northern England, North Wales…

Industrial Decline

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Empire Socialism Part 12
Empire Socialism Part 12
Industrial Decline

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Apr 1, 2021

Empire Socialism Part 11

Racism — useful idiocy for dividing people We share a common ancestor with chimps. We have about 93% of the same DNA. Within the human population itself 97% of the DNA is common. So, this 3% that’s left is the source of all the variation in people you see. This is an amazing thought. On its own…

Racism

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Empire Socialism Part 11
Empire Socialism Part 11
Racism

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Mar 27, 2021

Empire Socialism part 10

Triangulation Let’s cover the intellectual roots of modern centrism, such as they are. Say you have nothing in mind but to get elected for whatever reason and by any means because it’s your party’s “turn”. You have two potential constituencies that might vote for you but they want things that conflict…

Triangulation

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Empire Socialism part 10
Empire Socialism part 10
Triangulation

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Mar 27, 2021

Empire Socialism part 9

Centrism the myth We’ve all heard the adage about how the left and the right cannot agree and the proper course is in the centre. Clinton and Blair did a lot of posturing about the third way, and the principle-free concept of triangulation. Initially they mostly they said it was in fact a…

Imperialism

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Empire Socialism part 9
Empire Socialism part 9
Imperialism

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Francis Fish

Francis Fish

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Socialist, guitarist, sometimes I write code too

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