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Would you be ready to deal with a crisis? If the answer is no, don't know or possibly maybe, perhaps we can help... Come join us on 17 Sept when I'll be sharing loads of useful tips on how to protect your reputation and your communities when a crisis hits. #crisiscomms

Super writing workshop this morning. Loved hearing all their stories and seeing their creativity in action. Excellent work, everyone! #WritingWithImpact @agendacomms.bsky.social

Rex is a most excellent meeting facilitator 🐶

Why does populism flourish when people feel economically and culturally under threat? And what civil society can do about it? Sign up for our newsletter and hear more about our events to unpick these and other thorny issues. Link in comments your-agenda.com/latest/our-n...

Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Trump's strategy to flood the zone; selling a positive vision of Europe; countering far-right narratives - we covered a lot of ground last night. Huge thanks to Stephanie Quintao for joining us and giving us the perspective of Democrats Abroad. 🧠💪🌹 m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgMV... #Trump #Europe

Are you looking for new ways to counter the harmful narratives being pushed by the far-right? Sign up for our newsletter and hear about plans for 2025. Link in comments your-agenda.com/latest/our-n...

Possibly one of the most important lines in this article comes right at the end... 'Mr Rothmund, the researcher, said that this “dynamic of exclusion of AfD voters”, including relative moderates, can in turn lead to their “further radicalisation”.' www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

If you have to be in a country to claim asylum, and there are no safe and legal routes into the UK (other than from Ukrainian and Hong Kong), does this effectively mean that most refugees are to be barred from becoming citizens? Or have I missed a key fact? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

With doorsteps in tragic circumstances timing is everything, and sadly on this occasion The Sun got the timing badly wrong pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...

Climate Wins Are Happening, You Just Aren’t Hearing About Them Research shows we’re drawn to bad news, and President Trump’s actions only amplify the noise. Still, there are hard-fought climate victories worth celebrating atmos.earth/climate-wins...

Resisting this "crew" is taking up the time, energy and resources of environmental groups across Brussels. A massive distraction when efforts should be being spent on actually delivering the change that is so desperately needed. And the less change that happens, the fewer results the public see...

Thanks to Donald Trump, post-Brexit Britain must now strengthen its ties with the EU Donald Trump’s return to the White House signals a new and uncertain chapter in global affairs. www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexi...

The Big Idea: how do our brains know what’s real?

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social is parroting Reform UK's immigration messaging. Here's why that's a huge mistake... www.linkedin.com/posts/becky-...

A performer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained by security after waving the Sudanese flag and Palestinian flags together with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on them toward the end of the performance, the NFL says.

A protester unfurled a combined Palestinian and Sudanese flag on the field during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance. The NFL said in a statement that the person was part of the 400-member field cast. nyti.ms/3CVV6Au

The only thing I know about the Super Bowl is this.

"The U.S. delegation to a major artificial intelligence summit in Paris next week will not include technical staff from the country's AI Safety Institute, two people close to Washington's plans for the event and a third source ... told Reuters." www.reuters.com/technology/t...

Trump and Musk are attempting to dismantle the information ecosystem that helps to protect America's people. But its people are resisting 💪💪

Excellent news - the "Fox News" style French TV channel CNEWS has just *lost* its legal case against our friends & allies @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social France's highest court confirmed that asking advertisers not to fund media hate is not a "criminal offence", so the case had no basis🎉

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

Hard at work with @beckyslack.bsky.social and @begiewhaack.bsky.social plotting @agendacomms.bsky.social strategy for 2025, with secretarial support from Rex 🐾

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Hold on to your hats folks, here we go... 1. Trump withdraws from the WHO, an org dedicated to the well-being of all people and guided by science, and which leads and champions global efforts to give everyone, everywhere an equal chance to live a healthy life www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

"I don't understand why everyone thinks I'm a N*zi", says the man who did a N*zi salute at Trump's inauguration, wore a N*zi-themed hat at Trump's Madison Square gardens rally, and supports the German-AFD, which has its roots in the N*zi party. 🤷 www.ladbible.com/news/us-news...

Donald Tusk: "I am aware this is a dream: that instead of a #Brexit, we will have a #Breturn. Perhaps I am labouring under an illusion. But I'd rather be an optimist and harbour these dreams in my heart. Sometimes they come true in politics." ~AA

Britain’s Brexit reality check: Why the majority now want back in www.socialeurope.eu/britains-bre...

Rather striking, what’s happened since the 2016 Brexit referendum…

Democracy, trust, economic security, human rights and more... epthinktank.eu/2025/01/18/t...

Organise, resist, thrive 💪 "Trump 2.0: survival and fightback tips" with Mark Watts and me. Come find us on LinkedIn on Tuesday morning bit.ly/3PHmR2Q

"The current Zeitgeist, however, is one of a normalisation of far-right ideas and increasingly of cooperation between the centre-right and far right. In which areas are we most likely to see such an alliance?" blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

AfD up 2% from last week, now at 22% in the latest polls. They must be stopped!

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I wish the survey asking people about democracy v dictators had included a question about which type of dictator they would like to live under. Would they prefer to be ruled by Putin or Kim Jong Un? Or maybe they prefer a Taliban-esque version? I bet most of them have never even heard of Khamenei...

'Central to Collett’s belief system is the idea of “remigration”. The euphemistic term for forced mass repatriation of immigrants is one well-used on the Right, and increasingly heard in the mainstream' The normalisation of racist language is something to be mindful of... unherd.com/2025/01/can-...

Bloody hell. Is Bannon attempting to rebrand himself or is Musk REALLY REALLY bad? Or both? 🤦😱🫣🤯 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Repairing trust will require ongoing efforts & realistic expectations of feasible outcomes.Adopting a sectoral strategy could be advantageous, concentrating on areas where alignment can result in mutual benefits while understanding some divergence will exist" moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/13/u...

Good morning everyone 🌞 who else is back at work today after the Christmas break? I've had a much-needed break, with no news, minimal social media and lots of sleep and exercise. Mental and physical health restored 😍 Up and at it today 💪

Oh girl if you are out there, RUN. Take your dog with you, but run.

just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’

"I don't like what you said and so I'm going to sue you". If Trump goes ahead with this, it will set a very dangerous precedent

A neat illustration of why human stories are vital: "It wasn’t that these were new concepts to me—I'd spent hours reading books & articles on these topics—but suddenly those texts were transformed into a lucid reality, which felt so distant from what I had heard from media figures & academics..."

Another reminder to build your email list and treat it as a community rather than an ATM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

What do you call a group of Beckys? A giggle! 😜😂🫣 1. Becky Allin, @agendacomms.bsky.social creative director extraordinaire 🎥 2. Me 3. Bec Haack, the person who keeps me & @vicbarlow.bsky.social in check (no mean feat 🫣) 4. Becky Gill, CEO of the Rosa Fund 🎄🍸🎄🍸🎄🍸 #christmasjokes