“This civilization as we know it is finished”: Rupert Read interviewby Ian SinclairMorning Star8 November 2022 Professor Rupert Read has devoted a huge amount of his life to green politics – as a Green Party member, councillor, parliamentary candidate and spokesperson, as an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, and in […]
Economic Growth vs. A Liveable Planet: Which Side Are You On? by Ian SinclairMorning Star29 October 2022 “There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle to be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.” My main takeaway from Tony Benn’s wise words is […]
Book review: Why Climate Breakdown Matters by Rupert Readby Ian SinclairMorning Star24 October 2022 “There are no non-radical futures,” top climate scientist Professor Kevin Anderson has repeatedly explained. “The future is radically different from the present either because we make huge, rapid shifts in reducing our emissions with profound shifts in our society, or we […]
We Need To Talk About The Politics Of Climate ExpertsBy Ian SinclairMorning Star16 May 2022 It is widely understood the very powerful forces of climate change denial have delayed action to address the climate crisis, and thus are responsible for a huge amount of suffering and deaths attributable to climate breakdown. Less appreciated is the […]
The Third Wave: A Timeline Of How We Got Hereby Ian SinclairMorning Star8 July 2020 “We’re seeing cases rise fairly rapidly – and there could be 50,000 cases detected per day by the 19 [July] and again as we predicted, we’re seeing rising hospital admissions”, Boris Johnson explained at a Downing Street press conference on […]
Book review. Parents For A Future: How Loving Our Children Can Prevent Climate Collapse by Rupert Readby Ian SinclairMorning Star3 May 2021 RUPERT Read’s latest book on the climate crisis is underpinned by the realisation pretty much all of us are “in some form or another of climate denial” – about honestly facing up to […]
A Timeline Of The Plague Yearby Ian SinclairMorning Star22 April 2021 To mark the one year anniversary of the first national lockdown, last month the Guardian published profiles of Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. “The wealthy civil servant’s year of speaking truth to power”, was the title of […]
I have a new book out. Co-authored with Rupert Read (and edited by Joanna Booth) ‘A Timeline Of The Plague Year: A Comprehensive Record of the UK Government’s Response to the Coronavirus Crisis’ is, we think, the most comprehensive record of the UK government’s response to covid. Covering key aspects of the crisis, including the […]
Why the government’s 2050 net zero carbon target is not fit for purposeby Ian SinclairMorning Star24 September 2020 2019 was an extraordinary year for UK activism on the climate crisis. Extinction Rebellion’s April 2019 rebellion, the school strikes and David Attenborough’s BBC documentary Climate Change: The Facts all helped to radically shift public opinion. June […]
First we stop London city Airport, then Heathrow
by Ian Sinclair
Morning Star
21 August 2019
On a muggy evening last month over 100 people attended a public meeting in a school hall in Wanstead, east London to hear about the proposed expansion of London City Airport (LCY).
