Recession peak oil catastrophe hope!

Very exciting day, Sarah and I met with various Venezuelan ecosocialists including our amigo Cesar Aponte who works for the ministry of environment.

Seems to be quite an impressive green current building ecosocialism in the Venezuelan United Socialist Party. Excellent, really takes my mind off of UK politics which does not always inspire. I am not encouraging them to fly, a good meeting at the VIC conference but I think the email can take the strain!

had this from the great Will Brown, a friend from Bristol. Please go and see what he has to say, we have to build from the grassroots and economics is vital.

on sunday 25th november i'm running a workshop on 'the forthcoming recession, peak oil and global warming' during transitionbristol's big event at the Bristol council house. The day will include a number of high profile speakers and loads of workshops. For more details see

www.transitionbristol.org.uk



my talk will touch on

current situation: U.S. housing crash, British banks and credit crunch, U.K housing market,
the forthcoming recession: discretionary spending, white goods, car market, stock markets, rising unemployment, spending cuts, political tensions
the history of capitalism: massive growth in output interspersed with crisis
the new context for this recession
the implications for climate change
the importance of economic distribution if carbon emission are top be cut
how to prepare constructively for a recession

I'm planning to talk for half an hour and the rest of the 1 hour w/shop will be discussion.