34 Facts About Derek Wall

Derek Norman Wall was born on 26 May 1965 and is a British politician.

Derek Wall was the joint International Coordinator for the Green Party of England and Wales and stood against Prime Minister Theresa May as the Green candidate for Maidenhead at the 2017 general election.

Alongside his political role, Wall is an academic and a writer, having published on the subject of ecosocialism and the wider Green politics movement.

Derek Wall is a contributor to the Morning Star newspaper and a blogger.

Derek Wall first became involved in the Green movement in 1979.

At the time of the European Parliament election in 1989, Derek Wall was one of three National Speakers in the Green Party.

Derek Wall rose to national prominence in the wake of the 1989 result, when he presented himself to the national press as a 'left wing' candidate for the ruling Green Party Council in opposition to the leadership.

Derek Wall was then in turn attacked as a 'parasite' by pragmatists such as Sara Parkin and Jonathon Porritt.

Derek Wall is a visiting tutor at the Department of Politics at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he teaches a course on the new radical political economy.

Derek Wall has written a series of books on eco-socialism and green politics.

Derek Wall has written for the left-wing magazine Red Pepper and is an advisory editor of Socialist Resistance.

Derek Wall has published articles in academic journals such as Environmental Politics, Social Movement Studies and Capitalism Nature Socialism.

Derek Wall was a prominent figure opposing the organisational changes by the group known as Green 2000 along with Penny Kemp and John Norris.

Derek Wall is an eco-socialist and anti-capitalist who believes that "an infinitely growing capitalist economy destroys nature, fuels injustice and leads to an alienated way of life".

Derek Wall describes Green politics as "the politics of survival", stressing that "unless we build a green economy based on meeting need rather than greed our children face a bleak future".

Derek Wall says of the Green 2000 project to modernise the executive structures and reduce the number of Principal Speakers to two:.

Derek Wall has continued to be an out-spoken member of the Green Party, particularly on the issue of entering into alliances with other parties.

Derek Wall was narrowly elected as one of two Principal Speakers of the Green Party of England and Wales in November 2006, alongside Sian Berry.

Derek Wall was prominent in the Green Empowerment group that campaigned against the creation of a single leader and deputy leader instead of the Principal Speaker system.

Derek Wall attacked the proposal for a referendum in Swansea:.

Derek Wall's critique centred on the link between the structure of leadership and ambition of the party; and the likelihood that a Leader coupled with ambition would be part of a project to move the party to the "right":.

Derek Wall linked the idea of a leadership structure directly to abuse of power.

Derek Wall's defeat was met with disappointment from Green Lib Dems, who cited his defeat as a loss of a "good source of ammunition against the [Green] party".

Derek Wall rejects productivism in favour of "in different contexts economic arrangements that fulfil need equitably, develop humanity, sustain ecosystems and lead to cooperation".

Derek Wall first suggests "embedded markets", embedded in society, with "state provision decentralised", as a first step to adapt capitalism.

Derek Wall cites the example of the Indian adivasis, who regained the land they originally inhabited and sold tea via the Fair trade system.

Derek Wall welcomes the movements in Argentina that have seen workers occupy and reopen bankrupt factories.

Derek Wall applauds the work done on creating a "decentralised, socialist economy" in Cuba and Venezuela.

Derek Wall is encouraged by the growth in Green consumerism, noting that "we cannot shop or work our way to utopia, but such projects ease present ills and point roughly to a different future".

Nonetheless, Derek Wall envisages as the ultimate aim the rolling back of both the market and the state.

Derek Wall believes that the extension of the commons provides the best model for consensus-based social and ecological management and sharing.

Derek Wall stresses the importance of combining electoral politics and non-violent direct action to effect change.

Babylon and Beyond focuses heavily on unique and creative expressions of anti-capitalist economics and protest, and Derek Wall tells protestors "to keep making noise".

Derek Wall has cultivated ties with African-American and Afro-Caribbean Green activists and takes a strong interest in the controversial Pennsylvania-based African-American organisation MOVE.