Jonathan LeggettEnvisioning the collective struggle for justiceComing from the position of a climate activist in Western Europe, I explore avenues for change, their synergies, and their contradictionsDec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
Jonathan LeggettStanding on the PrecipiceI’m standing on the precipice of the end of the world. I look out, and see death and destruction — land devoid of life, meaning, nature…Jan 8, 2023Jan 8, 2023
Jonathan LeggettThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson — Jonathan LeggettKim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future offers a detailed look into what the next thirty years could look like, from the…Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
Jonathan LeggettThe Policing Bill is just the tip of the Tories’ authoritarian icebergWhen the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill was going through parliament, many people were well aware of the dangers that such a…May 10, 2021May 10, 2021
Jonathan LeggettPutting the Ecological in Climate and Ecological Emergencies“We live in a time of climate and ecological crises” is something that many in the environmental movement are used to saying or hearing at…Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
Jonathan LeggettUS power cuts show the urgent changes needed in our energy systemsA deadly storm that left millions in the US without electricity on Tuesday and Wednesday shows the urgent need to change electricity…Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021
Jonathan LeggettHS2 — the unlikely project to bring support to the environmental movementThe news on Tuesday that a second tunnel has been built by anti-HS2 activists, against the much-opposed highspeed rail project between…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Jonathan LeggettEveryone else is writing a satirical piece about Handforth so I figured I should tooUnless you live under a particularly remote rock, it’s fair to assume that you’ve seen the most recent must-watch of the pandemic era — by…Feb 7, 2021Feb 7, 2021
Jonathan LeggettCOVID has revealed what the government think about the work of women and the care economyRecently it was revealed that the UK government has denied financial assistance to 71% of working mothers who stopped work to provide…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
Jonathan LeggettSocial Justice and the Dangers of Climate PuritanismThe environmental movement has long struggled with the question of where it’s positioned on social issues . The Sierra Club is notorious…Jan 21, 2021Jan 21, 2021
