In a letter organised by Transition Security Project, 10 unions call for Andy Burnham to end Britain’s military support for Saudi Arabia, due to the war crimes it has committed in Yemen @tribunemagazine.bsky.social 👇 tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/trad...

Trade Unionists to Burnham: End Military Collaboration With Saudi Arabia

Ten of the country's leading unions tell the government to end support for the war on Yemen.

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Today is PUBLICATION DAY! You can now get your copy of *The Great Driving Right Show* Special thanks to everyone who accompanied us on this journey. And to @triofrancos.bsky.social @leninology.bsky.social and @alfatau.bsky.social for their kind blurbs!

🚨NEW🚨: Ten unions call for Andy Burnham to oppose the war on Iran & stop British bases being used to launch US air strikes. The unions argue that the “devastating, illegal war” is a catastrophe for the Middle East & that it directly undermines Burnham’s cost of living agenda.

I've seen some early extracts and this is going to be excellent. Anyone interested in English nationalism and the place of pubs in convivial culture should buy! Discount finishes today.

Amit Singh@amit-singh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pubs for the People (@manchesterup.bsky.social)is part of Waterstone's 25% off summer sale... Pre-order using code SUMMER26 to get it for a bargain £14.24! Buy one, buy two, buy ten! www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-fo...

The robots cost more to replace.

Can't wait!

The Zetkin Collective@zetkincollective.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're excited to announce our next book! The Great Driving Right Show: Cars, Crisis and the Rise of Fossil Fascism will be published by @versobooks.bsky.social exactly one month from today. Here it is, in the flesh. If you're interested, please do pre-order now: www.versobooks.com/products/340...

I wrote about Heathrow expansion and Labour's 'number one mission' of economic growth (not climate catastrophe, not threadbare public services, not child poverty but...) Now the govt's own figures suggest related growth would be derisory, which is no surprise. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...

Rebekah Diski | Number One Mission

The government’s support for Heathrow expansion is in keeping with the robotic incantations of economic growth that...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Heathrow third runway GDP yield may be 90% less than original estimate

(another) reason why we don't want our pension schemes lumbered with shitty evil AI investments. @edzitron.com is so clear on this stuff - really recommend his newsletter for regular demystification too www.wheresyoured.at

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.

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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 4mo ago

Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

This episode of "Today" desperately needs a historian of policing, to explain why things like anti-racism training were introduced in the first place. This wasn't some departure from a world in which the police treated everyone the same. It was an attempt to bring that world fractionally closer.

Will Davies@will-davies.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It would take about 30 seconds to remind news audiences of the basic facts of the Stephen Lawrence case

Greg Bovino and the head of New York's Young Republicans were in Portugal this weekend for a neo-fascist summit on ethnic cleansing. So why didn't the press cover it? My latest for @theredoubt.net, on extremism, antisemitism and media double standards: www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...

Why did the press ignore a gathering of the world's leading fascists?

Right-wing extremism is going mainstream, but it's not getting the coverage.

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This feels like something more people should know about...

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 5mo ago

Yesterday Google made it very clear it will degrade Search to use the massive amount of traffic to goes through it to push its billions of users into generative AI tools they aren’t asking for. Search is no longer a portal to the web; it’s a portal to Gemini. disconnect.blog/google-is-it...

If you are into some really sick and depraved sh*t, may I recommend JP Morgan’s 2026 mid-year outlook? privatebank.jpmorgan.com/nam/en/insig...

All star cast at this free summer school on class and culture for students, teachers and interested members of the public. Looks excellent!

Amit Singh@amit-singh.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Organising this summer school with support from @thesociologicalreview.org 🚨Class, Culture & Discontents 📍23rd & 24th July 🏫 Balham, South London 🧑‍🍳 Free lunch Great line-up of speakers on a wide range of topics, come one, come all Free tickets ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...

“Despite the growth of war spending ... the window of opportunity to collaboratively pursue alternatives is now that much more open.” @tkbarnes.bsky.social examines the decline of military industrial jobs and offers an alternative industrial strategy. 👇 transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the...

Labor of the US Military-Industrial Complex

Jobs in the military industry have declined even as the Pentagon budget soars, exposing a broken industrial model.

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“Once a driver of stable employment, jobs in the arms sector have declined even as military spending soars.” @tkbarnes.bsky.social exposes the broken relationship between the Pentagon’s soaring budget and secure jobs. transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the...

Labor of the US Military-Industrial Complex

Jobs in the military industry have declined even as the Pentagon budget soars, exposing a broken industrial model.

transitionsecurity.org

here's one of those insane, horrible connections of the contemporary era the primary liaison between the UAE and the genocidaires in the RSF over this time has been Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan the owner of Manchester City football club

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"The UAE has long denied supporting the RSF, which has been fighting Sudan's regular army for three years. El-Fasher's fall was one of the most brutal chapters of the conflict, which has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis..."

Not so long ago I was told Drax provided 'green jobs' at its biofuel (tree-burning) power plant. They were then getting £2m EVERY DAY in govt subsidies & that was without CCS. Now subsidies are due to end they're turning to that other well-known job creator & climate change fixer - data centres!

@timsearchinger.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Many govts hope capturing carbon from power plants burning wood will cause "negative emissions." New Nature Sust. paper today finds this likely increases emissions for decades, generates no negative emissions within 150 years, and increase electricity costs ~3.5-fold. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‘The turn to militarisation, alongside diminishing low-carbon investment, will only make Europe less secure and more economically fragile.’ Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly on arms v. green energy in Europe, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly | City of Peace

The 2300 workers at the Volkswagen factory in Osnabrück, northwest Germany, have been confronted with an unexpected...

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“Cuba’s crisis is part of the US ‘energy dominance’ strategy, using coercion and force to control energy supplies and, ultimately, Cuba itself.” Cuba could break the US blockade with renewables — & the world should help pay for it. 🖋️ @cashman.bsky.social www.transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-afte...

Sunrise After the Blockade

Cheap solar could help Cuba break free of US energy dominance — and the world should help pay for it

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I wrote about the debate around data center build-outs, whether AI is making life better right now and/or protecting US national security interests newrepublic.com/article/2089...

Alarmed by the grim symbolism of VW in talks with Israeli state-owned arms company Rafael, Khem Rogaly of @transitionsec.bsky.social and I wrote about European rearmament and ongoing subservience to US military and energy strategy for @lrb.co.uk

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 6mo ago

‘The rearmament agenda may be cloaked in the language of defence, but it serves a colonial foreign policy that looks desperately outdated in a multipolar world.’ New on the blog from Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

Such an extraordinary resource and the political education on Arab radicalism, the long reach of western imperialism and the centrality of Palestine that we all need in this conjuncture. The podcast was already monumental - thank you @thedigradio.bsky.social, Abdel Razzaq Takriti & all involved!

The Dig@thedigradio.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In 2024, the Dig launched Thawra, a 19-part series on 20th century Arab radicalism. We are now releasing the Thawra digital study guide, replete with readings, films, archival materials, & discussion Qs for collective or individual study. Check it out➡️ thawraproject.com

“Any regenerative project must also build a credible horizon of what is politically possible & ecologically necessary — a cultural politics that can plausibly be translated into power.” @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how Reform’s fossil-fuelled nationalism exploits the energy transition.

The BREAK—DOWN@the-breakdown.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"As the backlash to low-traffic neighbourhoods have demonstrated, even minimally coercive attempts to secure a 'green' agenda will likely generate more of the social antagonisms that fuel reactionary mobilizations." www.break-down.org/return-to-tr...

Sparked by Richard Tice's plans for fracking as 'our patriotic duty', I wrote something with George Edwards of @zetkincollective.bsky.social about the appeal of Reform's fossil nationalism for @the-breakdown.bsky.social

John Merrick@johnmerrick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A brilliant essay by Rebekah Diski and George Edwards on Reform's fossil nationalism and how its power is fed by the very real contradictions of Britain's green energy transition. www.break-down.org/return-to-tr...

“Companies like BAE Systems ... rely on public money although they are privately owned, with institutional investors benefitting from surging government spending and direct subsidies for research and development.” Khem Rogaly in @irishexaminer.bsky.social 👇 🖋️ @colinivan.bsky.social

As part of the @transitionsec.bsky.social series on military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats, I wrote about how trade unions are responding to rearmament, genocide and ecological catastrophe. Do check out the other essays!

Transition Security Project@transitionsec.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨NEW ESSAY🚨: Read Rebekah Diski on trade union politics in an era of rearmament, genocide and climate breakdown. transitionsecurity.org/bread-and-bu...

🚨 NEW: Read @tobitac.bsky.social “Cold War on a Warming World” for sharp analysis of China’s economic development, its clean energy dominance and why Washington’s foreign policy response is a threat to global decarbonisation. 🔗👇 transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...

Cold War on a Warming World

The US foreign policy response to China's economic development is a threat to the global climate transition.

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Excited to be a fellow @transitionsec.bsky.social with a bunch of brilliant people thinking about the intertwining of militarisation and climate breakdown. Launch event this eve and lots of great stuff to follow!

Transition Security Project@transitionsec.bsky.social · 12mo ago

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 transitionsecurity.org

‘More than a hundred groups co-ordinated to try to shut DSEI down. There were banners from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, the Global Women’s Strike and Quakers for peace, among others.’ Rebekah Diski at the Stop the Arms Fair protests, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Rebekah Diski | At the Arms Fair

Every two years, the UK hosts one of the world’s largest arms fairs at the Excel centre in East London. The Defence...

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For the @lrb.co.uk blog, I wrote about DSEI, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs, which the UK hosts every 2 years. This year, protests drew attention to the companies profiting from genocide in Gaza, while Starmer met Israeli president Herzog at Downing St. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Rebekah Diski | At the Arms Fair

Every two years, the UK hosts one of the world’s largest arms fairs at the Excel centre in East London. The Defence...

lrb.co.uk