Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean. Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago. We continue to live with their consequences. 🧵 Here’s how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world. visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org

“[O]ver the 400 years since the first English ships arrived in Barbados, empire engineered a system of wealth extraction that shapes the tourism economies of today.” Eleanor Shearer in the Guardian on the launch of our reparations project. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

In our latest Centre for Democratising Work interview, Amelia Horgan spoke to @brunoleipold.com about his book, CITIZEN MARX, and Marx and republicanism. Read here: www.common-wealth.org/centre-for-d...

“The vast scale of US global military infrastructure continues to block the effort required to mitigate the climate crisis”. Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com about how the Pentagon has stockpiled critical minerals needed for the energy transition. www.ft.com/content/42ab...

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.

“We all live in a world forged by empire. The question for all of us is – how do we remake it?”. Eleanor Shearer in the Guardian on the launch of our reparations project. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago. We continue to live with their consequences. Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean. 🧵 This is how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world. visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org

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

“The decarbonization project is a matter of investment and divestment.”  For a successful transition, these decisions must prioritize systemic social outcomes and avoid disruptions — regardless of whether doing so will generate profit.  👇  https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission

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

As Mark Carney continues his oil pipeline / tanker / LNG / Bill c-5 spree— It's worth reading this dispatch from @forensicarchi.bsky.social 's Omar Ferwati & Nessie Nankivell, documenting Indigenous resistance to the "Ring of Fire" in Northern Ontario. www.break-down.org/resistance-o...

In northern Ontario, a region rich in mineral deposits has become a frontline in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty. OMAR FERWATI and NESSIE NANKIVELL tell a story of resistance from Canada’s Ring of Fire, in ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS 👇

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...

GET 4 PRINT ISSUES FOR THE PRICE OF 2! 💥 Subscribe before 12th Dec to receive our next two print issues (Spring ’26 + Autumn ’26) PLUS our past two issues for free 👇 www.break-down.org/offer/

Doing a cheeky lil special @the-breakdown.bsky.social Subscribe before next Friday and not only will you get our next two print issues, but ALSO our first two free. Support independent climate journalism!! Get lovely informative mags and our eternal gratitude! that is all.

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/

Almost a third of your water bill pays for dividends for shareholders, and for private water companies to pay off their debt, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget

"That kind of brutal realisation that the US has no interest other than its own…It’s an opportunity to rethink the narratives, to reshape the rules of the game." NEW EPISODE: Survival of the Greenest with Amir Lebdioui @amirleb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=7044...

“The path to explaining that new energy infrastructure needs to be built is through the experience of energy inflation.”  Green planning can deliver fairer, more secure decarbonization by overcoming the failures of market coordination.  👇  https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission

"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

“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...

Write for us!! We're taking pitches for our third issue until December 5th Send us your ideas for essays, dispatches, photojournalism, memoir, the works! Full details at the link. 👩‍💻📚

We're now open for pitches for Issue #3 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, AIRBORNE, on the importance of air in the climate crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet. If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/

Submissions for ISSUE #3 – AIRBORNE, are now open! We are accepting pitches exploring the importance of air in the climate and ecological crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet. More details 👇

New @cmmonwealth.bsky.social paper from me on Medicaid’s political economy and the battle ahead.

Millions are to be kicked off of Medicaid. Millions will see healthcare costs skyrocket as ACA subsidies expire. In 2028, we must fight for universal healthcare. Where should we concentrate efforts to build up working class power to advance this cause? shorturl.at/1kQG4

“Moving toward decarbonization will be a matter of tremendous economic decision making. New industries, new factories, new infrastructure.” Governments must look beyond the market to address era-defining crises. Find out more 👇 www.common-wealth.org/green-planni...

“Moving toward decarbonization will be a matter of tremendous economic decision making. New industries, new factories, new infrastructure.” Governments must look beyond the market to address era-defining crises. Find out more 👇 www.common-wealth.org/green-planni...

It's universal public provision of healthcare in 2028 or bust...but where to start politically? We're really proud to publish @philiprocco.bsky.social 's answer to this question today!

Millions are to be kicked off of Medicaid. Millions will see healthcare costs skyrocket as ACA subsidies expire. In 2028, we must fight for universal healthcare. Where should we concentrate efforts to build up working class power to advance this cause? shorturl.at/1kQG4

We are delighted to join over 100 organisations in endorsing this resolution. tlaib.house.gov/posts/tlaib-...

🚨 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...

🚨 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 👇

“One of the things most problematic about using the market to coordinate is that oftentimes it's only looking at the immediate period.” Moments of crisis fail to build lasting capacity when the response is left to the market. What's the alternative? 🔗👇 www.common-wealth.org/green-planni...

“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...

NEW: £250m+ has been taken as profit over 3yrs, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions. By: ⛴️ Private equity firms 🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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

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.

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 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. 🚨

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-...

ICYMI, good stuff from the folks at @cmmonwealth.bsky.social.

🚨 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...

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! 🔗👇

The Renters' Rights Act became law last week - the biggest change to private renting in a generation. Will it "transform the experience of private renting", like the government says? This week's New Economy Brief takes a closer look: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/a...