The New Parliament’s Climate Story
August 2024
Hosted by Climate Outreach, we spoke pn a panel discussion about what the new Labour government needs to do in order to tackle the climate crisis. You can click on the thumbnail to watch it, or view it on YouTube by following this link.
Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? (Part 2)
July 2024
We hosted a panel discussion about how the working class are mobilising for progressive change amongst themselves, and invited Iris Duane, Niall Christie and Andya Paz to share their thoughts. You can click on the thumbnail to watch it, or view it on YouTube by following this link.
The Degrowth Debate: Emancipation or Hegemony for the UK’s Working Class?
June 2024
This is an edited version of the transcript from the talk given by Director Emma River-Roberts at the Alliance of Working Class Academics Conference, organised in conjunction with the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit (SPIRU), held at Glasgow on 14th June 2024.
You Can’t Save the Planet Without the Working Class
June 2024
We joined Green New Deal Media to talk about why the climate movement is missing out on working class solidarity, what to do about it, and how community organising can be the foundation for the climate movement. You can click on the thumbnail to watch it, view it on YouTube by following this link, or listen to it as a podcast.
Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? (Part 1)
April 2024
We hosted our first panel discussion about the left movement’s failure to address class politics, and we invited Payal Parekh, Assad Shoaib, Matt Huber and Michael Albert to share their thoughts. You can click on the thumbnail to watch it, or view it on YouTube by following this link.
Working Class Economists Group: Climate and Class
August 2023
We John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy at Queen’s University Belfast and Asad Rehman, director at War on Want for a panel discussion about climate and class. You can click on the thumbnail to watch it, or view it on YouTube by following this link.
Podcast Appearance: Working Class Voices Series
September 2023
Prior to the WCCA’s launch date we spoke with Adam Williams from Green New Deal Media as part of his Working Class Voices podcast series. We discussed how direct action by mainstream movements alienates the working class, what it is like to be working class in the climate movement and the purpose of the WCCA. You can listen to the episode here.
The WCCA 