Socialism on One Planet

A strain of radical politics is on a crusade to prevent humans leaving Earth. Here I investigate why, and what can be done to steer reasonable people away from these ideas.

It is becoming clear to many of us, that the ideas of space colonisation have become somewhat right-wing coded in the political discourse. Modern politics in many countries is increasingly polarised and if the idea of moving humanity into space is rejected by the left wing half of the population, that can be a serious problem. This was not inevitable t…