Patrick Bigger

New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
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Yesterday, striking baristas took action at Starbucks’ biggest distribution center that serves the entire east coast.

Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!

Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX

As Climate Collapse Inches Closer, The Tenant Union Is The Best Chance We’ve Got - The Forge The hallways of apartment buildings have become a new front in the climate fight, where tenant unions are battling for survival against the twin threats of negligent landlords and rising heat.

The hallways of apartment buildings have become a new front in the climate fight. Read more in my new piece w/ @taraghuveer.bsky.social in @forgeorganizing.bsky.social

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Imperial State Capitalism A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.

Excellent as always from @iliasalami.bsky.social and a conclusion that is deeply resonant in Ireland.

'We must categorically reject ever-encompassing notions of national security, which are justified to extend the empire of state and capital over our lives.'

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This is the population of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway combined

Another absolute banger in our war/climate/geopolitics series

Academic Freedom and the Need for Geographers as Public Intellectuals - AAG AAG - Academic Freedom and the Need for Geographers as Public Intellectuals - All -

"Today, we need the geographer as public intellectual more than ever. Engaging in this manner requires a certain amount of backbone and privilege, the ability to write for broader publics, and good timing"
@williamgmoseley.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
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Martijn Konings, Fiscal Dominance? — Sidecar Trump and the Federal Reserve.

New piece about MAGA's Fed strategy:

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Voters in Ecuador reject return of foreign military bases Count of more than 90 percent of ballots show two-thirds rejecting the proposal to host foreign military bases.

Overseas bases come with social, economic & environmental costs for host countries so kudos to the people of Ecuador, who rejected a proposal to start hosting the US military again after it was kicked out in 2008. Maybe makes it a little harder for the US to launch a monstrous war on Venezuela too.

“[There are] new fusions of state & private capital at the very heart of US empire, where state ownership is harnessed for militarised competition & imperial scrambles over tech & resources.” — @iliasalami.bsky.social

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Tlaib Introduces Resolution Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), alongside 20 other Members of Congress, introduced H.Res.876 – Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza. This resolutio...

We are delighted to join over 100 organisations in endorsing this resolution.

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🟢 Climate change hits the poorest the hardest shows *Chapter 2.1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*

⚠️The bottom 50% wil bear ¾ of all income losses from climate change by 2050.

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The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

Catherine Connolly was attacked for talking about the threats of EU militarisation and the military-industrial complex.

She is of course absolutely correct - check out the
@transitionsec.bsky.social for excellent analysis and research on the nature and implications of these threats.

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…

"We cannot allow the constraints of private profit to obstruct the necessary path toward collective flourishing and stability. Such projects are essential, non-revenue-generating public goods that communities require for collective well-being."

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We're looking for a new researcher to join our transatlantic centre, working at the cutting edge of economic, climate and geopolitical analysis on militarism.

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Defense industry heaps praise on Hegseth's weapons-buying reformation Pete Hegseth's defense-industry speech was the antithesis of his Quantico rally just weeks ago.

Foxes praise henhouse manager for appointing foxes as henhouse guards
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Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.

Epstein was obviously the story of the day but it’s wild that we got confirmation the CIA was engaged in biological warfare in Afghanistan for at least a decade

“It's a boon for shareholders. It's a boon for militarism. It's a clear negative for ecological & climate goals.” — @triofrancos.bsky.social

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Today 9 Brazilian Amazon States are launching a unified #biodiversitycredit scheme at #COP30. If you want to know what biodiversity credits are and why they are a predictable environmental failure, read this comicbook: 1/2 greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u...

Energy Policy Volume 206, November 2025, 114747 Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates Kevin J. Kircher E

"Accounting for these increased methane emissions removes over two-thirds of the apparent post-2005 decline in United States net greenhouse gas emissions."

Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.

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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

This bar chart shows a decrease in mentions of 'climate' since a peak in August 2022, when Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act.

The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.

We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.

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Another outstanding contribution to our series on unsettling geopolitics in an era of climate crisis and warmaking. @mona-ali.bsky.social goes global and granular to tease out the causes and consquences of weaponizing trade and the potentials of multipolarity.

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

This infographic titled "Forests Remain the Most Cost-Effective Way to Capture Carbon" compares the weighted average price per carbon credit for various carbon removal methods in 2023, measured in dollars per ton of CO₂ equivalent ($/tCO₂e). The methods listed and their respective prices are: Forest management: $12/tCO₂e (the most cost-effective method). Reforestation or afforestation: $16/tCO₂e. Biomass burial: $111/tCO₂e. Biochar: $131/tCO₂e. Direct air carbon capture and storage: $715/tCO₂e. Direct ocean carbon capture and storage: $1,402/tCO₂e (the most expensive method). The infographic also features a graph showing the historical and projected growth in global carbon capture capacity from 2011 to 2035. In 2011, the capacity was 19 Mt/year, which is expected to triple to 52 Mt/year by 2023, and increase significantly to 1,180 Mt/year by 2035. Sources for the data are listed as "The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal 2024 (IIASA)" and "IDTechEx."

Forest and other biomass techniques might be the most cost-effective methods of CO₂ removal (CDR), but they're certainly not the most effective. But if you're only interested in greenwashing, why waste your money on real CDR?

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At COP30, the planet waits for reprieve | The Express Tribune Global temperatures are rising, political will is shifting, and many countries are sidelining the climate agenda

Weapons that get built tend to get used. More weapons don’t make us safer — they make the world more dangerous, and shrink the space for finding common ground on #climate. — @pmbigger.bsky.social

More in my latest on a world begging for relief at #COP30: tribune.com.pk/story/257674...

‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30? Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability

By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
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