The Netherlands is being sued by Shell and ExxonMobil for lost profits after shutting down a harmful gas field.🏭☣️ Sounds surreal? Yet, it’s happening, through a completely legal mechanism called Investor-State Dispute Settlement. More about the Groningen case: www.somo.nl/aftershock-i... (1/2)

It was a pleasure to collaborate with @somoamsterdam.bsky.social and write this short piece on reparations for their 'Reclaim the Wealth' series.

SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Reparations for the climate crisis, slavery, or any harms caused by unjust systems, can't just be compensation and quick fixes. They're about changing the system. And they're our chance to build a new and more just world. ✊ Read more from @meghnaabraham.bsky.social 👇 www.somo.nl/reparations-...

This is an initial salvo but we would love to hear your feedback. @audreygaughran.bsky.social

SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 12mo ago

It's time to face the hard truth: while we, civil society, call for change, often our calls are for incremental tweaks to the system, which can actually reinforce it. And make us, at times, part of the problem. But we can do more, and better. Full piece: www.somo.nl/if-we-want-r...

the city I live in is occupied by armed federal agents checking people's papers at random public transportation stops and people are still doing this

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 12mo ago

“The idea that all of this happened because, like, twelve professors at Berkeley used “Latinx” on their syllabi is just detached from reality, from my point of view.” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social In full form www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...

"Chris Smalls, the American labour activist known for leading the successful effort to unionise Amazon workers in Staten Island in 2022. ... Smalls was not only detained but also violently beaten by Israeli soldiers"

Middle East Monitor@middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · last yr.

US media criticised as Israeli forces detain, assault American activist Chris Smalls

📣 The world’s highest court has spoken. Our daily brief unpacks the #CIJ_ICJ's landmark opinion on climate—what it means, why it matters, and how it changes the fight for climate justice. Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4mdTKlL

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice. 🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

🧵Historic milestone coming up, following the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: On July 23, the International Court of Justice – the world’s highest court – will deliver its much-anticipated ruling on States’ obligations to address #ClimateChange & uphold #HumanRights.

🗣️ The #ClimateOpinion by the Inter-American Court of #HumanRights is clear: States must take action to STOP the climate crisis. ➡️ Swipe for our experts’ take. 👇 Read CIEL’s statement. #AOLetsGO 🔗 bit.ly/3I9M2KN

BREAKING: This new report by the UN Special Rapporteur @franceskalbs.bsky.social identifies the main corporations that are profiting from occupation and genocide in Palestine.

For those keeping score, the Senate Bill adds $18 billion in new handouts for Big Oil. We are a joke nation, and it's a bad joke www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The GOP Wants to Give Big Oil a Handout It Doesn’t Need

Lawmakers are proposing giveaways to fossil-fuel producers that would cost the US $17.9 billion over a decade.

bloomberg.com

People in #Gaza continue to live through suffering. Relentless bombing, no fuel, no clean water, growing hunger. For nearly 22 months, Gaza is being pushed to the edge while people struggle to survive.

14 fossil fuel companies raked in $100B in profits last year. Now the GOP wants to give them $1.1B more - in tax loopholes. Meanwhile? Families lose healthcare and lifesaving food + utility benefits. This is a fossil fuel scam. We say #StopTheCuts ➡️ familiesoverbigoil.com/

Families Over Big Oil

We don’t need more tax breaks for billionaires and pipeline companies. We need a government that invests in children, caregivers, and working people.

familiesoverbigoil.com

Debt is strangling the Global South‼️ #CancelTheDebt fully, and unconditionally. We call for a just financial architecture that puts people & planet 🌍 first. Debt payments are draining resources that should be used for rights, public services & climate action. #CancelTheDebt #FfD4People

Children in Gaza dying of thirst after trucks carrying water blocked - UNICEF

Children in Gaza are dying of thirst, says UNICEF

UNICEF has warned that while the world's attention is focused elsewhere, the situation in Gaza is "at the worst it has ever been" with the Palestinian territory hitting "rock bottom".

rte.ie

The UK millionaire population grew 10 times faster than the rate of millionaires leaving the UK since 2017 41,400 millionaires supposedly left since 2017, but there are 435,000 more millionaires in the UK today New outlets are reporting a millionaire "exodus" today that never was. #TaxTheSuperRich

🚨 New data 🚨 ⚠️”Blended finance” plans by rich gov’ts & international institutions that rely heavily on private finance for #JustTransition are attracting 4-7 times LESS investment than promised. More in report: oilchange.org/publications...

After all the brutality inflicted by Israel on Palestinians over the last 20 plus months, even putting aside all the cruelty of the occupation, this feels like a new level of inhumanity - to force people into starvation and then target them as they queue in desperation for trickles of aid.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.

BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.

Jeff Bezos pays his staff poverty wages and dodges tax. No wonder he can afford to shut down half of Venice for his wedding this week. Tax billionaires NOW. Location: Piazza San Marco, Venice @greenpeace.org #JeffBezos #TaxTheSuperRich

France, UK, Germany and the EU have again demonstrated their #doublestandards for different countries. The attacks by US and Israel on Iran are illegal under international law. Not only do they fail to condemn the illegality, they welcome "ongoing US efforts to seek a negotiated solution" Seriously?

Keir Starmer in the FT today with the most explicit ambition to date for the British derisking state @cornelban.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/a033...

The industrial strategy will provide certainty for business

Debates about big or small government belong in the past; being agile enough to seize future chances is what matters

ft.com

Major victory in a UK High Court case against Shell. The Court found Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy oil pollution. A critical win for the affected communities, and also for work on a just energy transition. www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...

Shell & ex Nigerian subsidiary responsible for legacy spills

The High Court has ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy, or historic, oil pollution

leighday.co.uk

call me crazy but I don't think we should.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.

By opposing the 2% minimum wealth tax on billionaires, the French Senate has revealed just how out of touch it is with the issues of our time. www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...

“We Israelis must understand — we are not immune. A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat.” www.972mag.com/israels-grea...

Israel's greatest threat isn't Iran or Hamas, but its own hubris

A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat.

972mag.com

NEW: 80+ NGO leaders, parliamentarians, economists & academics call for Keir Starmer to stop blocking critical debt reform, support measures to tackle debt crisis in lower-income countries and attend #FfD4 w/ @carladenyer.bsky.social & @jayatighosh.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Starmer urged to attend UN summit and back plans to tackle global debt crisis

Charity leaders want PM to attend FfD4 conference amid claims UK and US among countries blocking reforms

theguardian.com

🚨 NEW 🚨 Four rich Global North countries are responsible for nearly 70% of projected CO2 pollution from new oil and gas 2025 - 2035, equal to 3X the annual emissions of all the world’s coal power plants combined. oilchange.org/blogs/planet...

As usual governments in Europe such as #Germany and the #US of course choose to ignore international law when it comes to #Israel and its acts of #aggression (now against #Iran). See Marko Milanovic’s analysis rejecting any claims of anticipatory self-defence: www.ejiltalk.org/is-israels-u...

Is Israel’s Use of Force Against Iran Justified by Self-Defence?

This morning, Israel launched a major military operation against Iran targeting its nuclear programme, including facilities, individual scientists and military leadership. In this post, I will provide...

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An Indian government official said there were 209 confirmed deaths in the crash, including those on the ground https://on.ft.com/45Z5cN4

🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds. @thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system. wid.world/news-article...

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database

In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.

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