Some comments on ecological crisis, the failures and successes of anti-capitalism, Charles Darwin and social Darwinism.
https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/knowledge-is-power-and-it-is-produced-by-collective-endeavour/ The photo is of a Zapatista meeting in 1996.

Bob Myers reviews Life on Earth by Roy Ratcliffe. https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/desperately-seeking-the-pioneers-of-post-hierarchical-ecological-production/ "We, one of the most recently evolved life forms, are exhausting the resources needed for existence & changing the environmental parameters within which life is possible. The failure of this reality to impact how society operates threatens our existence"

Igor Paskar has been sent to a punishment cell & declared a "malicious offender". https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/russia-prison-authorities-punish-anti-war-protester-igor-paskar/ He is serving 8.5 years, after painting his face the colours of Ukraine's flag & firebombing the stone porch of a security services building, doing no damage or injury.

London’s road transport pumps around 7 million tonnes of CO2 into the air each year. https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/londons-car-centred-transport-policies-turbocharge-climate-danger/
Labour transport policy, focused on sinking billions into building roads & airports, makes things worse. Government & city hall have set a bonfire of climate targets

European socialism, imperial militarism and defence of Ukraine https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/european-socialism-imperial-militarism-and-defence-of-ukraine/ "We support building schools & oppose building airport runways. Why can’t we support provision of air defence systems to Ukraine & oppose sinking billions into Trident & aircraft carriers? & call on govt to refuse to buy Israeli-made weapons systems?"
Photo by Steve Eason

Russia's war: stop trying to delegitimise resistance https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/russias-war-stop-trying-to-delegitimise-resistance/ "Were Argentine socialists right to support Malvinas war, & call for it to be “made popular”, in the face of dictatorship? Why should we not demand the racist, anti-working-class, genocide-supporting Starmer govt steps up arms shipments to Ukraine?"
Photo: Ukrainian soldiers in battle of Donetsk airport, October 2014

Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion. https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/carbon-capture-project-greenwashes-waste-incinerator-expansion/ "Cory claims it will generate electricity to power 371,000 homes,but is more likely to put less than half of that into the grid [...] incinerator expansion will encourage local authorities to send waste for burning that could be avoided or recycled". Photo: Crossness Nature Reserve, incinerator in the background

The Turkish miners’ strike of 1990-1991 "was far, far more than just a strike. It brought into action the whole community, in common with all movements that really challenge the established order of things." Pamphlet republished as free-to-download PDF. Photo: Zonguldak, 1991

The Russian government's aim is "to force us to become sheep, marching to the beat of drums made from our own skins". It's an honour for me now to stand side by side with those who refused - Aleksandr Nesterenko in court
https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/your-power-is-based-on-lies-and-violence-three-years-for-sharing-ukrainian-songs/

How electricity networks are decentralising, how renewables can be integrated, and why it matters to socialists. A response to Matthew Huber.
https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/caution-high-voltage-networks-polemical-cheap-shots-may-cause-damage/