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Listening to an old friend Vandana Shiva at #BeyondGrowth in EU Parliament.. "The ecological problem began with the colonial problem..All the land of India was turned into a commodity . 60 million died .. Colonialism was 'nature based'..." she says Image
Vandana criticises John Locke - on money and investment... "the currency of money that is extinguishing life.."
"88% of biodiversity is to be found on 22% of the land...under the protection of indigenous communities. Should we not be supporting them? " she asks,..
"The illusion that money is the currency of life - when life is the currency of life".
Nearly 1,000 audience members rise to give Vandana a standing ovation... #BeyondGrowth

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May 19
This is a thread of the speech I gave to the 'Beyond Growth' conference in the European Parliament on 17th May, 2023.... Image
Thanks are due to MEP Phillipe Lamberts, and the 20 MEPs – from all political parties, including the EPP that organised the event, and their excellent staff teams.

Thanks are also due to the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen for her support for the conference.
Her speech, and statement that the “fossil growth model is now obsolete” was in my view, highly significant.

The green movement does not have enough friends. We need to welcome all those that take steps toward us.
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Thread: This budget represents a putsch by the undemocratic extreme right wing of the Tory Party...Truss and co have no electoral mandate.
Note: not the Plan for Growth (2013) or Build Back Better: Our Plan for Growth (2021).
The Tory Manifesto of 2019 promised: "Millions more invested every week in science, schools, apprenticeships and infrastructure while controlling debt."
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