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Why does Israel want to further privatise the genocide? An interview with political economists Shir Hever and Khem Rogaly.

“Venture capital and private equity represent another group of investors in today's global military industry that’s very powerful in the defence tech sector ... you often don’t know where the money is coming from.”

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NATO’s new spending target: challenges and risks associated with a political signal NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5 per cent of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost?

Read SIPRI’s analysis of NATO’s new spending target:

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According to SIPRI, NATO’s five per cent target means increasing UK military and security spending by more than £130 billion per year from 2035.

The benefits of this will flow to the private shareholders of arms companies.

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Europe has prioritised an arbitrary military spending target set by the US over climate investment.

This brought no leverage in the face of violations of international law but risks our collective safety amid the climate crisis.

Watch our video on Europe’s military industrial turn.

Europe has prioritised an arbitrary military spending target set by the US over climate investment.

This brought no leverage in the face of violations of international law but risks our collective safety amid the climate crisis.

Watch our video on Europe’s military industrial turn.

Trump’s Illegal Invasion of Venezuela Forebodes an Environmental Disaster Rebuilding Venezuelan oil production would produce new annual emissions higher than the carbon footprints of France, the UK, or Thailand

“Returning Venezuelan oil production to 1990s peak levels would result in five hundred million tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions... higher than the emissions of France, or the UK”.

New analysis from our Co-Director Patrick Bigger.

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Working Class Security Expanding the US warfare state has made the working class less secure. Prioritising everyday security over military expansion is a better electoral strategy for progressives.

Workers suffer when governments prioritize war over the general welfare. Biden-Harris prioritized militarism, leading to electoral disaster for Democrats in 2024.

For @transitionsec.bsky.social, I argue for a political agenda centered on working-class security
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NEW: Read @stephensemler.bsky.social on how the expansion of the US warfare state has made the working class less secure.

Prioritising everyday security over military expansion is the right electoral strategy for progressives.

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Critical minerals should not be stockpiled for military use The US is funnelling materials such as cobalt and graphite into national defence rather than new climate technologies

The Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile “could be used instead to produce 80.2 gigawatt hours of battery capacity — more than double the existing energy storage capacity in the US”.

Our research manager Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com.

Confronting the Power of the Global Military Industry The military and fossil fuel industries form a powerful nexus. What kind of coalition is needed to counter their political power?

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Read Heidi Peltier on the intimate relationship between the military and fossil fuel industries, and the political coalitions needed to counter their power.

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Bread and Butter Is Not Enough Trade unions are grappling with an era of rearmament and climate breakdown. Amid these crises, a renewed labour internationalism is needed.

🚨NEW ESSAY🚨: Read Rebekah Diski on trade union politics in an era of rearmament, genocide and climate breakdown.

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NEW: The Pentagon’s Cold War-era stockpiling threatens the supply of minerals needed for the energy transition.

Our analysis shows the Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile would be enough to more than double existing energy storage capacity in the US.

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These are war crimes committed in our name.

If used for the energy transition, the Pentagon’s cobalt and graphite stockpiles could produce fifteen times the number of electric buses already on US roads.

NEW: The Pentagon has brought back Cold War-era stockpiling, taking vital resources from the energy transition.

Our analysis shows that the Pentagon’s planned cobalt and graphite stockpile is large enough to produce 100,000 electric buses.

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Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare

The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military.

Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis

Polycrisis: A Breviary Today’s world is beset by several overlapping crises. Movements on the frontline are mapping out strategies for survival.

NEW ESSAY: Read @rajpatel.org on the overlapping global crises of war, ecology and economy, and how frontline movements are confronting this moment.  
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NEW ESSAY: Ahead of the Budget, read @ElkeSchwarz on how the UK Government has made venture capital investment in defence tech the cornerstone of its growth model and security strategy.

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"The military industrial complex tries to present the illusion that it serves working class interest." — @stephensemler.bsky.social

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

"Imperial state capitalism is hijacking the transition and the promise of a decarbonised economy." @iliasalami.bsky.social @transitionsec.bsky.social transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...

“War may be really good for business, but in reality it is much better for profits than it is for jobs.” — @lalehkhalili.bsky.social

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

Our tech and energy systems being transformed. But how & in whose interests?

Read @iliasalami.bsky.social's Imperial State Capitalism to understand how the development of AI & the energy transition are being shaped by profiteering & geopolitical competition.
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Alongside recognition of the genocide, Western countries should also commit to an immediate arms embargo and end their military collaboration with Israel.

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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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“[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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@transitionsec.bsky.social is a research and policy centre that investigates the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats.

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