PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT – TIME FOR THE FIGHTBACK

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged activism, activists, anti austerity, Arcadia Group, austerity, Australia, bedroom tax, benefits, Boris Johnson, campaigning, climate crisis, climate jobs, construction, corruption, Covid-19, cronyism, CWU, Debenhams, east anglia, engineering, eviction ban, featured, fossil fuels, furlough scheme, gig economy, government, green economy, green industrial revolution, Hospitality, hospitals, Jane Loftus, Jo Rust, jobs, King's Lynn, Labour, MPs, nationalisation, NHS, norwich, pandemic, People Before Profit, Philip Green, PPE, public ownership, recession, redundancies, retail, Serco, social security, tax reform, Topshop, Tories, tourism, trade unions, TUC, uk, Universal Credit, welfare state, wildfires.

By John Sillett

The recent collapse into administration of shop group Arcadia and Debenhams’ department stores was shocking, but not unexpected. Both companies have had their assets looted by their owners; Arcadia’s owner Philip Green has become widely seen as the unacceptable face of capitalism. Whilst the vultures pick over the bones of Topshop and its relations, there has been an avalanche of redundancies in many sectors, from construction to engineering. The pandemic has hastened the collapse or rationalisation of companies depending on footfall, like retail, hospitality and tourism.

MASS TOURISM: CITIES IN BAD FAITH

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged Barcelona, Catalonia, cities, Costa del Sol, fruit farming, fruitourism, mass tourism, spain, sustainable tourism, tourism, tourism industry, travel.

by Leo Quick

Appellations can sometimes be crucial. To say that the UK is a democracy is to forget that it is a liberal democracy. In just the same way, it is lacking to say that the Costa del Sol profits from tourism, when really it profits from mass tourism. The mass changes everything, indicating a mass influx of tourists and a corresponding frenzy of mass consumption in the destination. In fact the ‘mass’ is a fairly recent styling, whereas the word ‘tourism’ has a lineage travelling back to the Ancients. It comes from the Greek ‘tornos’ which denoted the lathe used to inscribe a circumference, the same root as ‘turn’, and indeed the first recorded tourists seem to have been medieval noblemen setting off on treks before eventually turning back to the estate.

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.

ARTS IN ASIA: A REFLECTION

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged art, arts, asia, Bali, Bangkok, buddhism, childcare, Chua Bai Dinh, Da Nang, dance, Ethnology, expression, galleries, Haiphong, Hanoi, Hindu, Indonesia, inequality, karaoke, Kecak Fire, language, Laos, luxury, malaysia, mental health, music, Ninh Binh, open mic, poet, poetry, privilege, religion, sexism, singapore, singer, Singlish, South East Asia, thailand, theatre, tourism, Trance Dance, travel, travel writing, Vietnam, wealth, women.

by Carmina Masoliver

I spent four months in South East Asia; two and a half were spent working in Vietnam, but I also got to go to Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Although it has been the longest time I’ve been away from the UK, it would be impossible and presumptuous for me to generalise the arts in the whole of South East Asia, or even just one country. Instead, this will be a reflection on the things I experienced whilst travelling.Continue Reading

‘ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TOURISM’: THE DARK SIDES OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Beachapedia, Caribbean, cruise, death, Dianne Brimble, diesel, dissapearances, emissions, environment, GHB, harassment, Harmony of the Seas, holiday, internationa, kidnapping, loss, ocean, P&O, Pacific Sky, pollution, power, regulations, Royal Caribbean, security, sexual assault, ship, supersize, tourism, toxic, Transport and Environment, travel, waste.

by Zoe Harding

TW: Sexual assault

On the 22nd of May, the Oasis-class cruise ship Harmony of the Seas set sail from Southampton docks on its first commercial voyage. The world’s largest cruise ship, the Harmony is owned by Royal Caribbean and can carry up to 5,400 passengers as well as 2,100 crew. The ship will be sailing on various European cruise routes until October, when it moves to the Caribbean for the winter. The vessel resembles a block of brutalist flats with a pointy bit at the front, and rooms can cost up to £3,000 for a seven-day cruise. The industry boomed in the early 2010s and is still going, with over around 22.5 million passengers carried worldwide in 2015 at a profit of somewhere around $39.6 billion.Continue Reading

EMIGRATION: WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING THIS ISLAND?

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged abroad, austerity, Brexit, Britain, care homes, conservatives, cuts, david cameron, emigration, EU, expats, export, immigration, industry, IPS, migration, ONS, police, privatisation, pubs, real ale, schools, tax, tax haven, tony blair, tourism, travel.

by Gunnar Eigener

If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called ‘Damn It’.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms

As the Conservative government struggles to find its beating heart and resolve the issue of immigration both here and at the root cause, another issue is steadily making its way to the surface – although it is unlikely to garner as much attention as its opposite issue – emigration. At the moment it isn’t so much about the numbers as it about the reasoning: why are so many people eager to abandon the United Kingdom?

tourism

MASS TOURISM: CITIES IN BAD FAITH

ON IMMIGRATION 5. BANKING ON THE FUTURE

ON IMMIGRATION 4. TIME TO TREAT THE DISEASE

ARTS IN ASIA: A REFLECTION

‘ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TOURISM’: THE DARK SIDES OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY

EMIGRATION: WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING THIS ISLAND?

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