Political change only happens by moving people's souls.

Will Zack Polanski transform British politics?

Eight people are on hunger strike in UK prisons, held on remand—some over a year, unconvicted. Five are hospitalized as doctors warn time is running out. Prosecuted for opposing UK arms sales to Israel, their treatment exposes a justice system serving power, not justice.

The middle class has taken over the Left. How do we fix it?

The Left's political class needs to 'Shut Up and Listen'

Hard Rain Books publishes razor-sharp texts for nonviolent revolution, cutting through climate denial, failed politics, and empty reform. Strategy, truth, and courage for the century ahead. Read. Organise. Rebel! rev21.earth/books/

Sudan’s nightmare deepens. 150,000 still missing from El Fasher. One MP estimates 60,000 killed in just three weeks. This is a mass atrocity in plain sight. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Forever chemicals are in our bread. New tests found alarming levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in European cereals. 54 of 66 samples contaminated. Wheat worst hit. A chemical that harms reproduction is now widespread in our water and food. www.pan-europe.info/campaigns/ba...

Urban sprawl is a climate time bomb. 220M+ people could lose water access as cities spread outward instead of growing smart. By 2050, 68% of humanity will live in cities—Africa’s urban population will triple. How we build cities now decides who gets water later.

There is an international community fanning the flames of civil disobedience. The network has a recipe for effective resistance. Check it out! a22network.org

At the heart of the climate struggle is the fight for life itself. Polish rebels launched boycott actions against companies linked to the genocide in Gaza, targeting Zara and Pizza Hut first. Tens of millions saw the message: complicity must be confronted!

Britain’s farms are buckling under drought, floods and heatwaves. Crops rot in soggy soil, harvests fail, costs rise. Globally we burn soil with fertilisers and erode what feeds us. When the food system collapses, society goes with it. cleantechtimes.com/farming-is-b...

I’ve worked closely with and deeply respect the team at Resilient Uprising. They’re training grassroots leaders in nonviolent resistance. They’re €4,200 short to make it happen, including a Kenya scholarship. If you can, please chip in: tinyurl.com/supporteduca...

The Italian “Just Price” campaign spent a year linking climate breakdown to everyday life – especially soaring food prices. Floods and hail destroy crops, bills explode. The lesson is clear and shared: the climate crisis is a social crisis. Italian? Join it! ultima-generazione.com

A coconut octopus peeks out from its clamshell shelter. Photograph: Samuel Sloss

We’re told degrowth is “unelectable”. The science says otherwise. ~75% of people in the US & UK support degrowth principles once people hear what it really means. This is a messaging challenge, not a dead end.

The Left's political class needs to 'Shut Up and Listen'

Three Swedish activists were sentenced to prison for a peaceful action at the Finnish Embassy. Their “crime”? Exposing peat extraction. Finland even hired private lawyers and claimed to be “offended.” Meanwhile, they destroy ecosystems and fuel the climate crisis.

Countries making up 92% of the global economy are now growing while cutting emissions. From Norway to Brazil, curves are bending. Decoupling is real – but it won’t be enough unless we respect planetary limits.

With winter closing in, Norwegian rebels are taking the resistance indoors – into the courts. Activists face heavy fines and prison for peaceful protest, as Norway’s state moves to silence calls to democratise the People’s Oil Fund. They’re fighting back. Support them! chuffed.org/project/hjel...

Morocco is racing to secure water as drought deepens. Desalination will rise from 25% to 60% of national drinking water by decade’s end. This is a stark sign of climate breakdown: instead of restoring ecosystems, states are forced into energy-intensive survival measures.

The holidays are coming. Which means a lot of plastic crap and the annual ritual of pretending everything is fine while the world burns. Or—you could give a book. Specifically, two books that don’t lie to you. rogerhallam.com/presents-for...

I believe film can spark change 🎬 I am beginning to track protest cinema, radical storytelling & movies that move people to action. If you’re into film, follow me on Letterboxd for reviews & lists:

Power doesn’t just control what we do. It controls what we think is possible. The next chapter of Spirit of Revolution is about breaking the mental citadel that keeps us obedient — and why that’s where revolution begins. youtu.be/QL7uIx9lBl4

The Light Won’t Dim is a new 30-minute film on the quiet power of solar. No refineries. No hoarding. Just sun, everywhere. When disasters hit, solar comes back first. We can power ourselves without breaking the planet — community by community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDK-...

50 Articles the Media Wouldn’t Publish and Grasping the Enormity of the Moment are out now. Buy them before 18th December so they arrive before Christmas. Get them on the Rev21 website: rev21.earth/books/

Just donated to Take Back Power. Youth Demand showed what’s possible, but now we go bigger. The live-streamed horror in Palestine proves we must take back democracy from lobbyists and the rich. Join the 17 Jan launch and support if you can. chuffed.org/project/take...

Political change only happens by moving people's souls.

Canada’s PM Mark Carney has backed a new crude oil pipeline, sending tankers through BC’s fragile coast and trying to lift a hard-won tanker ban. One minister resigned. Last Generation Canada says clearly: build it, and face nationwide resistance.

Drought is tightening its grip on Greater Istanbul. Iran is now discussing water imports, harsh rationing, and “virtual water” to survive. When water runs out, legitimacy runs out too. Climate breakdown is becoming a political reality. www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/expe...

René Dubos coined “Think globally, act locally” in the 1970s. A microbiologist who warned early about antibiotic resistance, he linked human health to ecology, stress, and community, and helped inspire Earth Day. An ancestor of today’s climate rebellion.

Negotiations inside. Sirens outside. As MPs debate a new climate law that ignores 80% of emissions and builds 15 new highways, rebels blocked a major Copenhagen road. Business as usual is the real crime!

Over 1,100 lives lost across Southeast Asia after Cyclone Ditwah. Floods, disease outbreaks, rivers reshaped. Those least responsible for emissions are paying first — and paying with their lives. Climate injustice is killing now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

On the first day of Christmas, the judge gave a custodial prison sentence. The crackdown on protest keeps escalating. Last week, four Just Stop Oil supporters were jailed for peacefully climbing gantries over the M25 in 2022, after being denied all legal defences at trial. 1/

1,100 dead. 800 missing. Cyclone Ditwah devastated Southeast Asia, unleashing floods, disease and permanent changes to rivers themselves. Governments still treat this as “weather”. It isn’t. It’s systemic climate failure — and it will keep escalating.

Antoinette Lattouf wins her case against ABC in Australia. She was awarded $70,000 in compensation after being sacked for a social media post detailing the use of starvation by Israel in the Gaza genocide. Speaking out against injustice carries a cost—but in the long run, truth prevails.

Given enough time, nature finds ways to heal. In Toronto, wetlands buried under 25 feet of soil for over 100 years are coming back to life. As soil was removed, scientists found seeds and microorganisms still alive. Give ecosystems space — and they can heal. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Three Swedish activists were sentenced to prison for a peaceful action at the Finnish Embassy. Their “crime”? Exposing peat extraction. Finland even hired private lawyers and claimed to be “offended.” Meanwhile, they destroy ecosystems and fuel the climate crisis.

As the world cooks, rich nations are slamming their doors to refugees. The EU plans to triple its border budget, the UK is clamping down on asylum, and the US is ramping up deportations. Those least responsible for the crisis are being tortured by its creators. Where is the justice?

The Situation is Beyond Fucked. Billions of Refugees, Economic Collapse & Mass Extinction. I've led 100,000s in the world's most influential movements against this death project. Join me in resistance, while you still can. rogerhallam.com#/portal/signup

The Situation is Beyond Fucked. Billions of Refugees, Economic Collapse & Mass Extinction. I've led 100,000s in the world's most influential movements against this death project. Join me in resistance, while you still can. rogerhallam.com#/portal/signup

We’re told degrowth is “unelectable”. The science says otherwise. ~75% of people in the US & UK support degrowth principles once people hear what it really means. This is a messaging challenge, not a dead end.

The Mediterranean has lost 20% of its rainfall in 25 years. That’s not “natural variability” — it’s climate chaos. Agriculture, water security, and whole societies are at risk, while leaders still expand oil and gas. www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/expe...

Trump says Europe is useless, weak and dying. But the Old World is quietly doing a much better job of building a liveable tomorrow than the USA. Just ask Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal.

A reminder... rogerhallam.com/why-were-goi...

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I had a great time reading in prison. Here are my highlights. rogerhallam.com/tops-reads/

I had a great time reading in prison. Here are my highlights. rogerhallam.com/tops-reads/