Workers suffer when governments prioritize war over the general welfare. Biden-Harris prioritized militarism, leading to electoral disaster for Democrats in 2024. For @transitionsec.bsky.social, I argue for a political agenda centered on working-class security transitionsecurity.org/working-clas...

NEW: Read @stephensemler.bsky.social on how the expansion of the US warfare state has made the working class less secure. Prioritising everyday security over military expansion is the right electoral strategy for progressives. transitionsecurity.org/working-clas...

The Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile “could be used instead to produce 80.2 gigawatt hours of battery capacity — more than double the existing energy storage capacity in the US”. Our research manager Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com.

🚨 NEW ESSAY 🚨 Read Heidi Peltier on the intimate relationship between the military and fossil fuel industries, and the political coalitions needed to counter their power. transitionsecurity.org/confronting-...

🚨NEW ESSAY🚨: Read Rebekah Diski on trade union politics in an era of rearmament, genocide and climate breakdown. transitionsecurity.org/bread-and-bu...

NEW: The Pentagon’s Cold War-era stockpiling threatens the supply of minerals needed for the energy transition. Our analysis shows the Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile would be enough to more than double existing energy storage capacity in the US. transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/

These are war crimes committed in our name.

NEW: The Pentagon has brought back Cold War-era stockpiling, taking vital resources from the energy transition. Our analysis shows that the Pentagon’s planned cobalt and graphite stockpile is large enough to produce 100,000 electric buses. transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/

The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military. Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis

NEW ESSAY: Read @rajpatel.org on the overlapping global crises of war, ecology and economy, and how frontline movements are confronting this moment.   transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...

NEW ESSAY: Ahead of the Budget, read @ElkeSchwarz on how the UK Government has made venture capital investment in defence tech the cornerstone of its growth model and security strategy. transitionsecurity.org/venture-capital-statecraft/

"The military industrial complex tries to present the illusion that it serves working class interest." — @stephensemler.bsky.social Listen back to our launch event via @macrodosepod.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... Support Macrodose on Patreon: patreon.com/Macrodose

New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future. transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta... @campolis.bsky.social

"Imperial state capitalism is hijacking the transition and the promise of a decarbonised economy." @iliasalami.bsky.social @transitionsec.bsky.social transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...

“War may be really good for business, but in reality it is much better for profits than it is for jobs.” — @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Listen back to our launch event via @macrodosepod.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... Support Macrodose on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Macrodose

Our tech and energy systems being transformed. But how & in whose interests? Read @iliasalami.bsky.social's Imperial State Capitalism to understand how the development of AI & the energy transition are being shaped by profiteering & geopolitical competition. transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...

There's 10 days left to apply for our new position as a full-time researcher at Transition Security Project! Find out more and apply 👇 transitionsecurity.org/update/vacancy

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“[There are] new fusions of state & private capital at the very heart of US empire, where state ownership is harnessed for militarised competition & imperial scrambles over tech & resources.” — @iliasalami.bsky.social Listen back to our launch via @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🔗 shorturl.at/xfAV6

🚨 Common Wealth is hiring a Researcher to work full time on Transition Security Project. @transitionsec.bsky.social is a research and policy centre that investigates the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. Find out more 👇

🚨 Transition Security Project is hiring a Researcher! We're looking for a new researcher to join our transatlantic centre, working at the cutting edge of economic, climate and geopolitical analysis on militarism. Find out more and apply below. 👇 www.common-wealth.org/vacancies/re...

“It's a boon for shareholders. It's a boon for militarism. It's a clear negative for ecological & climate goals.” — @triofrancos.bsky.social Listen back to the recording of our launch event via @macrodosepod.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

🚨Read the latest in @transitionsec.bsky.social's geopolitics series — @mona-ali.bsky.social on the transformation of US trade policy and its effects on the world economy. 🚨

Another outstanding contribution to our series on unsettling geopolitics in an era of climate crisis and warmaking. @mona-ali.bsky.social goes global and granular to tease out the causes and consquences of weaponizing trade and the potentials of multipolarity.

Read the fourth essay in a new geopolitics series from @transitionsec.bsky.social—a new research center cofounded with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social—on what the US-China conflict means for the world economy.

I have a new article out about US-China bloc formation, climate change, and war

The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy? Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response. transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...

New today in our series on critical issues at the climate/economy/geopolitics nexus- @tobitac.bsky.social shows the horrifyingly plausible ways that the US's hostility to Chinese development isn't just a climate threat, but puts us all on a dangerous path from cold war to hot war.

New essay from @transitionsec.bsky.social on how the US foreign policy response to China’s economic development is a threat to global climate transition! 🔗👇

🚨 NEW: Read @tobitac.bsky.social “Cold War on a Warming World” for sharp analysis of China’s economic development, its clean energy dominance and why Washington’s foreign policy response is a threat to global decarbonisation. 🔗👇 transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...

“Between 2012-22, BAE Systems received £36bn in UK government contracts — more than one fifth of its global revenue.” BAE buys armour plating from Plasan, which has given the Israeli military both free equipment and a maintenance team during their genocidal assault on Gaza.

On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...

“By binding Israel’s military power together with the Gulf’s hydrocarbon reserves...Washington aims to push back against its weakened regional and global position.” Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series. transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...

“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.” Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...

“Transition Security Project found when speaking with workers from the shipyard they described poor working conditions, low quality production, delays and fire risks at the sites.” Our new research at Govan and Scotstoun shipyards in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2556479...

If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck! You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social 👇 open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...

An excellent video and thread from @transitionsec.bsky.social on potential defence diversification opportunities that moves our economy away from militarism and lays the groundwork for a future based on real security.

“Reliance on military contracts to manage the economy will bring an insecure future: the military industry will create few jobs while investments in people’s everyday wellbeing are cut.” Khem Rogaly quoted in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2556479...

We pay billions every year to expand the military industry, yet jobs vanish & insecurity grows.   We could invest in real security: good jobs, green industry, thriving communities.   Our video investigates alternative futures for the military industry via the Clyde shipyards.

Very cool resources from @transitionsec.bsky.social today: a timeline of initiatives to convert military manufacturing to civilian uses in the UK and US, along with a beautiful video demonstrating the way that military shipbuilding in Glasgow could be converted to offshore wind for public benefit.

We pay billions every year to expand the military industry, yet jobs vanish & insecurity grows.   We could invest in real security: good jobs, green industry, thriving communities.   Our video investigates alternative futures for the military industry via the Clyde shipyards.

“[Govan and Scotstoun] shipyards could be converted to manufacture products for the offshore wind sector, drawing on the experience of naval shipyards across the world.” Our research on worker-led industrial conversion on the Clyde in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2556479...

“The choice that [Zarah and Zack] should be making is a much more strategic one ... to look at a defence strategy that is actually about national defence, rather than about loyalty to the US.” Our co-director Khem Rogaly on @novaramedia.com

“Spain, for instance, resisted the military spending target. They asked for the climate crisis to be treated as a security threat ... their military [has] divisions that are focused entirely on disaster relief.” Our co-director Khem Rogaly on @novaramedia.com

"Militaries have to be understood...as climate threats", accounting for more emissions than shipping and aviation combined. Khem Rogaly of @transitionsec.bsky.social on the latest episode of New Economics Podcast discussing how the UK became a global arms dealer. 🎧 neweconomics.org/2025/10/how-...

“For the working class, military-led industrial strategy is a bad return on investment.” Our co-directors Khem Rogaly and @pmbigger.bsky.social on how the insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing. 👇🔗 jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

Jacobin article by two of the co-directors of the Transition Security Project

Transition Security Project - investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis - is a collaboration between Common Wealth and The Climate and Community Institute

“Militaries are a huge and hidden source of emissions.”   Our co-director Khem Rogaly on the relationship between militarisation and climate crisis for @novaramedia.com 👇