Duncan Ritchie
@duncanritchie.bsky.social
🇦🇺 | Writer | Author of the forthcoming political thriller, The Truth Chamber, a ‘fascinating, enlightening and brave read.’ Available for pre-order at duncanritchie.com
Every novel has a line that tells you something about what lies ahead. This is the epigraph to The Truth Chamber. Four days until publication.
I just signed a petition to Stop Seismic Blasting from Australian Marine Parks . Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/stop...
Keep Seismic Blasting out of Australian Marine Parks - Save Our Marine Life
Most Australians assume our marine parks are protected from damaging activities like seismic blasting. But the truth might surprise you. Seismic blasting is still allowed in about half of Australia’s offshore marine parks, including in the offshore marine parks around Lord Howe Island, Coffs Harbour, the Abrolhos Islands and the Kimberley. Seismic blasting involves vessels firing extremely loud underwater explosions every 10–15 seconds, day and night, to […]
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This stopped me in my tracks. The Center for Systemic Peace's Polity Project USA update www.systemicpeace.org: 2016 → “Factional Competition” Jan 2021 → “Attempted coup” July 2024 → “Regime transition” Jan 2025 → “Successful coup” US Polity score: 0 = anocracy. How did this go under the radar?
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A darker road may lie ahead: Trump attempts to distort or prevent the midterms under an asserted emergency—or, if Republicans lose, declares the results invalid. He’s not the kind of guy who goes gentle into that good night. barbarafwalter.substack.com/p/trump-is-g...
Trump is Going to Eat His Own.
Republicans Should Be Worried.
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If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
Join me in supporting Scott Reef and the Great Barrier Reef! Tell the Minister: count the true cost of Browse gas project. wilderness.good.do/truecostofbr...
Tell the Minister: count the true cost of Browse Campaign!
Join me in supporting the reefs! Share with your friends to help amplify our voices for some of Australia's most iconic reefs.
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Big oil. Big gas. Big NO. Protect Australia’s wild places from fossil fuel drilling. Sign the open letter now. wilderness.good.do/bigoil2026/o...
Big Oil. Big Gas. Big NO.
Fossil fuel giants are pushing to expand drilling across Australia’s oceans - putting whale nurseries, reefs, and fragile ecosystems at risk. Tell the government to put protection over profit. Sign th
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Today marks three years since I first put pen to paper on Chapter 1 of The Truth Chamber. Happily, there’s a glimmer of light at the end of the long tunnel. The book release is set for 1 September 2026—Paperback, eBook. Working on an audiobook for simultaneous release. Preorders: duncanritchie.com
Here it is: the book cover for The Truth Chamber to be released on 1 September 2026. An election marred by violence. The Red Caesar rising. American democracy in peril. Can the truth save America? Pre-order at duncanritchie.com I’m working on options to bring down shipping costs for paperbacks.
My debut novel: The Truth Chamber. After three years of writing and research, 50+ non-fiction titles consumed, a 6-week research trip to the US over the 2024 presidential election, I’m finally working towards a 1 September release date. Book cover reveal imminent.
Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing Words, About The Voting Rights Act........
Please support this great initiative by @timothysnyder.bsky.social and the team at Sky Defense open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Sky Defense
A New Way to Save Lives in Ukraine
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Words are important following murderous retribution open.substack.com/pub/politics...
Words are important following murderous retribution
An Independent Commission of Inquiry has now declared the Gaza conflict 'The Palestinian Genocide'
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Read this (and everything) by @barbarafwalter.com What the Hell, Barb??!! open.substack.com/pub/barbaraf...
What the Hell, Barb??!!
Think I'm exaggerating? Read this.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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According to the video, this woman was reporting sexual abuse in Riverside Court House & was accosted by ICE. What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife? How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer? Share this video & Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121 🧵
Political brothel! That captures this moment in American history. Ushered in by the Supreme Court. Exploited by the the billionaire class. Enabled by feckless politicians, who rode the money train to the illusion of power to find themselves beholden to their masters open.substack.com/pub/politics...
Thy symbolism is chilling, the outlook may appear daunting, but we're not done yet.
It's no longer about fighting the malign intent of a tyrant; it's about the survival of moral decency, integrity & compassion. We have the power to defeat tyranny in our pocket; it's time to use it.
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America needs to see 'Ask E. Jean,' but may not get the chance open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
America needs to see 'Ask E. Jean,' but may not get the chance
The moving, funny documentary chronicles E. Jean Carroll's legal battles against Donald Trump and does not currently have distribution.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.
‘Shame on Them’: Listen to Mehdi’s Powerful Speech at London’s ‘Together for Palestine’ Concert zeteo.com/p/shame-on-t...
‘Shame on Them’: Listen to Mehdi’s Powerful Speech at London’s ‘Together for Palestine’ Concert
Mehdi pays tribute to Gaza's fallen journalists and shames silent colleagues at London’s sold-out, celeb-filled Wembley Arena concert to raise money for Gaza.
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BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza
In an exclusive interview, Mehdi speaks with two of the UN commissioners behind the shocking new report, which lays out the evidence for the crime of crimes.
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The Lawless and Disorder President Elect a felon, get crimey. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The Lawless and Disorder President
He’s even been selling pardons
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