Global transformation: the precariat overcoming populism

By Guy Standing, Open Democracy

The challenge before us is that if we want a Green Left Transformation we must forge a cross-class alliance built around the aspirations of the Progressives in the precariat, a revival of the commons and a green-blue vision of a sustainable balance between humanity and nature.

Excerpt from The Patterning Instinct: Can We Transform Our Society for a Flourishing Future?

By Jeremy Lent, Resilience.org

The easily identifiable forces propelling humanity on its current course are the special interests that gain financially and politically – at least, in the short-term – from continued economic growth and use of fossil fuels.