Must read: the report of @tashahester.bsky.social and @jimcoe.bsky.social How the UK social change sector can respond to the rise of authoritarianism and the far right. This kind of work should be done in more countries, i.m.o thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/12/10/h...

How can the UK social change sector meet the moment?

How is the UK social change sector responding to the rise of the far right? And what is needed? Jim Coe and I have written this report exploring these questions. The answers we propose are complica…

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Just when honest and truthful reporting on climate change is most urgently needed, Ofcom under its current chair has effectively suspended its accuracy rules on this life-and-death issue. /1 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners

Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code

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This Reform Councillor wants the navy to intercept small boats and use a "volley of gun fire aimed at sinking them.” After quitting for personal reasons, the party said "Wayne would have made an excellent champion for the people.”

New Reform UK councillor quits two weeks after election - BBC News

Wayne Titley was one of 49 Reform candidates elected at the beginning of the month in Staffordshire.

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I mapped the UK climate movement again Headlines are the rise of the right is a big threat, folks are worried but unsure how to respond, although there are some great suggestions for different ways to move forwards thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/05/15/m...

Mapping the UK climate movement again

I revisited the climate movement to see what had changed since I first mapped it back in late 2021. This is a smaller piece of work, more a movement ‘stocktake’ – exploring what m…

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The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening. That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk. Shame on you, Keir Starmer.

Starmer's Britain. Not even subtle.

One of us is being threatened with deportation, after 18 years in the UK. This is unacceptable. Fatou belongs to our community. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Liverpool woman set to be deported faces 'risk of death'

Fatou Tamba has lived in Liverpool for eight years but has now been detained and is set to be sent back to her native country, where family and friends fear she will face enormous danger

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The incredible US AYNI institute is offering a free/ donation training on their movement ecology framework April 24th. This is excellent stuff, strongly recommend www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Movement Ecology Workshop - April 24, 2025

This free workshop on Movement Ecology is about a framework to understand and analyze the 5 distinct strategies that arise when attempting to make social change.While many of us have tried to create t...

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Yes the US embassy, the representative of the country arming and financing Israel's systematic destruction of Gaza, actually said, "we strongly condemn any acts of violence and property damage" 🤔 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Greenpeace UK boss arrested over US embassy dye protest

Five people are arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage, police say.

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Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London. Greenpeace UK is urging the US and UK governments to stop selling arms to Israel immediately. www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/israel-...

Israel-Gaza protest at the US embassy: what you need to know - Greenpeace UK

Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London, in a protest against weapons sales to Israel.

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🤡 FFS

Le Pen blocked from France presidency bid over embezzled funds The French far-right leader is barred from running for office for five years, as she was also handed a prison sentence and a €100,000 fine. Read @georgvh.com's article here: www.channel4.com/news/le-pen-...

Le Pen blocked from France presidency bid over embezzled funds

Marine Le Pen is barred from running for public office for five years, with the court also handing the far-right leader a four-year prison sentence, with two years suspended and two years' home detent...

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Let’s face it, we’re losing! Words of wisdom here from @tomliacas.bsky.social. We need to accept the populist far right is having its moment, then we can respond & build power. History has sone pretty good lessons to teach us… medium.com/@TomLiacas/l...

Let’s face it, we’re losing!

I promised an article on how the Right built back its power and the first thing they did was to accept that they were losing. It’s our turn…

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*New training* for social movement organisers - Understanding, building & measuring POWER Join me to learn from Jane Booth-Tobin, Co-Director of the P3 Lab with Hahrie Han. Online April 16th 2:30-5:30pm GMT, charged on a sliding scale lu.ma/ki7skugg

Understanding, building & measuring power · Luma

Many leaders and organisers in the UK are clear that we need a new approach to solving the challenges we face and believe that we need to be building power,…

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Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’

Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’

Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked

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Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead

“DO NOT RESPOND TO ELON!” The ball was rolling. Love the sound of mass noncompliance. h/t @tashahester.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/we-a...

We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance

Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.

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Seriously fuck BP - this is literally waging a war on life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BP to slash renewables investment and ramp up gas and oil production.

The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.

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Highlighting THIS:

What's on every progressive organizer's mind right now, or should be! mobilisationlab.org/building-a-s...

As Ofwat opens an enforcement case against Thames Water, which is due to go bankrupt in 34 days, we ask 'What is Steve Reed waiting for?' End the farce. Public ownership now.

They deny it. The media avoids saying it. But the evidence is clear ✅ "Reform UK is far-right! That is not an opinion, that is a fact." – Cas Mudde, leading expert on the far-right 🧵👇

📣 New Blog Post! 📣 Maggy Moyo, These Walls Must Fall Organiser, reflects on the fight against the hostile environment, calls for action to abolish in-person reporting, and highlights the power of solidarity in driving change. Read in full here ⬇️ righttoremain.org.uk/standing-in-...

Standing in Solidarity Against the Hostile Environment: A Reflection and Call to Action

Maggy Moyo, These Walls Must Fall Organiser, reflects on the ongoing fight against the hostile environment and the urgent need to abolish in-person reporting. Maggy shares how solidarity actions across the country offer hope and calls for more people to join the fight for change.

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This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon

"Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

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There isn’t a silver bullet for defeating Reform UK. There isn’t a policy button you can just smash which makes the problem go away. That’s because Reform UK doesn’t represent one bloc of voters that agree on every issue.

Thames Water is at present spending £15mn a month on lawyers and other advisers and the eventual bill for a restructuring could top £200mn, the company’s chief financial officer told London’s high court. www.ft.com/content/40b5...

Thames Water burns through £15mn a month on lawyers and advisers

Troubled utility tells court hearing for emergency loan that restructuring costs could top £200mn

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"1.8% of staff in organisations with 500 to 1,000 employees identified as POC and other ethnically minoritised groups" This is shocking. Minoritised groups are among the most affected by climate change, so need to have a bigger say in how we tackle it. www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/environ...

Environmental charity sector still lacks racial diversity, study shows

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😡Sarah in London says: "My bill has gone up £20 a month and I have had a substantial water leak on my road for 6 weeks which is not scheduled to be fixed for another month. I am literally watching them waste the water I am paying for" PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW