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Category: Environment

May 22, 2020October 26, 2020mbarker2012

Billionaires Are Not Our Friends: The Limits of Planet of the Humans

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019mbarker2012

“No One is Too Small to Make a Difference” — A Review of Greta Thunberg’s Speeches

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019mbarker2012

Leicester Unions Are Proud to Back the Climate Strike

April 9, 2019April 11, 2019mbarker2012

UNISON Backs Student Climate Strikes in Leicester

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018mbarker2012

Standing United in Defence of Chris Fernandez and the Stansted 15

December 16, 2018October 6, 2019mbarker2012

Old Wine in New Bottles: George Monbiot’s “New Politics for An Age of Crisis”

March 26, 2017March 26, 2017mbarker2012

Tokenism and Earth Hour

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016mbarker2012

Could Corbyn Change Everything? Labour vs The Climate

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016mbarker2012

Green Mistakes on the EU Trail

June 27, 2013June 27, 2013mbarker2012

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