Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised. Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken. Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn. Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.

US sanctions two ICC judges for rejecting Israel's appeal against Gaza investigation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-sanctions-two-icc-judges-rejecting-israels-appeal-against-gaza

A very comprehensive account. ‘The NSS normalises an openly racialised worldview: people of colour and certain other minorities threaten civilisation itself simply by existing and moving. This is not subtle dog-whistling; it is the whistle blown at full volume, with the full authority’ of the US.

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sapannews.com/2025/12/12/m... India must diversify away from American strategic dependence. Deepen military-industrial ties with Russia, France, South Korea, Japan; restore balance with Moscow. Lead Global South initiatives that are not American proxies

thewire.in/world/the-ep... - release documents Jeffrey Epstein estate vindicates Walt, Mearsheimer; There was coordinated well-funded campaign to smear, silence, send chilling message: cross the line at your peril @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social

www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/eve... -50 years ago, in Jan 1975, the British International Studies Association was born into a world that felt as if it were coming apart at the seams…. Click to hear a fascinating discussion of key issues of 1975 to the present and into the next decades by BISA experts!

thewire.in/politics/the... - beyond sleaze a global project to upend popular rights but it’s not inevitable @stephenwalt.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @billybragg.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social

Fascinating when the NYTimes decides to be a newspaper versus when they don't.

One of the longest and most well documented patterns of state sponsored torture of any country on earth. Unusual only in that Israel is formally a democracy, and only one group, Palestinians, are tortured.

"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."

Disturbing details emerge about Paul Doyle: “Paul Doyle, The Liverpool Rammer, was far from the family man he was said to be, He followed and adored Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate on Twitter and also followed Elon Musk and was a MAGA and Trump supporter”. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

Bigot. Did your Jewish ancestors who came to America, found a new home, opportunity and assimilated “import their society” or recreated “the terrors of their broken homelands?” Would you dare say the same about Italian Americans? Irish Americans? You’d fit right in 1938 Nuremberg, on the German side

Because the survivors of the “drug" boat attack were defenseless (unable to protect themselves or fight back) ordering their murder is a war crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Restoring the rule of law will require court-martialing, convicting & imprisoning those issuing such orders.

thewire.in/world/mamdan... -The mayor’s post-meeting statement –“pragmatic collaboration on housing and infrastructure” – is the sound of a potential critic being neutralised? @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

thewire.in/world/trumps... -imperial state does not tolerate threats to its core imperatives: global military dominance, resource control, and elite immunity. Trump’s purge of Greene is the state reasserting control through its chosen vessel. @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social

Think this is going to push a lot, if not most, of voters to the Greens. The right wing appeasement rather than practical improvements show Labour are not a party of serious government. Party before country. Feel confident in backing the Greens, more moral and genuine with practical solutions.

📢We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event "New dimensions, 50 years on" 👉🕐This online event is chaired by Inderjeet Parmar (@usempire.bsky.social) and revisits the first ever BISA conference, held in 1975.

video.snapstream.net/Play/6NkUqyM... #CNN interview on global power elite swamp revealed in Epstein files, nascent fissures in MAGA energised by #MarjorieTaylorGreene @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @carinavandew.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

www.change.org/p/oppose-ton... - over 5300 signatures- let’s push to 6K! @mybisa.bsky.social @usfp-ecpr.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social @palaction.bsky.social @palestne4ever.bsky.social @palestinestudies.bsky.social @progintl.bsky.social @tricontinental.bsky.social @globalsouthshub.bsky.social

So our closest ally is refusing to share drug trafficking intelligence with us because they don’t want to be part of our international criminal murder scheme.

This, by @usempire.bsky.social, especially on Michael Anton of the Claremont Institute, is really a good description of the illiberal worldview at the heart of MAGA foreign policy thinking.

thewire.in/world/magas-... - two figures stand out as unlikely architects of a new Right Wing Order: Charlie Kirk and Michael Anton @martindbbrown.bsky.social @msenn.bsky.social @mjbayly.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social @charleskeener.bsky.social @thenation.com

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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video.snapstream.net/Play/5Dm8ABP... - GOP waging open class war while Democrats offer little - showing legitimacy crisis of US parties - No Kings and other mass protest seems the only way forward for the ordinary people - @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @premnsikka.bsky.social

thewire.in/world/donald... - Trillions of dollars were spent on the war, hundreds of thousands killed and displaced, a state was destroyed, and cultural artefacts looted. The effects reverberate in the region to this day. Would there have been an ISIS had it not been for the Iraq War?

🚨Upcoming event 🚨 'New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics' revisiting the first ever BISA conference held in 1975 and looking backward & forward🌟 Free and open to all, sign up now! https://ow.ly/5EJ550XkMYK Inderjeet Parmar Pedro Perfeito da Silva

Confected national "migration crisis" vs. real socio-economic one: "only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was one of the three most important issues facing their community... half the 52% who said it was one of the biggest problems facing the country as a whole" news.sky.com/story/manufa...

thewire.in/world/maga-t... - MAGA doctrine is institutionalised via a think tank ecosystem that aims at permanence in American and global life @aiannucci.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @johncusack.bsky.social @dhnexon.bsky.social @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social @graceblakeley.substack.com

thewire.in/world/tony-b... This isn’t governance; it’s a neocolonial carve-up, echoing the British mandates that once fractured the region. @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @heather-rolfe.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

c.org/B7pFysm8Tt - petition reached almost 3000 signatures- Join global voices against neo-colonial rule of Gaza under imperial viceroy Blair- Pressure Trump administration to reject Blair who’s hated across Middle East!

c.org/DxydSNBC2H - war criminal Tony Blair should be facing a war crimes tribunal not be considered for appointment to Trump’s proposed Gaza administration- almost at 2000 signatures now and gathering momentum- sign and repost! Thanks ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏻✊🏻

Distinguishing between the Republican Party and Nazis is getting harder everyday. That Young Republicans group chat? Defended by Vance?

Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through. No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened. But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this. Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.

c.org/QVfB8FhtvN - Sign the petition and stop the appointment of Tony Blair to any position or role in the administration of Gaza

thewire.in/world/trumps... The ceasefire effectively cements the US-led international order’s endorsement of genocide and war crimes, violating international law.

thewire.in/world/the-ro... The rot cuts across both major parties, where elite circles – driven by power, wealth, and global dominance – have long prioritised self-preservation over democratic accountability.

One-third of UK children grow up in poverty, higher risk of dying young. In some areas 62% of children live in poverty. Children’s education, health, future employment prospects destroyed. Caused by govts - austerity, low wages, spending cuts, fiscal rules. Poverty is a political choice.

A year in working groups - 2024/25 with BISA 🌟 Come and read our article describing what all of our amazing working groups have been up to in the last academic year - we are extremely grateful to the conveners who are all volunteers 🎉 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/year-wo...

Stop blaming migrants and tackle real problems, 100 charities tell UK Govt. Govt follows Reform agenda, failed to develop effective counter narrative. Migrants are vital part of economy, public services. Economic problems caused by inequality, austerity, privatisation, political corruption.

thewire.in/media/the-tr... The Nixon era showed that resistance can succeed, but only if citizens, journalists, and institutions rally to defend the First Amendment. Without such action, the slide toward authoritarianism risks becoming irreversible.

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.