When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

The destruction of the UAWC seed bank in Hebron is a deliberate attack on Palestinian food sovereignty and peasant resistance. This assault targets the right to land, life, and self-determination. Peasant seeds are seeds of resistance. Hold Israel accountable. viacampesina.org/en/2025/08/l...

Entrevista a Rafeef Ziadah @rafeefz.bsky.social sobre el genocidio en Palestina Por @nickbuxton.bsky.social en #revistaPapeles 170 www.fuhem.es/2025/07/16/p...

Increased military emissions is one of the dangers of increased military spending, but the bigger concern as I explained to @grist.org is that an ever more militarised world is the opposite of climate justice. grist.org/climate/how-...

TNI's work on climate and militarism is featured in this piece

"The Draghi report was overwhelmingly influenced by corporate interests, with 65 percent of written input coming from businesses and only 5 percent from civil society." NEW Nick Smith on the EU's rearmament

Excellent analysis of UK National Security Strategy by R. Reeves @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social that speaks of providing security for people but does not consult them, rushes enthusiastically towards more insecurity & never reflects on what keeps us safe. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/07/09/d...

big beautiful bill passing would make the budget for ice larger than most of the world’s militaries

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My thoughts on why NATO's new spending pledge is catastrophic for people and the planet. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Mamdani's victory could be the biggest election win for climate populism since AOC beat Crowley in 2018. With AOC, the Green New Deal promised good green jobs. Mamdani's Green Abundance for the Many is all about making the good, green life affordable. Climate politics have fundamentally changed.

This #FathersDay, we also think of the loving immigrant fathers who are separated from their families due to our nation’s outdated—and increasingly cruel—immigration policies: americasvoice.org/blog/happy-f...

ICYMI By me: The carbon footprint of the first 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza will be greater than the annual planet-warming emissions of a hundred individual countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the huge civilian death toll www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Join us for the official launch event of the 10% for All campaign, a powerful global initiative calling for a minimum 10% reduction in military spending by all countries—and a redirection of those funds towards life-affirming priorities that build true human security. Register here: bit.ly/44Bxm0g

white supremacy and racial chauvinism remain the greatest technology invented for getting people to immiserate themselves for the benefit of the wealthy

The carbon footprint of EU's defence spurge

I argue in @euobserver.com with Deborah Burton and Stuart Parkinson that an ever more armed planet threatens to undermine all possibility of climate justice euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Isn't it time for climate groups to speak out against militarisation when it is increasing emissions, diverting finance and stopping climate action? Here are some pointers on what we could say.... www.tni.org/en/publicati...

European leaders say we’re in an emergency - but it’s not the climate crisis they are scrambling to fight. The global arms race will kill climate action. Here’s how climate organisations can fight back 👇 @tninstitute.bsky.social @tippingpointns.bsky.social www.tni.org/en/publicati... 🧪

A really brilliant historical overview by Walden Bello. #mustread

If you are wondering what this political moment means for transnational activism - or just want a longer deeper view to the noise of daily news - then do sign up for this series!

What so many of us have been saying for years!! Palantir is at the heart of the border industrial complex, operationalizing ICE’s activities - and making massive money out of traumatizing communities at risk of deportation

I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...

Important report - that you could easily miss as it's by the wonky-sounding Institute and Faculty of Actuaries - on why we urgently need a risk-management approach in international decision-making on climate change alongside a scientific one fpif.org/a-conservati...

I just backed @maxhaiven.bsky.social & @plutopress.bsky.social Billionaires & Guillotines card game on Kickstarter. Support it and get one of the early games to play! www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...

"La militarización del cambio climático va más de afianzar el poder militar que de detener la desestabilización del clima". Recordamos la entrevista a Nick Buxton @nickbuxton.bsky.social en #revistaPapeles 157 sobre MILITARISMO (en libre descarga en nuestra web)

"The likelihood of Russia invading France is highly debatable. But the likelihood of a climate crisis is not debatable.” @nickbuxton.bsky.social told @devex.com. bit.ly/4iK4WoZ

“La cuestión de la propiedad es fundamental porque no podemos depender de la motivación del lucro para descarbonizar lo más rápido posible”. @triofrancos.bsky.social habló con @nickbuxton.bsky.social sobre cómo cambiar el poder puede cambiar nuestro sistema energético. www.tni.org/es/art%C3%AD...

The rush to militarism in Europe will have long-term negative social and environmental consequences if we don't mobilise to stop it. The only winners will be the arms trade. transform-network.net/blog/analysi...

Good analysis of the continuity and fractures of Trump's trade policies, while the EU locks down on the free trade regime: www.bilaterals.org?does-trump-s...

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Great analysis by khem rogaly @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on why increased Uk military spending is not a job creator. I would also add it will also worsen the climate crisis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"What people need to understand is that this is a government of the bullies, by the bigots, for the billionaires." @anatosaurus.bsky.social on @theintercept.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

"This is for me, one of the most cynical and crass decisions I've seen the Prime Minister make for a very long time." Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social on @cnnipr.bsky.social this morning discussing this government's cuts to foreign aid ⤵️

🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation. But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯 We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰ Sign our petition now ✍️ weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...

Great analysis by @quinnslobodian.com on the right-wing threads and groupings that have come together and which motivate the DOGEbags www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Policymakers must step up to defend human needs from cuts and to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used for war and tearing millions of families apart.

closing this Friday!

Wonderful piece by @bentarnoff.com on the constant dissonance of raising children in time of baby bully oligarchs - and why responsibility means rebuilding from below archive.ph/2025.02.07-1...

I was priviliged to interview @adamtooze.bsky.social and Walden Bello which was immensely useful for analysing current geopolitical conjuncture. My take away - the state is back but that doesn't necessarily mean curtailment of corporate power and may make war more likely www.tni.org/en/article/a...

Which country rules the world? Our flagship State of Power report, out today, reveals that the US still dominates key geopolitical indicators, such as GDP. But it also shows that China is rapidly catching up. tni.org/stateofpower...

This is a good corrective by @coreyrobin.bsky.social to some of the doom-mongering hype about Trump being able to pull of all his worst plans. Yes he will do a lot of damage and hurt, but he is weaker than we think and that means resistance can also make a difference. jacobin.com/2024/12/trum...

🚨NEW REPORT reveals why public energy is the key to ending fossil fuel dependency and building a just, renewable future. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

How to build a global movement for justice and equality in the wake of the US elections 🔥 Registrations: www.tni.org/en/USAelecti...

Gaza is experiencing both a genocide and an ecocide. Their combination is an expression of eco-apartheid - a system that sacrifices lives and ecosystems to sustain the interests of a privileged few. www.tni.org/en/article/s...

Energy is a basic need and should be delivered as a public good rather than a commodity. Why do we still allow it to be immersed in damaging market logics? Here is why companies should prioritise social and environmental values over profitability. www.tni.org/en/article/e...