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"It’s hard to come up with any other explanation for the way the ruling class go into panic mode the moment there's any sign of mass mobilisation, and especially mass direct action, and usually try to distract attention by starting some kind of war."

- David Graeber

Putting the final touches to my PhD upgrade material that is being handed in on Monday

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Just joined UK’s Green Party for a few reasons. Starmer himself suggested ppl like me leave the Labour Party when he assumed leadership. Request granted. But the Greens’ recent success & polling (and more importantly their policy goals!) show them to be robust & viable.
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Europe prepares for higher energy prices after US attack on Iran The EU imports nearly all its fossil fuels, leaving it vulnerable to geopolitical conflict.

Europe is bracing for a surge in energy prices from a prolonged conflict in the Middle East that would put more pressure on the EU's struggling economy and expose its near-total reliance on foreign fossil fuels.

The war on Iran likely brings a new oil price shock and windfall profits.

So, who stands to win?

Our research shows: Last time around (2022), the US reaped the largest fossil fuel profits of any country ($377bn). 50% went to the top 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵

5/5 Any approach rooted in apoliticism, centrism, or liberalism amounts to nothing else but an avoidance of our responsibilities to leverage our privileges, in order to organise and advocate for change that benefits all of society.

4/5 This is a Green Party that's showing how they're relevant to people's current social and economic conditions, rather than taking a timid approach and not being forthcoming in their messaging for fear of 'alienating' more moderate voters, as others have preferred to do in the past.

3/5 It's a given that if people are experiencing extreme levels of precarity, messaging that taps into these economic needs is going to resonate with them.

The maps that reveal the truth about Britain’s most contested constituency SPECIAL REPORT: Deprivation, diversity and uneven growth have culminated in the Gorton and Denton constituency defined by conflicting realities. David Dubas-Fisher and James Holt report.

2/5 I've seen critiques that the Green Party didn't focus enough on environmental issues. Parts of Gorton and Denton experience extreme levels of economic deprivation - it has, for example, the highest rate of child poverty in England and Wales.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

1/5 The Green Party victory in Gorton and Denton is the most recent reminder that apolitical and centrist approaches to organising, campaigning etc. will never garner broad support from the masses.

Charlie Stayt, "A lot of people think those leaflets are the nasty side of politics"

Zack Polanski, "Genocide is quite nasty"

EXCLUSIVE | Zack Polanski writes for the Independent on why the Greens' by-election win marks a seismic shift in British politics

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If you haven't got a Green Party takeover of UK politics on your 2026 bingo card you might want to think about adding it in

Hello darkness my old friend...

Hey @chanoir.bsky.social! Firstly, a belated congrats on your paper 😊 commenting on this post as I received your message but I cant open it and readal of it as I havent verified my age on bluesky. Can you email me instead on emma@wccalliance.org?

Whose (Environmental) Knowledge is it Anyway? - Workshop *EXTRA DATE ADDED* Join the Working Class Climate Alliance (WCCA) for a workshop about the democratisation of knowledge in climate politics!

Due to demand we have added an extra date for our interactive workshop about democratising environmental decision-making on Monday March 2nd, 2pm-3:30 pm GMT (over zoom). There's still some spaces remaining - all are welcome!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whose-envi...

‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

"One shock could spark social unrest & riots in the UK according to dozens of the country’s top food experts, because chronic issues have left the food system a “tinderbox”. 80% said large-scale violence caused by a food crisis was possible in the next 50 years."
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Register to attend – Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition (Part of the trade union year of climate action) – Regents High School Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition (Part of the trade union year of climate action) – Regents High School, Sat 14 Mar 2026 - This one day event will bring together educators, ...

At the Climate & Nature Education Festival (London, Mar 14th) I'll be chairing the 'Is Climate Change a Working Class Issue?' panel featuring

Suzanne Jeffrey, @campaigncc.bsky.social
Tahir Latif, Greener Jobs Alliance
Catherine Porritt, National Education Union

All are welcome
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In the north of Ireland we have some experience of paramilitary terror. If you're in England and tempted to vote Reform, bear in mind that ICE-style gangs will be hard to stand down. They will leave a bitter legacy. You live with it forever.

The Radical Politics of Nina Simone Nina Simone, who died on this day in 2003, is often remembered for her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement – but she was also a socialist who saw revolution as the path to true equality.

"We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girls’ talk."

tribunemag.co.uk/2023/04/the-...

Donate to Support Muzhda & Afghan women - Education & Environment, organized by Clara Paillard Hi, I am Clara and I am fundraising to support my friend Muzhda… Clara Paillard needs your support for Support Muzhda & Afghan women - Education & Environment

Clara Paillard, a great comrade to myself and many others is fundraising for a woman in Afghanistan, to develop education workshops for women about environmental issues. Please share round and donate if you can 👇

www.gofundme.com/f/support-mu...

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Me submitting a piece of work to my supervisors without realising I'd spelt my own name wrong on it

UK unemployment rate hits five-year high of 5.2% as wage growth cools ONS figures raise prospect of further interest rate cut by Bank of England in the spring

Unemployment in the UK has risen to 5.2%, the highest level in nearly five years.

Unemployment for 18- to 24-year-olds was 14% in the three months to December, the highest rate in five years.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A very sad reflection of society that something like this even needs fact checking.

In the 1950s youth clubs became so popular that in Huntingdon the local Young Tories complained about losing members to places that looked like they were much more fun! The associations were even able to get 400 ppl into the Cambridge guildhall for a ball in 1954. Also, council run centres in 1971.

Cambridge’s lost youth centres What happened to them? There’s (another) research project for anyone at school or college in/around Cambridge on the old youth clubs and youth centres for town children in our city. Back in J…

NEW BLOGPOST: Cambridge’s lost youth centres lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/c...

"Finnish is my native language, yet people still speak to me in English" – How international adoptees feel marginalised in Finland International adoptees in Finland want their voices to be heard in discussions about Finnish identity, immigration, and working life.

"The definition of Finnishness is tied to whiteness, and belonging to Finland is interpreted based on appearance and skin colour."

Ethnic Finns get othered too if "they look foreign" - I've been spoken to in English plenty of times, also in Helsinki.

yle.fi/a/74-20210321