Must read: the report of @tashahester.bsky.social and @jimcoe.bsky.social How the UK social change sector can respond to the rise of authoritarianism and the far right. This kind of work should be done in more countries, i.m.o thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/12/10/h...

Just when honest and truthful reporting on climate change is most urgently needed, Ofcom under its current chair has effectively suspended its accuracy rules on this life-and-death issue. /1 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This Reform Councillor wants the navy to intercept small boats and use a "volley of gun fire aimed at sinking them.” After quitting for personal reasons, the party said "Wayne would have made an excellent champion for the people.”

I mapped the UK climate movement again Headlines are the rise of the right is a big threat, folks are worried but unsure how to respond, although there are some great suggestions for different ways to move forwards thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/05/15/m...

The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening. That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk. Shame on you, Keir Starmer.

Starmer's Britain. Not even subtle.

One of us is being threatened with deportation, after 18 years in the UK. This is unacceptable. Fatou belongs to our community. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

The incredible US AYNI institute is offering a free/ donation training on their movement ecology framework April 24th. This is excellent stuff, strongly recommend www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Yes the US embassy, the representative of the country arming and financing Israel's systematic destruction of Gaza, actually said, "we strongly condemn any acts of violence and property damage" 🤔 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London. Greenpeace UK is urging the US and UK governments to stop selling arms to Israel immediately. www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/israel-...

🤡 FFS

Le Pen blocked from France presidency bid over embezzled funds The French far-right leader is barred from running for office for five years, as she was also handed a prison sentence and a €100,000 fine. Read @georgvh.com's article here: www.channel4.com/news/le-pen-...

Let’s face it, we’re losing! Words of wisdom here from @tomliacas.bsky.social. We need to accept the populist far right is having its moment, then we can respond & build power. History has sone pretty good lessons to teach us… medium.com/@TomLiacas/l...

*New training* for social movement organisers - Understanding, building & measuring POWER Join me to learn from Jane Booth-Tobin, Co-Director of the P3 Lab with Hahrie Han. Online April 16th 2:30-5:30pm GMT, charged on a sliding scale lu.ma/ki7skugg

Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’

Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead

“DO NOT RESPOND TO ELON!” The ball was rolling. Love the sound of mass noncompliance. h/t @tashahester.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/we-a...

Seriously fuck BP - this is literally waging a war on life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Highlighting THIS:

What's on every progressive organizer's mind right now, or should be! mobilisationlab.org/building-a-s...

As Ofwat opens an enforcement case against Thames Water, which is due to go bankrupt in 34 days, we ask 'What is Steve Reed waiting for?' End the farce. Public ownership now.

They deny it. The media avoids saying it. But the evidence is clear ✅ "Reform UK is far-right! That is not an opinion, that is a fact." – Cas Mudde, leading expert on the far-right 🧵👇

📣 New Blog Post! 📣 Maggy Moyo, These Walls Must Fall Organiser, reflects on the fight against the hostile environment, calls for action to abolish in-person reporting, and highlights the power of solidarity in driving change. Read in full here ⬇️ righttoremain.org.uk/standing-in-...

This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

There isn’t a silver bullet for defeating Reform UK. There isn’t a policy button you can just smash which makes the problem go away. That’s because Reform UK doesn’t represent one bloc of voters that agree on every issue.

Thames Water is at present spending £15mn a month on lawyers and other advisers and the eventual bill for a restructuring could top £200mn, the company’s chief financial officer told London’s high court. www.ft.com/content/40b5...

"1.8% of staff in organisations with 500 to 1,000 employees identified as POC and other ethnically minoritised groups" This is shocking. Minoritised groups are among the most affected by climate change, so need to have a bigger say in how we tackle it. www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/environ...

😡Sarah in London says: "My bill has gone up £20 a month and I have had a substantial water leak on my road for 6 weeks which is not scheduled to be fixed for another month. I am literally watching them waste the water I am paying for" PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW

BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK. The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned. This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.

In case you missed it, there was a far right anti-immigraiton demo in Southampton over the weekend. Surprisingly there was little coverage of it. The piece below is by Southern Daily Echo. www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2488510...

📺Catch up on last night's excellent Strategy Series session with Marshall Ganz and @gawainlittle.bsky.social. #StrategySeries #Strategy #MarshallGanz #GFTUET #GFTU #TradeUnions #Workers #Organising #Campaigns #StrategicCapacity

🚨TONIGHT 7PM🚨 Strategic capacity to win campaigns with Marshall Ganz. DM us for the link to join 🔗 #GFTUET #GFTU #Campaigns #StrategicCapacity #TradeUnions #Workers #Strategy #Education

*New Blog* - Lessons for organisers in a time of monsters. As Trump is sworn in for his second term, it seemed like a good moment to share insights from @hahrie.bsky.social's Undivided and her UK mini tour in November last year. Link in comments...

*New Blog* - Lessons for organisers in a time of monsters. As Trump is sworn in for his second term, it seemed like a good moment to share insights from @hahrie.bsky.social's Undivided and her UK mini tour in November last year. Link in comments...

"The old world is dying & the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters" Gramsci more relevant than ever! I developed a power mapping tool based on Gramscian hegemony with academic & activist colleagues. We could see neoliberal democracy coming apart / losing its hold...

It’s time for more freedom. It’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']: Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

Some great reflections from @mrtombaker.bsky.social on @hahrie.bsky.social's new book Undivided - I loved this book & plan to write something about it & Hahrie Han's mini winter UK tour soon... thoughtfulcampaigner.org/2024/12/27/l...

Great new report from HUB colleague @amandahsanchez.bsky.social on capacity needs and future development strategies to build out Canada's climate justice activist movement! (no doubt relevant across borders) www.lehub.ca/media/moveme... cc @tashahester.bsky.social

We're number one! We're number one! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No way 😂😂😂😂😂😂 We’ve heard of statues being destroyed or smashed, but sitting on them and tying them to a car? That’s the first time I’ve heard of it.

This is a good read on the subject from #CharitySoWhite: Band Aid 40: Why Western Saviourism Has No Place in 2024 www.linkedin.com/pulse/band-a...

A terrific theory that pairs well with the Economist's terrific and terrifying chart of Musk's tweeting.

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