Emma River-Roberts

This piece captured so much of essentials that do not get attention at all even among the discourses and talking points it should belong, that must re-shear again.

Stop QUB from expelling a student activist The right to free speech is one of the most important rights we have in our society. Saoirse Wagner, for opposing genocide in campus, faces the possibility of expulsion. Her removal by Queen’s would n...

Please sign this petition to end the unnecessary misconduct investigation by Queen's University Belfast into Saoirse Wagner, and protect the right to free speech on campus.

For opposing genocide in campus, Saoirse faces the possibility of expulsion from the uni.

my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...

A photo of Katie Wilson smiling into the camera at a Starbucks workers' unfair Labor practice strike rally.

A black and white photo from the crowd at the Starbucks workers strike rally of Katie Wilson speaking into a microphone among raised strike signs

A crowd photo from the Starbucks workers strike rally of Katie Wilson speaking among the crowd on a gray Seattle day

A photo of Katie Wilson standing on a small stage before a crowd speaking at the Starbucks workers rally

Across the country, Starbucks workers are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike for a fair first contract, and I know which side I’m on. Baristas make Starbucks an extraordinarily wealthy company. They are entitled to their fair share of that wealth and to benefits and fair treatment on the job.

Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands

Millions of toxic beads have escaped into the sea from Eastbourne sewage works. Southern Water have confirmed that some of the money to pay for the clean up will come from customers bills.

Are water companies ever going to be held responsible for their actions?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Analysis by Kick Big Polluters Out has revealed that more than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists - 1 in every 25 people, have been granted access to the COP30 climate talks in Belém.

Read the full release here: 👇

kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...

#COP30

3/3 Despite this, fossil fuel use continues to rise and is projected to reach an all time high.

2/3 2.6°C would likely trigger major tipping points that would cause the collapse of key Atlantic Ocean circulation, loss of coral reefs, long-term deterioration of ice sheets & the conversion of the Amazon rainforest to a savannah, a place where more than 30 million people live.

1/3 In 1995, the first COP gathering was held in Berlin. Thirty years later we are on track to reach 2.6°C.

Where is the political will to do anything about it?

#COP30

1/3 Hundreds of people stormed through security lines at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil, reflecting deep-rooted anger at the sidelining of Indigenous groups from talks that directly affect their lands and livelihoods.

My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, will be published by Verso next year.

It's now listed, which makes it feel that bit more official!

📣 Reading group session is happening tomorrow 12th over zoom 3pm-4.30pm GMT - all are welcome! We'll be reading the Little Red Songbook by Industrial Workers of the World to discuss how trade unionists have used storytelling to build collective power & solidarity.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3yuz33wx

‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s story

Eight people died in 2023 because of flooding caused by Storm Babet in the UK.

"Because the agencies haven't put in flood defences which were recommended 20 years ago, other people could die in the future, especially the elderly & vulnerable."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My little peanut likes to pretend that she's a big lion too 🦁

More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong draws near At least two people found dead as super-typhoon heads for Philippines, days after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 224

"More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong draws near... It is the 21st significant storm to hit the Philippines this year, straining disaster response efforts across the country."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

2/2 Access the article here:

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

1/2 "A small group of authors, primarily from the Global North, dominates the field & largely promotes technology-focused framing. These findings point to intellectual hegemony in global just transition scholarship, shaping its discourse & potentially marginalising broader perspectives"

Zack Polanski joins 250 orgs calling on Keir Starmer to Reject Rosebank Over 250 organisations - including RSPB, Amnesty International UK and Friends of the Earth Scotland - have warned the Prime Minister against caving in to Big Oil.

1/4 Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project. We have joined 250+ organisations calling on Keir Starmer to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field.

@stopcambo.bsky.social

www.stopcambo.org.uk/updates/zack...

Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company

Reform doesn't give a shit about you or your family -

"Lancashire’s Reform-run council has plans to save £4m a year by closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres... The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would “kill” his mother."

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Crimes Against Animals & Nature: During Israel’s Genocide-Ecocide on Gaza

Dr. Rimona Afana
27th November
6 pm (GMT)
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017 & online

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Think one of the most important&transformative shift towards all kinds of justice and habitable planet would be collaboration&solidarity between working classes and the poor between Global North and the Global South for nature&environment&themselves &their societies, against the ruling class&wealthy

At the start of 2025 @wccalliance.bsky.social collaborated with the Class Work Project to co-edit a special, Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen journal. Featuring working class writers from across the Global North & Global South 🍃

You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv

"The global economy now depends on two complementary engines.[T]hey sustain a cycle of accumulation that worsen inequality between regions and between classes. Until this dual structure is broken,[..] the South[..remain..] to dependence,[&prosperity of..]North will rest on the exhaustion of others."

The Material Basis of the Knowledge Economy Cobalt miners at the Shabara mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo Credit: Junior Kannah 29th October 2025 Capitalism has never operated evenly across space. It has always organi…

New article from our Staff Writer @kevinini.bsky.social👇

What is the knowledge economy, & how does it uphold unequal North-South relations?

"Capitalism renews itself by finding new frontiers to privatise. Where nature once provided the frontier, knowledge now does"

wccalliance.org/the-material...

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2322597121

At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Jamaicans take shelter as Hurricane Melissa bears down as category 5 storm Landfall expected in coming hours amid warnings of catastrophic flooding, and landslides

Those with the fewest resources will always bare the brunt of climate breakdown.

In the parish of St. Elizabeth there's no infrastructure that can withstand a category 5 hurricane. Some people have only just restored their homes destroyed by the last one.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Hurricane Melissa latest updates: Red Cross says 1.5m people in Jamaica could be impacted as most powerful storm of the year set to make landfall The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says ‘storm of the century’ is expected to cause a ‘catastrophic situation’

"Hurricane Melissa will be the storm of the century for Jamaica and is expected to cause a catastrophic situation."

Up to 1.5 million people in Jamaica could be impacted, truly devestating news.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Starbucks' unionized workers are holding a massive strike vote.

If approved, more than 12,000 baristas in 45 states and the District of Columbia could strike.

@sbworkersunited.org says the strike would be open-ended, potentially continuing through the holidays.

💥 Join @wccalliance.bsky.social on Wednesday 12th November 3pm-4.30pm GMT for the second session of our monthly reading group series!

We'll be reading from the Little Red Songbook by Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) to discuss storytelling and trade union organising. 👇

tinyurl.com/3yuz33wx

Research reveals racist chants on rise in Israeli football – with Maccabi Tel Aviv the worst offenders Kick It Out Israel found 367 instances in the 2024-25 season – of those, 118 were observed in stands containing Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters

"Racist chanting by Israeli football fans grew rapidly over the past year, data shows, with Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters the most likely to engage in discriminatory behaviour... the most commonly recorded chant was “Let the IDF win, fuck the Arabs.”

www.theguardian.com/football/202...