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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

"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...

"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...

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

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!

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...

Meanwhile... www.businessgreen.com/news/4525941...

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...

Join @wccalliance.bsky.social for our monthly reading group session on Monday 23rd February 6pm-7.30pm GMT (over zoom) about working class storytelling and climate justice. We'll be reading from the Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen Journal. www.eventbrite.com/e/working-cl...

By 2050 1 in 4 UK properties will be at risk from flooding. Currently, a third of railways are at risk of flooding. In less than 25 years this will rise to more than half of the rail network being at risk, according to the government's own figures. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Climate change is getting personally expensive in the North... Insurance payouts due to storms and flooding are exploding. UK payouts for 2025 totalled £1.6bn, up from £1.3bn in 2024, and double the average payout from 2017-2021

We'll be running this workshop in-person at the Malet Place Engineering Building on 17 February 2026, 2-4.30pm, as part of UCL's 28 Days of Sustainability programme. Please note this is for UCL students and staff only. Book your spot here: 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...

'Or something worse: why we need to disrupt the climate transition' @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social Wednesday 25th Februrary Queen's University Belfast Free and open to all

Join us for our monthly reading group session on Monday February 23rd, 6pm-7.30pm GMT (over zoom). For this session we'll focus on storytelling & climate justice, by reading from the Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen Journal. Register your spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-cl...

I'm doing a book talk in Belfast 25th Feb at Queen's University - if you're in town come say hi! 7pm Canada Room/Lanyon Building Hosted by the Centre for Sustainability,Equality& Climate Action Free to register! www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-xd...

We may not all agree on how to address the problems we face. But do know this: we can only address them if we face them together. We're one of 100s of orgs representing over 7 million people, building towards a major demonstration in London on Sat, 28 March, starting at 12pm. Will you join us?

Neocolonialism in subtle forms also: "For both companies the mechanism of impact is the same: to convert technical capacity into a policy package, and normalise a governance regime that privileges commercial extraction and private investment over locally governed, commons-based alternatives."

The Citizens' Cultural Plan is the first of its kind, with recommendations from public spaces to creative education proposed through a citizens assembly. Read about our involvement and next steps to test the ideas with support from @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/ne...

How have Israeli companies transformed water into an instrument of settler rule & profit? We took a deep dive into two Israeli companies, laying out their roles in the occupation of Palestine & ongoing genocide, & how they profit from it on a global scale 👇 wccalliance.org/making-apart...

💪🏼Protest the Old Kent Road AAP 💪🏽Don't let the council cleanse the community! 💪🏿Outside Council Assembly Wednesday 18 March, 6:30pm Southwark Council Offices 160 Tooley Street London SE1 2TZ

Thank you to everyone who has submitted to the new issue on work 🛠 If you were thinking about contributing, the deadline is February 21st ⏰ As inspiration, we have published a flashback to Lumpen 13 with a testimonial on shit jobs by Some Migrant. theclassworkproject.com/talking-abou...

Why are certain forms of knowledge held in higher regard than others? How can we ensure that all forms of knowledge are valued equally? Join us on Feb 16th 2pm-3.30pm GMT (over zoom) for our bi-annual workshop on democratising environmental decision-making. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whose-envi...

America, land of the free.

Amsterdam become's world's first capital city to ban meat advertising - "It shows politicians are taking climate goals seriously," says Reint Jan Renes, at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences #climatecrisis www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/g...

A new UN report states that the world has entered the era of Global Water Bankruptcy, a persistent post-crisis condition of a human–water system in which long-term water use has exceeded renewable inflows and safe depletion limits, causing irreversible or effectively irreversible degradation.

Zack Polanski has said that Britain should expel US forces from the UK if the country seizes Greenland - a proposal 55% of Britons support Support: 55% Oppose: 22% yougov.co.uk/topics/trave...

This is something important! Something "we" have known. And here it is researched & articulated.

‘99th Day: A Warning About Technology’ Gerry McGovern Tuesday 10th February, 6pm Canada Room, Lanyon Building Queen’s University Belfast/Ollscoil na Banríona Béal Feirste The event is free and open to all but registration necessary: www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-ld...

The UK government has finally admitted that It would take resources of 1.6 Earths to sustain the world’s current levels of consumption The rate of extinction is 10s to 100s of times higher than the average over the past 10 mil years. A 6th mass extinction may be underway www.gov.uk/government/p...

From the Bog to the Cloud by Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie, book launch 12th Feb, 7pm The A Centre, 6 Wellington Street Belfast

When I think of excellent candidates for a board of peace, a psychopathic war criminal is always the first to come to mind. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

Settler Violence as Settler-Colonialism in Palestine Dr Mais Qandeel (University of Galway) Wednesday 28th January 7pm, Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017 Queen's University Belfast Free and all welcome but registration required: www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-jx...

"The Associated Press this week reported a stunning fact: Of the 13,000 homes destroyed a year ago in the extraordinary wildfires in and around Los Angeles, fewer than a dozen have been rebuilt." grist.org/housing/la-h...

“According to the report, the strongest indicator of where new facilities are proposed is race: 30% of the proposed facilities are in poorer communities, while more than half are planned for communities that have more Black and Brown people than the average American community nationwide.”

“90% of new petrochemical facilities proposed for Texas are in counties with higher demographic vulnerability in the form of higher percentages of people of color, or higher percentages of people in poverty (or both) than other areas of the state or the nation.”

💥 Join us for our first reading group session of the year on Jan 15th (Thursday), 6pm-7.30pm GMT over zoom. We'll be reading from Brian Friel's Translations, set in Donegal, Ireland, and discussing storytelling and linguistic imperialism. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-cl...