Sam Knights

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

Let that gut-wrenching wave of anxiety you feel compel you to take action. This is not normal and we cannot continue to pretend otherwise.
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As Israeli soldiers massacre Palestinians at aid distribution points, our government continues to provide Israel with military, intelligence, and political support. For Starmer and Lammy, the blood will never wash off.

Keir Starmer's Government's welfare cuts will push 250,000 more people into poverty, including 50,000 children, according to the DWP's own impact assessment

Optimisim always! Utopia always!

Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

"British police arrest environmental protesters at nearly three times the global average rate, research has found, revealing the country as a world leader in the legal crackdown on climate activism." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Palestine protests have been an admirable exception, but - let's be honest - we've otherwise neglected mass mobilisation on the UK left. Yeh, it's hard. Yeh, nobody wants to fund it. But it's important and it actually affects things, creates things, sparks new possibilities.

Watching the overton window shift rightward as the Starmer government cedes ground on everything from benefits to public spending, migration to human rights, is truly depressing. But vital to remember that we have agency here too. Mass mobilisation doesn't just randomly happen!

Not sure if I'm here for good or just snooping. Anyway, here is a tired Che Guevara, photographed by René Burri...