“Public ownership of energy networks and key energy assets could save households an average of around £430 a year, bringing bills back close to pre-Ukraine war levels”. Our report with @iipp-ucl.bsky.social in @politico.com Playbook. www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

“The task ahead is to align public policy with popular will: curbing militarism while delivering the jobs, stability, and public goods that people deserve.”

Lorah Steichen writes for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on why a warfare state can’t support working people. 👇

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“Once a driver of stable employment, jobs in the arms sector have declined even as military spending soars.” @tkbarnes.bsky.social exposes the broken relationship between the Pentagon’s soaring budget and secure jobs. transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the...

“An energy market revolution utilising public ownership would save households around £400 a year.”   Read @drdonalbrown.bsky.social & Andrew Lockwood’s new report on policy options to lower Britain’s energy bills from @iipp-ucl.bsky.social & @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

“Passengers have paid the price while shareholders have benefitted. Since the pandemic, bus companies paid out £135m to their owners despite losing £43m before tax & receiving subsidies” Our Who Owns Britain? project findings in @neweconomybrief.bsky.social 👇 www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/a...

"To find optimism in geopolitical rivalry is to place one’s faith in abstract forces rather than human beings. It is, in this sense, a kind of pessimism." New from Casey A. Williams, on why the renewable boost driven by war in Iran may not be cause for optimism. www.break-down.org/why-climate-...

“There remains a ‘strong case’ for removing gas plants from the electricity market and placing them in a strategic reserve. This could mean they run only as a last resort, and at a fixed price.” @chrismwhayes.bsky.social quoted in @theguardian.com 👇 www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...

"If this battle to control the connective tissue of the world economy comes to shape the future of geopolitics and globalisation, then it will also define any future climate and energy transition." From the Archive: @iliasalami.bsky.social on the Green Cold War www.break-down.org/a-green-cold...

The recording of our online panel with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. Featuring speakers @brusselermel.bsky.social , @isabelestevez.bsky.social, @gkahan.bsky.social, @solveigdegen.bsky.social and Justus Henze. www.indep.network/recording-of...

Ed Miliband just announced that the Government will aim to delink the price of electricity from gas, something we’ve argued for since 2022. This is bold, welcome, and targets a core problem in Britain’s electricity prices. How this happens, though, matters enormously. 🧵

“To better protect households from the Iran war, there is still a strong case for a strategic gas reserve to contain the shock and keep a lid on spark spread.” Our Chief Economist @chrismwhayes.bsky.social quoted in The New Statesman 👇 www.newstatesman.com/politics/mil...

“Reliance on fossil fuels ... is a security risk to countries, populations and economies. Only by transitioning to renewables can you remove that risk.” @pmbigger.bsky.social speaks to 7am Podcast on the environmental costs of the US-Israeli war on Iran. 7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/aci...

Plus, read the introduction from our Editors, @adriennebuller.bsky.social and @johnmerrick.bsky.social www.break-down.org/all-that-is-...

Introducing AIRBORNE Issue #3! Publishing 6 May. Pre-order or subscribe today: www.break-down.org/tag/issue-03/ 🔗

“The case for solar in Cuba is so compelling and what the US is doing is so cruel ... it is creating a humanitarian crisis on purpose.” Our latest briefing by @cashman.bsky.social on Cuba & breaking free of US energy dominance in Yale Climate Connections 👇 yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/as-c...

🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)

A rapid renewable electricity transition in Cuba is technically feasible and more cost-effective than continued investment in fossil fuel capacity in part because costs for key technologies have dropped dramatically.

“Cuba is in the midst of a US-imposed energy and humanitarian crisis.” Our new briefing by @cashman.bsky.social examines how Cuba could break free of US energy dominance with renewables — and why the world should help pay for it. www.transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-afte...

“As Khem Rogaly argues, defence spending provides a weak economic stimulus compared with public investment – and is even worse as a job creator.” Khem Rogaly quoted in @theguardian.com ’s editorial on military spending 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Come join us to celebrate the launch of the new issue of the @the-breakdown.bsky.social! luma.com/3r5t0jyf

A VW factory in Germany’s “City of Peace” might be converted by an Israeli weapons company to make missile systems based on the Iron Dome. Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly on Europe’s rearmament and how it serves an outdated colonial foreign policy. 👇 www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

‘The rearmament agenda may be cloaked in the language of defence, but it serves a colonial foreign policy that looks desperately outdated in a multipolar world.’ New on the blog from Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

🎟️ ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s Green Planning Commission is joining forces with @indep.bsky.social for a joint event on how we can translate green democratic planning from framework to policy. 🗓️ 14 April ⏰ 3PM UTC Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indepxgree...

“If the Hormuz strait remains closed, it will take out roughly 20 million barrels per day — about a fifth of total global petroleum consumption, something like 7x the Ukraine disruption.” The latest edition of our newsletter tracking the US economy. 👇 www.forcesofproduction.com/p/a-chain-re...

“The UK is at a crossroads ... failing economic transformation, this is fertile ground for the rise of the authoritarian far-right.” Our new essay by @stefanzylinski.bsky.social reimagines the UK’s industrial, security & trade strategy in a multipolar world. transitionsecurity.org/at-a-crossro...

Happy my latest publications are out! Written for @transitionsec.bsky.social c.bsky.social, hosted by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social & @cplusc.bsky.social. In the first of two essays, I examine the UK's econ model & its impact on the Global South. Read below: transitionsecurity.org/at-a-crossro... 1/

“A recent study by the Common Wealth think tank found energy network operators had underinvested by £490m annually.” Our work on missing money in UK energy networks featured in BBC 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On Tuesday 14th April from 5PM UTC+2, we and @cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission are convening an online panel to explore how green democratic economic planning can be translated into policy proposals and integrated into transition strategies. www.indep.network/event/indep-...

Next Tuesday! Join us to discuss how we can put green democratic planning into practice ⚡️

“The UK confronts a new global conjuncture ... it urgently needs to transform its economic model and its foreign policy.” In the first essay of our two-part series, @stefanzylinski.bsky.social examines the UK’s present role in the global economy. 🔗👇 transitionsecurity.org/at-a-crossro...

“The UK faces a stark choice between defending a violent, unstable US-led order or forging an internationalist strategy.” In the 2nd essay of our series, @stefanzylinski.bsky.social argues for a foreign policy based on green internationalism & planning. transitionsecurity.org/forging-ahead/

🎟️ ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s Green Planning Commission is joining forces with @indep.bsky.social for a joint event on how we can translate green democratic planning from framework to policy. 🗓️ 14 April ⏰ 3PM UTC Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indepxgree...

“An authoritarian coalition is embarking on a power grab unprecedented in recent US history ... each of [Trump’s] policy moves isn't simply about the policy itself, but about the consolidation of power as a whole” 🖋️ @rmabud.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social www.common-wealth.org/publications...

Supplier-switching is an obstacle to housing decarbonisation, an administrative burden upon fuel poverty relief, and a potential threat to local grid resilience. Read our report on how Regional Energy Boards could coordinate electrification, make homes warmer and bills lower. 👇

“There is an opportunity to design an alternative [security] architecture that prioritises national defence over outdated foreign policy objectives, such as Britain’s global network of military bases.” Khem Rogaly in @thetimes.com 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

“Conservative and neoliberal economists commonly speak about federal borrowing ‘crowding out’ private investment ... ‘investment is usually a first-mover process,’ said Alex Williams ... this is crowding in, not out.” @atwilliams.bsky.social in The American Prospect 👇 prospect.org/2026/04/07/a...

“If electricity prices were decoupled from gas, household bills could be reduced by up to £203 a year ... Common Wealth proposes an alternative ‘single buyer model.” Our briefing on how we can protect households from the energy crisis @theguardian.com 👇 theweek.com/environment/...

Grateful to @cmmonwealth.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this piece. We argue that Trump is engaged in a project of power consolidation in the presidency, executive branch, and the politically aligned oligarchs & corporations already dominating our economy and democracy. shorturl.at/pr2cK

Simon Dudley's remarks were unacceptable. Using the fire to make a point about over-regulation obscures wider issues of corporate & state accountability for Grenfell, not to mention minimizing the distress & suffering caused to the bereaved and survivors. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“It is overwhelmingly wealthy, tech-savvy households that are enjoying the benefits of smart, clean energy in the home. The risk is that they are being cross-subsidised by poorer, less engaged households.” 🖋️ @chrismwhayes.bsky.social in @politicshome.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

There’s an unprecedented power grab unfolding in the US. An authoritarian coalition led by Trump & a network of oligarchs. Far from chaotic, each move is part of a wider strategy. Here’s how to understand & fight back. 🧵 🖋️ @rmabud.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social shorturl.at/H0f6v

There’s an unprecedented power grab unfolding in the US. An authoritarian coalition led by Trump & a network of oligarchs. Far from chaotic, each move is part of a wider strategy. Here’s how to understand & fight back. 🧵 🖋️ @rmabud.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social shorturl.at/H0f6v

“The most important thing the Government can do to keep energy costs down is decouple the price of electricity from the price of gas ... gas turbines only generate roughly a quarter of our electricity that we use, at the same time, it sets the price.”   @chrismwhayes.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 👇

“Trump truly believes that the US is entitled to whatever resource it so desires ... it’s a real ‘might-makes-right’ logic that is both abhorrent and spectacularly miscalculated.” @pmbigger.bsky.social quoted in @theguardian.com 👇 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fantasies of Britain’s petro-past continues to shape its energy politics, and its illusions. www.break-down.org/north-sea-na...

“Regional Energy Boards ... [are] a solution to the problem with the current retail market ...  so you have a permanent relationship with an energy retailer that is fixed for the entire area, that corresponds to your local grid.” @chrismwhayes.bsky.social discusses our new report on @lbc.co.uk 👇

The retail energy market is broken. People choosing their energy provider was meant to drive innovation & lower bills. Instead we have price caps, disengaged consumers & struggling retailers. Regional Energy Boards could solve this problem. 🧵 shorturl.at/VfRxv

“We’ve had heavy bombers, US strategic bombers, being launched from British soil to strike Iran. It’s a key part of the US strategy and it means that we are unfortunately involved in this illegal and destabilising war.”

Khem Rogaly on @lbc.co.uk 👇

“Green energy delivered through public ownership can protect us from energy shocks while helping the UK develop a foreign policy independent of coercion by the US and its ‘energy dominance’ agenda.” Khem Rogaly in @theguardian.com 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Consumers would benefit from replacing the current energy supply model with a system of regional energy boards ... [Common Wealth] argue that energy privatisation and encouraging people to choose between competing suppliers has not worked.” www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...