• History for Tomorrow by Roman Krznaric, review and analysis

    When confronted with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, John F. Kennedy had on his mind a book that he had recently read. It was The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman’s newly-published and now-classic account of how the European powers blundered into the First World War. Kennedy was impressed by the book and encouraged many…

  • All In: A Revolutionary Theory to Stop Climate Collapse, review and analysis

    All In: A Revolutionary Theory to Stop Climate Collapse is a book by two activists connected with the Portuguese climate campaign Climáximo, Mariana Rodrigues and Sinan Eden. I heard about All In during a Rev21 webinar with Alice Gato, another Climáximo activist, and gave it a read. All In begins with the argument that the…

  • A movement is stirring — my experience at Rev21’s convention

    If you’re in despair about the state of the world, the best thing you can do is join a movement for an alternatives — one that can make a real difference. My view is that the current crises are too severe to be answered in the existing mainstream. And while past radical movements like communism…

  • Another day in paradigms — Roger Hallam’s podcast, review and analysis (Part 2)

    Ever since my review of the first part, I’ve continued plugging away at Roger Hallam’s podcast. This one covers chapters 13 to 21, a total of 12 episodes as some chapters are in two parts. There are also three sets of standalone episodes that form trilogies, one on organising and another on the flaws of…