⏱️ 1 week to go... ⏱️ We'll be speaking at a webinar on 1pm CEST 29th July hosted by the European Work Time Network, about the hidden labour of free time and the class politics of working time reduction. All are welcome! my.weezevent.com/free-time-is...

1/2 The expansion of imperialism. How is this being funded? By using the £400 million that was planned to be given (as grants) to Global South countries to tackle climate change. These will now be given as loans. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

Andy Burnham says £2 bus fare cap in England being paid for by 're-prioritising' money

Speaking on a visit to Bath, the new PM also says there is currently "no commitment" to increasing the tax-free personal allowance threshold.

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Almost a year after this article was written and things haven't gotten better. They've gotten much worse. "As temperatures rise, so will the urgency to challenge a system that deems some people unworthy of safety." wccalliance.org/heat-and-ine...

Heat and Inequality: No Shade for the Poor - The Working Class Climate Alliance

Photo credit: Felix Marquez/AP Photo 5th August 2025 Extreme heat has become a regular feature of life in many parts of the planet, but the way it is felt depends on who you are and where you live. Pe...

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"Not only do working class people often feel disconnected from climate messaging, they also feel disconnected from the very messengers themselves. Countering this requires handing working class communities real power over the decisions that shape their lives,and the platform to speak for themselves"

The Working Class Climate Alliance@wccalliance.bsky.social · last mo.

How can climate campaigners effectively respond to the growing wave of resistance to environmental policies, while building genuine alliances with the working class? We've created a climate communications toolkit as a way to help. Check it out 👇🍃 wccalliance.org/climate-comm...

How can climate campaigners effectively respond to the growing wave of resistance to environmental policies, while building genuine alliances with the working class? We've created a climate communications toolkit as a way to help. Check it out 👇🍃 wccalliance.org/climate-comm...

Climate in Common: A Communications Toolkit for Working Class Engagement - The Working Class Climate Alliance

24th June 2026 How can climate campaigners effectively respond to the growing wave of resistance to environmental policies, while building genuine alliances with the working class? Opponents of climat...

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How do you navigate hating people who [gestures at world] enabled all of this while realising any post-this [gestures at world] means re-integrating enough of them to move forward?

Richard Delevan@richard.wickedproblems.earth · 2mo ago

Understanding the psychology of defectors is the most understudied bit of politics and has never been more important. Thinking about it is a co-benefit of bogeying a bunch of Graham Greene, Mick Herron, and Le Carré. This is a good piece. sojo.net/sojoshare/OD...

El Niño has officially begun. This could end up as a so-called "super" El Niño, and even be among the strongest ever recorded. It could bring another record-hot year, most likely 2027, disrupting weather, food supplies & economies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

El Niño has begun, scientists say, and could bring record heat

An El Niño event has officially started, say US scientists, raising fears of extreme weather and higher temperatures.

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2/2 @wccalliance.bsky.social has a limited budget to purchase tickets for this event, for those otherwise unable to meet the cost. If you'd like a free ticket, please email info@wccalliance.org. This is on a first come, first served basis.

1/2 Looking forward to speaking at the upcoming RACE Summit in London on Tues 30th June. I'll be joining a panel discussion exploring how to communicate working-class narratives within the wider environmental & political landscape. Get your ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-race-s...

Let's be honest, everything is sh*t right now. Join us for a wellness workshop on Monday June 22nd 2pm-3.45pm BST (over zoom). It'll be a space to air our grievances and learn coping strategies to help ground and calm us and improve our individual wellbeing. www.eventbrite.com/e/everything...

Everything is Sh*t - A Wellness Workshop

Join us for a wellness workshop during difficult times:

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In our latest article, Kevin Picado discusses how the plastic crisis isn't a waste management problem but an overproduction problem, rooted in the petrochemical industry's structural dependence on fossil fuels. Framing it as the former lets the industry off the hook. wccalliance.org/the-real-iss...

This photo was taken yesterday in the cab of a London bus - the thermometer is showing 42C. The UK currently has NO maximum working temperature, but as the climate crisis deepens, the government and employers can no longer ignore health and safety in heatwaves. www.cacctu.org.uk/heat_at_work

1/4 There is no maximum legal working temperature in the UK, and this needs to change. The Working Class Climate Alliance, alongside other climate justice groups and trade union branches are a part of the Heat Strike campaign. heatstrike.uk

It's great to see a greater focus on class in climate spaces than before. What I don't see so much, are discussions about what it 'is'. I've written for @wccalliance.bsky.social emphasising the need to understand it as a social, cultural, & economic phenomena. wccalliance.org/so-what-is-s...

So What Is Social Class, Exactly? - The Working Class Climate Alliance

Photo Credit: Jimmy Sime 6th May 2026 I am asked a lot to explain what social class is which is completely understandable, given that I was the person to found the Working Class Climate Alliance back ...

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1/3 Last week we co-hosted a screening of Earth's Greatest Enemy with Degrowth London, a documentary about the U.S. military's role as the world's largest institutional polluter. It was wonderful to see so many new faces at the event. The documentary was eye opening - a must watch.

Earth’s Greatest Enemy is in theaters worldwide for Earth Month! Find a screening near you: earthsgreatestenemy.com

1/2 "Being a landlord isn't inherently unethical." Actually, yes it is. Rent extraction ties economies to endless growth. Rent income floats above actual production, so economies are forced to grow endlessly to sustain it. That pressure feeds ecological breakdown. inews.co.uk/opinion/hate...

I hated landlords until I became one

Landlords provide a necessary service - that doesn't make us bad people

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Last month I chaired a panel at the Climate and Nature Education Festival (is climate change a working class issue?) I've written some reflections & to share the great points raised by Tahir Latif, Catherine Porritt & Suzanne Jeffrey. Spoiler - of course it is! wccalliance.org/is-climate-c...

Is Climate Change a Working Issue? Reflections From the Climate and Nature Education Festival - The Working Class Climate Alliance

16th April 2026 Last month I chaired a panel at the Climate and Nature Education Festival, a one-day event bringing together educators, activists, politicians, business leaders, governors, parents, an...

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Join us & Degrowth London on Sat 18th April, 5-8pm at LARC, London. We'll be screening Earth's Greatest Enemy. The doc reveals the U.S. military's role as the world's largest institutional polluter, & makes the link between war, empire & ecological destruction. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earths-gre...

Earth's Greatest Enemy - London Film Screening

Join us in London for a screening of Abby Martin's new documentary, Earth's Greatest Enemy!

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Unfortunately, an incredibly challenging funding climate means that we have closed down the campaigning and membership side of the organisation. We’ll be taking a short break to update the website and plan what comes next. Read the statement in full: wccalliance.org/wcca-operati...

WCCA Operations Update

19th March 2026 When the WCCA was set up in 2023, we couldn’t have imagined the response we’d receive. In three short years we grew to a membership spanning 26 countries across the Glob…

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Next week on 25 March I'm at East Bristol Books talking about my book Or Something Worse w @wccalliance.bsky.social co-director Sasha Josette Or Something Worse exposes the bleak realities of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. So what are we going to do about it? tinyurl.com/27rvuf84

EBB Climate Talks: Nicholas Beuret *Or Something Worse*, with Sasha Josette at East Bristol Books

Nicholas Beuret on his book *Or Something Worse. Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition* (Verso), in conversation with Sasha Josette (Working Class Climate Alliance). Part of EBB's Climate Talk...

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As resource scarcity intensifies, access to these resources is increasingly framed as a matter of national security, and the prospect of achieving Environmental Justice appears to be little more than a pipe dream. Read the latest article on our website: wccalliance.org/demilitarisa...

Demilitarisation and Environmental Justice

The institutions behind “national security” efforts are structurally implicated in accelerating planetary instability, while simultaneously positioning themselves as managers of the chaos that will…

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"It’s hard to come up with any other explanation for the way the ruling class go into panic mode the moment there's any sign of mass mobilisation, and especially mass direct action, and usually try to distract attention by starting some kind of war." - David Graeber

Due to demand we have added an extra date for our interactive workshop about democratising environmental decision-making on Monday March 2nd, 2pm-3:30 pm GMT (over zoom). There's still some spaces remaining - all are welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whose-envi...

Whose (Environmental) Knowledge is it Anyway? - Workshop *EXTRA DATE ADDED*

Join the Working Class Climate Alliance (WCCA) for a workshop about the democratisation of knowledge in climate politics!

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"One shock could spark social unrest & riots in the UK according to dozens of the country’s top food experts, because chronic issues have left the food system a “tinderbox”. 80% said large-scale violence caused by a food crisis was possible in the next 50 years." www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say

Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

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At the Climate & Nature Education Festival (London, Mar 14th) I'll be chairing the 'Is Climate Change a Working Class Issue?' panel featuring Suzanne Jeffrey, @campaigncc.bsky.social Tahir Latif, Greener Jobs Alliance Catherine Porritt, National Education Union All are welcome tinyurl.com/ytvk454s

Register to attend – Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition (Part of the trade union year of climate action) – Regents High School

Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition (Part of the trade union year of climate action) – Regents High School, Sat 14 Mar 2026 - This one day event will bring together educators, ...

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If you care about the social responsibility of scientists, don’t miss this mid-March talk at the @royalsociety.org Jeff Waage, @abiperrin.bsky.social & @charliejgardner.bsky.social are courageous colleagues who lead by example. You’ll want to hear what they have to say!

The Foundation for Science and Technology@foundscitech.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 Upcoming! Join us on Wednesday 18th March @royalsociety.org for an evening discussion on the case for responsible science activism. Book your free, in-person or online space here: bit.ly/46p6YGQ #climatechange #NetZero #Scienceactivism

Arts organisations in the UK can now apply for Gulbenkian Exhibitions Fund! Our new initiative will support showcases of contemporary art from Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries. Learn more...

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Study: Climatic 'tipping points' possible well before 2C warming threshold reached

New paper details how up to eight irreversible environmental tipping points could be reached below 2C of warming

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Clara Paillard, a great comrade to myself and many others is fundraising for a woman in Afghanistan, to develop education workshops for women about environmental issues. Please share round and donate if you can 👇 www.gofundme.com/f/support-mu...

Donate to Support Muzhda & Afghan women - Education & Environment, organized by Clara Paillard

Hi, I am Clara and I am fundraising to support my friend Muzhda… Clara Paillard needs your support for Support Muzhda & Afghan women - Education & Environment

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