Iain Bruce
28 December 2021 · · Climate Change, Scotland
Beyond Glasgow – what happened at COP26 and where we go next
On Saturday, 4 December, activists in Glasgow held a first gathering to take stock and plan future steps, writes Iain Bruce. So this is intended as a contribution to that process of weighing…
27 November 2020 · · Uncategorized · 1 comment
From the Ground Up – the climate movement gets in shape for COP26
The surprising success of the online mobilisation, “From the Ground Up”, from 12-16 November, poses new challenges and new responsibilities for the climate movement, writes Iain Bruce . This…
5 June 2020 · · Brazil, Chile, Covid-19, Ecuador, Latin America
For lessons in protest during the pandemic, look to Latin America
Socially-distanced street protests, moves to impeach a president – Latin America has begun to lead the way, not only in the gravity of the Coronavirus crisis, but in the scale and character …
3 February 2012 ·
Is another world still possible?
Iain Bruce reports from the Thematic Social Forum in Porto Allegre, Brazil on green capitalism and the road to Rio +20 and beyond. The central capitalist powers are using the economic crisis…
8 August 2011 ·
Chavez vows to stand again in 2012
“I'll be as bald as Yul Brynner”, Hugo Chavez told thousands of supporters outside the presidential palace in Caracas at the end of July, as he sang and danced to celebrate his 57 th birthda…