My message to Ursula von der Leyen in The Guardian this morning: America’s bet on AI is now so gigantic that every MAGA voter’s pension is bound to the bubble’s precarious survival. If she grabs Trump where it hurts, Europe will win this fight. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Peter Weiss (1925-2025) The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for nearly five decades. ccrjustice.org/home/blog/20...

IPS mourns the immense loss of Peter Weiss, a path-breaking international human rights lawyer who led the Institute’s board of directors with a steady and courageous hand through Nixon-era political repression and the assassination of two IPS colleagues.

UNFOLD ZERO mourns and honors Peter Weiss, human rights lawyer and nuclear abolition advocate, who passed away on November 3, 2025, just one month before his 100th birthday.

Rest in Peace, Peter Weiss - a life dedicated to peace and democracy. You will inspire generations to come. www.tni.org/en/article/t... @ips-dc.org

Much ink has been spilt on Elon Musk as an individual personality rather than as a product of political economy. On 28 October listen to Quinn Slobodian propose a theory of Muskism analogous to Fordism. For details and to register go to www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...

As military systems seep into law enforcement, border control, public health, and even education, the distinction between national defence & domestic governance is collapsing. Learn more: privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...

Een foto zegt meer dan 1000 woorden waard is. De vluchtelingen de schuld geven voor ongelijkheid in eigen land. www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b9fc684e/

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5). An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 (🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

Why Southern countries shouldn't try to appease Trump on tariffs by my colleague Rachmi Hertanti www.tni.org/en/article/t...

Scandalous: Palantir is well on its way to conquering Europe (UK included) . How can any state claim sovereignty when a US corporation holds a quasi-monopoly on its security? www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

“Tech companies are going to war. This isn’t a metaphor. After years of avoiding public links to the military-industrial complex, Big Tech has taken to the hills.“ english.elpais.com/economy-and-...

🚨 NEW: Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by the UK play ‘no major role’ in the green transition, our research reveals 🚨 Our new briefing finds the often-harmful mining of these resources is being driven in a large way by militarisation www.globaljustice.org.uk/resource/mat...

Belangrijk verklaring van de Handel Anders campagne over de actuele agenda achter US tarieven op EU handel www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel... door @guusgeurts.bsky.social en Djuna Farjon

See piece by Boris Kagarlitsky in LMD below mondediplo.com/2025/08/07ru...

“Peter Thiel’s protégés: a common thread runs through Trump’s tech team” 5/21/25 fortune.com/2025/05/21/p...

Written without internet access and under conditions of censorship in prison, Boris Kagarlitsky of @tninstitute.bsky.social offers a sharp and often ironic reflection on the political and systemic dynamics behind Trump’s return to power. links.org.au/us-hegemony-...

What’s really behind the not-so-clean deal between the EU Indonesia trade deal? Our Julie Zalcman & @tninstitute.bsky.social’s Rachmi Hertanti broke it down in @sustainableviews.bsky.social 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/the-not...

Yesterday, 12 countries announced their commitment to a full arms embargo on the Israeli government. The resolution comes out of an emergency summit in Bogota where the Hague Group gathered to coordinate legal and diplomatic action to counter the “climate of impunity” for Israeli war crimes.

Eindelijk. Dank @11.be

Dutch financial routes make the Netherlands the biggest EU financier of Israel. Great work by @somoamsterdam.bsky.social www.dutchnews.nl//2025/07/dut... via @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social

Blaming migrants for South Africa’s ailing healthcare system is a dangerous and politically convenient fiction. Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, this narrative persists, deflecting attention from the real source of collapse: State failure.

De eerste Hollandse SuperPAC. Het was een kwestie van tijd. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Hundreds of activists staged a protest outside the UN's “AI for Good” summit in Geneva demanding: No AI for genocide and war crimes. The UN’s partnership with tech companies enabling Israel’s genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza is: UNethical UNlawful UNacceptable #NoTechForApartheid

Good piece on the destruction of academic freedom as part of the broader assault on civil liberties mandated by the defence of Israel. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Big tech’s role in Israel’s genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza takes center stage at UN "AI for Good” summit in Geneva. Dr. @abeba.bsky.social, a leading responsible AI and AI ethics researcher, calls out big tech’s complicity in war crimes. #NoTechForGenocide #NoAIForGenocide

This video is part of the Digital Justice, Now! campaign led by the Global Digital Justice Forum, advocating for a people- and planet-first agenda at WSIS+20 and beyond. Join us in building a just digital future: www.tinyurl.com/digitaljusticenow

whenever i see grok screenshots i remember how it's running on methane-gas generators in a black neighborhood in memphis www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

Dutch pension funds investing in companies that supply weapons to Israel | NL Times nltimes.nl/2025/07/04/d...

How is the EU's new Clean Trade and Investment Partnership #CTIP is helping Europe get control of South Africa's (not-so-green) hydrogen? Read this op-ed by @groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley and CEO's @belenbalanya.bsky.social euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Yesterday, 283 organizations sent a joint letter urging 🇪🇨Ecuador, 🇨🇦Canada & Canadian mining companies SilverCorp $SVM.TO and Salazar Resources $SRL to stop criminalizing 29 land & water defenders in Bolívar province opposing the Curipamba–El Domo project!

What could a world after capitalism look like? This two-part article in the @NewLeftReview is the result of five years of research. I’ll be turning it into a book later this year, so I’d love to hear your comments and critiques. newleftreview.org/issues/ii153...

Open letter to world leaders from jailed Russian dissidents, including @tninstitute.bsky.social Associate Boris Kagarlitsky www.reuters.com/world/open-l...

Shell en ExxonMobil eisen via private tribunalen miljarden voor afbouw Groningse gaswinning Uit onderzoek van @somoamsterdam.bsky.social blijkt weer hoe schaamteloos, na alle aangerichte ellende, de kosten van de gaswinning afgeschoven worden op de samenleving. Walgelijk. dvhn.nl/groningen/Sh...

Good analysis from @iliasalami.bsky.social on why we need a renewed, internationalist vision of a post-capitalist ecological transformation

Important commentary from my colleague @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social on the implications of rising military expenditure www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

“Buy More U.S. Weapons”: “Daddy” Trump Pushes Military-Industrial Complex on NATO Countries democracynow.org/2025/6/26/pr...

"Republican leaders are…desperately afraid the public will discover what the bill would do—rip health care away from millions, explode the deficit, and cause what might be the biggest transfer in government resources from poor to rich in American history." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-abo...

Check out sessions with @tninstitute.bsky.social fellowship Boris Kagarlitsky, Kali Akuno and @arunkundnani.bsky.social

Can’t make it to Chicago for Socialism 2025? Check out our live-stream schedule, and RSVP to join us virtually! socialismconference.org/virtual-prog...

For those planning to be at Socialism25 in Chicago, do go along to the session highlighting the case of political prisoner, Boris Kagarlitsky, a member of the fellowship of the @tninstitute.bsky.social socialism2025.sched.com/event/254gI/...

Shipping giant Maersk cuts ties with companies operating in Israeli settlements - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/maersk-cuts-ties-companies-operating-israeli-settlements

Despite the massive security around the NATO summit in The Hague this weekend, a demo against increasing militarization prioritised over diplomacy & peace-making will take place from 2pm at Koekamp, on the Laan van Reagan en Gorbatsjov in The Hague. More here: thehaguepeace.org/tegentopcoal...

Counter-summit to Nato meeting in The Hague. Livestream available to follow Saturday main event with Jeremy Corbyn and Peter Mertens thehaguepeace.org/tegentopcoal...

NATO’s new 3.5% GDP spending goal is a danger for people and the climate. The massive increase in military expenditure is already weakening Europe’s climate and environmental goals. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

So very proud of my colleague @tninstitute.bsky.social Daniel is brilliant and his research on transformative potential of state-owned oil companies will beva pioneering effort. www.tni.org/en/article/e...

🔔 Reminder sent 🔔 60 organisations have sent a timely reminder to EU Climate Commissioner wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu calling on him to protect UN climate talks from fossil fuel industry influence at Bonn #SB62 💌: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/reminde... #FossilFreePolitics #PollutersOut 🧵/1

And Yet We Exist reveals the hidden cost of corporate power. While a US company sues Mexico for over $1.5 billion, it denies the very existence of the people it harms. This documentary centers the voices they try to silence. Register for the online premiere on June 26. www.tni.org/en/event/and...