Ben Phillips

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night)

For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). #StDavidsDay

Bright and breezy illustration of three daffodils painted on a simple, grey background

St David's Day
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

Artist: H Woolley (1954)

George Bernard Shaw famously said “I have no enemies under six.”

So too, none of my enemies attend a girls primary school in any country, none of their deaths is ever acceptable collateral damage, and no man who blows them up is a feminist, a liberator, or a decent human being.

George Bernard Shaw famously said “I have no enemies under six.”

So too, none of my enemies attend a girls primary school in any country, none of their deaths is ever acceptable collateral damage, and no man who blows them up is a feminist, a liberator, or a decent human being.

40 years on from his assassination, we are commemorating Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

His social democratic ideas and actions still guide us in today's authoritarian populist world, where the need for progressive values and policies has never been greater.

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A piece of Gaza, a piece of Venezuela, a piece of Iran, a piece of Cuba, a piece of Greenland…

A piece of Gaza, a piece of Venezuela, a piece of Iran, a piece of Cuba, a piece of Greenland…

3 lessons from Manchester seem to be:
1) The politically dominant economic & foreign policy status quo - “Mandelsonism” if you will - is fatally unpopular.
2) This boosts the hard right, but
3) Popular progressivism can beat both neoliberalism AND fascism.

3 lessons from Manchester seem to be:
1) The politically dominant economic & foreign policy status quo - “Mandelsonism” if you will - is fatally unpopular.
2) This boosts the hard right, but
3) Popular progressivism can beat both neoliberalism AND fascism.

"....after the forum launched an independent investigation into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein."

Davos Man

Davos Man

In the confrontation between the cruelty of Larry Summers vs the righteous determination of the students he should have cared for it’s quite wonderful that the students have won.

In the confrontation between the cruelty of Larry Summers vs the righteous determination of the students he should have cared for it’s quite wonderful that the students have won.

A privilege to work with Joe Stiglitz, Monica Geingos and Michael Marmot on the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics.

Please read & amplify their call to action in Project Syndicate, to get world leaders to tackle inequality to keep us all safe.

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...

Inequality Will Make the Next Pandemic Worse Joseph E. Stiglitz, Monica Geingos and Michael Marmot explain why preparations for the next global health crisis must address socioeconomic disparities.

With Monica Geingos and @michaelmarmot.bsky.social a piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

Inequality isn't just about economics it's about global health. The Covid-19 pandemic was a nightmare. The next one could be worse if we don't take necessary steps
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Inequality Will Make the Next Pandemic Worse Joseph E. Stiglitz, Monica Geingos and Michael Marmot explain why preparations for the next global health crisis must address socioeconomic disparities.

"We have the means to detect outbreaks immediately, sequence pathogens in days, develop new vaccines in months. Yet pandemics are coming faster, threatening more lives and livelihoods...
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
@michaelmarmot.bsky.social
Monica Geingos
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Inequality Will Make the Next Pandemic Worse Joseph E. Stiglitz, Monica Geingos and Michael Marmot explain why preparations for the next global health crisis must address socioeconomic disparities.

Undeniably true

Inequality Will Make the Next Pandemic Worse

@josephestiglitz.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

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A great read about the need to address inequality in order to respond to pandemics! @unaids.org

Inequality Will Make the Next Pandemic Worse Joseph E. Stiglitz, Monica Geingos and Michael Marmot explain why preparations for the next global health crisis must address socioeconomic disparities.

Inequality will make the next pandemic worse, warn co-Chairs of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @monicageingos.bsky.social, and @michaelmarmot.bsky.social.

The good news: leaders can break the inequality-pandemic cycle.

Read op-ed: bit.ly/4cFifXq

Pandemics and inequality are feeding each other. A new report by the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics explains the cycle — and how we can break it. www.inequalitycouncil.org/breaking-the...

Gaza’s Orphan Crisis: 40,000 Children Growing Up Without Parents Nearly 40,000 children in Gaza are facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe after losing one or both parents,

'Nearly 40,000 children in #Gaza are facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe after losing one or both parents, in what #UNICEF has described as the largest orphan crisis in modern history.'
gazaherald.com/2026/02/21/g...

Centrists’ whole shtick has been “we might disappoint you but we win that way”. But backing the destruction of Gaza cost Democrats the election. An epochal failure requiring a total overhaul.

Centrists’ whole shtick has been “we might disappoint you but we win that way”. But backing the destruction of Gaza cost Democrats the election. An epochal failure requiring a total overhaul.

“Trust me bro”

“Trust me bro”

Will be in Oxford in the last week of February with a bunch of people from across the world looking at how multilateralism can be remade so that it truly delivers for all and can be seen to do that too.

A privilege to work with Joe Stiglitz, Monica Geingos and Michael Marmot on the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics.

Please read & amplify their call to action in Project Syndicate, to get world leaders to tackle inequality to keep us all safe.

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...