ON IMMIGRATION 5. BANKING ON THE FUTURE

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged arms race, banks, Barclays, cancer, capitalism, Citibank, conflict, consumerism, crisis, developing, displacement, economic migrants, economics, featured, globalisation, Goldman Sachs, humanity, immigration, JP Morgan, Labour, migrants, migration, millennial generation, neoliberalism, on immigration, privilege, resources, systemic cause, tourism, uk, virus, war, weapons, West.

by Stu Lucy

In my previous piece I outlined a theory that compared the woes of our current modern condition to a biological model of a disease increasing its prevalence across the planet, particularly in the Western world. Although slightly macabre, I feel it was necessary to characterise the systemic issue of unbridled growth in such a dramatic and sensational fashion – after all it is the fate of humankind, and well… the planet, we are talking about here.

I finished with a simple analogy calling for global treatment of this cancer that has befallen us since the mantra of growth has been so fanatically professed by economists, politicians, and industrialists alike. How though may we undertake such a gargantuan task that requires the remodelling of all aspects of our societies, from our education systems to popular culture to our entire global trade system?Continue Reading

ON IMMIGRATION 4. TIME TO TREAT THE DISEASE

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged arms race, cancer, capitalism, conflict, consumerism, developing, displacement, economic migrants, economics, featured, globalisation, humanity, immigration, Labour, migrants, migration, millennial generation, neoliberalism, on immigration, privilege, resources, systemic cause, tourism, uk, virus, war, weapons, West.

by Stu Lucy

Humans move, we always have done and always will do. Our movement has evolved through the existence of our species from necessity – following the seasonal availability of food – to luxury, such as holidays and recreational travelling. While part of our species has been afforded the opportunity to travel around the planet in our spare time, absorbing the multitude of cultures and landscapes it has to offer, there continues to exist a drive to move to find something better, not for food, as in pre-modern times, but economic and/or environmental security. Economic, climate and conflict migrant populations are increasing year on year, and are so for one very good reason: a global disease.

ON IMMIGRATION 3. THE NEED TO FULLY GLOBALISE WAR

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Afghanistan, Afrin, Algeria, arms race, Cambodia, conflict, developing, displacement, DRC, economic migrants, economics, featured, globalisation, immigration, Labour, Laos, Libya, migrants, millennial generation, on immigration, resources, somalia, systemic cause, turkey, uk, Vietnam, war, weapons, West, Yemen.

by Stu Lucy

Reasons for migration come in many forms.The now globalised and fully interconnected 21st century world allows people the capacity to travel great distances in search of work or a better standard of living for themselves. Increasingly though, more and more individuals, mainly from the developing world, are forced into the migrant sphere through no fault of their own. I have already touched on two types of migrant; those coerced by economic situations to move to foreign countries, as well as those unable to sustain themselves in their native environments as a consequence of various forms of climate effects. There is of course another migrant population that find themselves forced to leave everything they held dear behind as a result of more pervasive and damaging spectre: conflict.Continue Reading

ON IMMIGRATION 2. CARBON CAUSES FOOTPRINTS

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 350.org, african nations, angola, biosphere, carbon, climate change, climate migrants, decarbonise, developing, economic migrants, economics, environment, environment and human security, Ethiopia, fossil fuel, free market, global habitat, immigration, Kenya, Labour, lake chad, migrants, millennial generation, oil companies, on immigration, production, red meat, resources, somalia, systemic cause, temperature, understanding climate change, united nations university, West.

by Stu Lucy

Immigration is a complex concept., Sophisticated issues such as this are often reduced to simplistic and narrow trails of thought that exclude some of the intricacies vital in understanding the true scope of the issue. In my previous article, I attempted a brief, but lengthy, outline of aspects of economic history that I believe laid a foundation for the increase in migrants choosing to leave their home behind in search of a life they perceive could potentially produce prosperity. Intrinsically entwined into this history is a mechanism of production that, since the ‘great acceleration’, significantly contributes to environmental changes within our global habitat.

It is through this lens that I wish to proceed with this second piece on immigration, as I touch on a demographic within migrant populations forced from their homes by climate change.Continue Reading

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ON IMMIGRATION 5. BANKING ON THE FUTURE

ON IMMIGRATION 4. TIME TO TREAT THE DISEASE

ON IMMIGRATION 3. THE NEED TO FULLY GLOBALISE WAR

ON IMMIGRATION 2. CARBON CAUSES FOOTPRINTS

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