Rachel Donald

Then you definitely should listen. That's the stuff I push back on.

That's the best praise a journalist can receive! Thank you, Ciaran.

Epstein's Inner Circle Normalised His Sex Crimes — Because They're All Guilty of Abuse The Epstein Files reveal how sexual abuse sits hand in glove with capitalist exploitation

The Epstein Files reveal how sexual abuse sits hand in glove with capitalist exploitation.

www.planetcritical.com/epsteins-inn...

In my conversation with XR co-founder Roger Hallam, I asked him about his advising Palestinians to commit to non-violence in the face of genocide.

His response really surprised me.

Full episode out now: www.planetcritical.com/roger-hallam/

OUT NOW: I interviewed Roger Hallam, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, about his vision of activism.

Roger is convinced of his methodologies and strategies. I am not. I end up asking him if he has a Messiah complex.

Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/roger-hallam/

We can afford to unconditionally provide healthcare, education, housing, transport, food and more to everyone – and doing so would dramatically improve people's ability to contribute to society.

Universal Basic Services could change everything.

Learn how: www.planetcritical.com/andrew-percy/

@climatehuman.bsky.social Would love to interview you about your recent post, 'Get Organized'. I believe my DMs are open!

How To Change The World One self-sustaining hilltop in Paris became a beacon of artistic and political freedom, changing the landscape of modern art forever. We have everything to learn from the rebels of Montmartre.

From storm-battered Cornwall to the highest hill in Paris, last week I learned all about how the best place to change the world is right where you already are:

www.planetcritical.com/how-to-chang...

Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Can Non-Violence Save the USA? The American public are being held hostage by a ruthless, murderous, unconscionable government. They will not listen to non-violent demands.

"Non-violence is a posture which demands witnesses. Self defence is a response which demands participation. Only one can protect us in life or death situations."

www.planetcritical.com/can-non-viol...

Can Non-Violence Save the USA? The American public are being held hostage by a ruthless, murderous, unconscionable government. They will not listen to non-violent demands.

"Non-violence is a posture which demands witnesses. Self defence is a response which demands participation. Only one can protect us in life or death situations."

www.planetcritical.com/can-non-viol...

Thank you James!!

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls

And the World Stood Up All over the world, people have had enough of Trump. From Minneapolis to Canada, the world said: "No."

The threatening and fascistic dictates of the Trump administration met a series of stumbling blocks over the weekend. From Minnesota to Denmark, and from protesters to politicians, people have had enough.

www.planetcritical.com/and-the-worl...

How Fiction Makes Sense of the Crisis | Heather Milligan How does literature reflect the crisis we're collectively experiencing—and why do some of the novels published today fail to grasp both the intensity and complexity of our world?

big thanks to the brilliant @racheldonald.bsky.social for the opportunity to chat on Planet: Critical

we kicked off the new year by asking: what's up with climate fiction?

www.planetcritical.com/heather-mill...

I submitted the new link yesterday to a bunch of them after you flagged it. thank you!

I switched away from Substack then. Where are you listening?

Try this link: feed.podbean.com/planetcritic...

To Defeat Trump, Europe Must Abandon Its Aryan Dream The European elite who believe Trump in power is Whiteness in power fail to recognise just how little the New World cares about them.

Something a little different from me today, but racing around my mind all weekend.

www.planetcritical.com/europe-must-...

Thank you for sharing!

I’m so pleased!

For the Future We May Never See | Rachel Donald Welcome to 2026, and this special episode of Planet: Critical where I discuss hope, collapse, effective action and what may yet be in store for us all.  Here are your questions I chose this year: 1...

Thank you @racheldonald.bsky.social on your extremely humane and thoughtful latest episode of Planet Critical.

It's what I needed today.

www.planetcritical.com/for-the-futu...

An Unmistakable Beginning Anger has kept me sane and determined in the face of injustice. But learning that one of the victims of the mass shooting at Bondi beach was a Holocaust survivor, I broke down in tears.

Alex Kleytman was just a child when he survived the Holocaust. To have been killed by anti-semitic hatred 80 years after the end of WWII is like being crushed under the wheel of time. It should take the breath out of all of us.

www.planetcritical.com/an-unmistaka...

Organisations like Our World in Data and folk like Steven Pinker would have us believe that everything is getting better because lines are travelling a certain way on charts.

This week's guest @smillermcdonald.bsky.social thoroughly debunks that.

Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...

Geographer @smillermcdonald.bsky.social on the myth of progress — a delusion that's been following us for 5000 years and justified endless wars, genocides and ecological destruction.

Full episode out now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...

Trump's National Security Strategy: Capture Latin America, Collaborate with Dictators and Bully Europe You don't have to read between the lines to understand who Donald Trump is afraid of — and who he plans on beating into submission

I read the White House National Security Plan so you don't have to.

It's bad btw.

www.planetcritical.com/trumps-natio...

I think it's because you have to use the www. version! Absolute pain, no idea how to fix it. Thank you for flagging!

Hyper-Local Futures | Chris Smaje Who's going to grow your food when our complex supply chains fail? Chris Smaje, academic turned small-hold farmer, is an advocate for hyper-local agrarianism—because that's going to be our future whe...

A pleasure to talk with Rachel Donald again on Planet Critical about hyper-local futures and my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age'

www.planetcritical.com/hyper-local-...

I’ve been thinking about interviewing her…

Good for you!