Has Trump surrendered? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04... Trump threatened genocide yesterday, before backing down last night in a humiliating indication of perhaps the biggest US military defeat in its history if this peace deal does last and is confirmed.

#Financialisation "The opposite of democracy. It concentrates power among a small group of exceptionally wealthy dealmakers who reap the benefits of society’s failure to hold them accountable" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘…many Christians already subscribe to Christianity-lite. A quarter of self-identified British Christians don’t believe Jesus was resurrected. Such doubts are not limited to congregations. Some clergy feel the same way..’ theconversation.com/elon-musk-sa...

However: ‘“Nonreligion” is the biggest affiliation after Christianity, but that label hides diversity. Some of the nonreligious are atheist, some agnostic, and some are actively interested in new forms of spirituality, magic and supernaturalism.’ (Linda Whitehead) theconversation.com/there-may-no...

Connect worldwide, join exclusive programs, support UN advocacy. Just 20 GBP/year! 👉 Apply now: iarf.net/membership-i... 👉 Learn more: iarf.net/membership-i... #IARF #ReligiousFreedom #Interfaith

🚨More than 3,200 lawyers including 300 top barristers and retired judges have called on the government to drop its plan to restrict the right to trial by jury It’s not too late for the government to change course. CONTACT YOUR MP NOW www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A fascinating and important paper by Slavoj Žižek open.substack.com/pub/slavoj/p...

Britain’s cost of living crisis was created by privatisation, which turned essentials into profit centres — universal basic services offer a way to bring costs down.

THE HIGHEST INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICITY PRICES IN EUROPE! This is madness, but it’s a POLITICAL CHOICE. There shouldn’t be a single Labour councillor after the May local elections, not one!

JUST OUT: Issue 173 of Philosophy Now explores Islamic Philosophy: Sufi love & selfhood, law & reform, and what medieval metaphysics might say about AI. Also: hypocrisy, memes, comedy & more. philosophynow.org

Are we at a Galileo moment in economics? youtu.be/FDd6N1-mZZ0?...

We’re backing a National Commission on electoral reform. If we reach 100,000 signatures, Parliament must debate it. It’s just launched, so every signature counts. Sign and share 👇 🔗 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #FairVotes

Available to view free online or to attend in person Paula Fredriksen‘s six Gifford Lectures on how Christianity changed as it become global. www.eventbrite.com/e/gifford-le...

Research Associate wanted! We're looking to appoint a Research Associate to support a new BIAPT project taking stock of the current state of practical theology in Britain and Ireland. Application deadilne is 8th April. Click the link below for more info. We'd love to hear from you! bit.ly/4lMZG6a

“We must not believe the many who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.” – Epictetus #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

#Austerity #poverty & #health — this study adds to the growing evidence of deeply worrying changes to mortality trends in the UK—particularly among more socioeconomically deprived populations—which have been largely attributed to government policy.’ jech.bmj.com/content/jech...

Call for research proposals for two research fellowships: - Spiritual and narrative capital as an economic, social, and institutional resource - Common goods, relationships, fraternity, and care in the contemporary economy francescoeconomy.org/call-for-res...

Fossil fuels push the world towards autocracy. Were we less dependent on them, there might have been no President Trump, no President Putin, no ayatollahs, no Netanyahu, no perpetual Middle East wars. Democracy depends on unhooking ourselves. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

El Niño brings warmer temperatures. Forecast models show a high likelihood of a strong El Niño event developing later this year, with a chance of a super strong El Niño event. Something that could even challenge what we saw in 2015-2016. #Clmate #Floods #Droughts www.cbc.ca/news/science...

The First Minister must block US forces from using Prestwick airport. Investigations have confirmed that the airport has been visited by US military refuelling jets. Experts say it is proof of our complicity in a war which has killed over 1,300 people in Iran - including more than 200 children.

NEW RE plan for a term’s KS3 work on Power & Influence: bigideasforre.org/exemplar-uni... > 11-14 BI5 ‘Religion in a Secular State’. Ban the hijab in France? Get rid of the clerics in Iran? Turn a museum back to a mosque in Turkey? What about the influence of religions in the UK? Explore!

Why UK electricity pricing makes no economic sense by @richardjmurphy.bsky.social - eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/why-u...

Only 2️⃣ weeks to go. 14 days to get the biggest anti-racist protest this country has ever seen. We’ve got to show that unity is stronger than division. 12 noon. Meet at Park Lane. 🗓️Get it in your diary: fb.me/e/8pHOMNxTI

Habermas, born in 1929, was three and a half when Hitler took power, and fourteen to sixteen in 1943-45 as a teenage member of the Hitler Youth.His death at 96 does symbolise a generational shift from personal memory in 1980s vs 2020s debates on history+ identity www.theguardian.com/books/2017/f...

RIP Jürgen Habermas

What do leading Catholic thinkers have to say about the foundations, challenges, and opportunities for a principled relationship between faith and democracy in today’s society? Join the Dahlgren Dialogue on 3/18 at 6:00 pm EDT in Dahlgren Chapel & Livestreamed. RSVP: bit.ly/FaithDemocracyCommonGood

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social on living with political choices of the last 40 years. So sad that those who will be paying the cost are young people who were not alive to have a say.

The question isn’t whether the economy will grow. The real test is whether it feeds people, houses people, and protects the stability of our fragile planet. #Economy #Wellbeing

"The women who changed the system so I could be here" @greenpartyhan.bsky.social pays homage to women who fought for change in her maiden speech during the International Women's Day debate.

Thin line between liar and fantasist, but according to Nietzsche: ‘Against fantasists. - The fantasist denies reality to himself, the liar does so only to others.’ Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, Vol. II.1, aphorism 6. (Tr. Hollingdale, CUP 1996, p. 216)

NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

Keeper of the Flame - A film from 1942 warning Americans how democracy can be dismantled from the inside. This scene was written during World War II. Watch how calmly the plan is explained. Ask yourself why it still feels current today.

A remarkable piece of journalism here by @rivkahbrown.bsky.social @novaramedia.com

March issue of Sofia magazine of @seaoffaithnetwork.bsky.social available online - Łukasz Liniewicz of @iarf.bsky.social Lived Religion with Simon Cross @simonjcross.bsky.social Religion and Worldviews Education @davefrancis13.bsky.social Religious Literacy And more…. sofn.uk/sofia/159-fa...

Well said @iarf.bsky.social - but in the UK please speak up for reform of political party funding and #PR electoral reform too, with @anticorruption.bsky.social, @electoralreform.bsky.social, @compassoffice.bsky.social, @appgfairelections.bsky.social, @labour4pr.bsky.social, etc.

READ THE RESEARCH HERE👇 www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

Zack Polanski shows how responsible leadership should be done on Kuensberg www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

In 2003, we warned against the catastrophic consequences of US-led regime change in Iraq. We were ignored — and hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives. Political leaders should learn the lessons of history, and stand up for international law, sovereignty and peace.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez doing what UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has chosen not to do, criticise the US and Israel for their attack on Iran which breached international law

Let’s not forget the fine commitment to environmental ethics in Islam might also be a motive for the Muslim voter @greensurge.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social thinking-muslims.co.uk/islamic-teac...

Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social ! Excellent article on the #LabourParty leadership’s instinct. Join @greenparty.org.uk

Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. #ErnestoCardenal #LiberationTheology #Solentiname #Nicaragua #PoetPriest #IARF

No more Dirty Business ! The public, MPs and Environmental Groups have said NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution. Email Ofwat now, so that they can't ignore us @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...

Can you do me a quick favour today? ✍️ The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. 🐔🐔 Lobbyists are trying to block it, so we need huge numbers to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

If you want to see how big the threat of #ChristianNationalism is to American democracy--the topic @jamestalarico.bsky.social addressed in his banned @colbertlateshow.bsky.social interview at CBS, @prri.org has data on its prevalence in all 50 states--just released today. prri.org/research/map...

Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.