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This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week. As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that. First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence. And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous. In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely “played a role.” Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event. Here's the bottom line: Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. That’s the bad news. The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world! But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it. That’s the opportunity this reporting missed. bbc.com/news/articles/…

This editorial led by Omer Tayyab situates degrowth as part of a broader world-system transformation, with greater democratic control over production to meet human needs within planetary boundaries. bmj.com/content/387/bm…

British MP Kit Malthouse unleashes on the UK Government: No ceasefire in Lebanon. Daily double-tap killings. "If this is what they do to British & European citizens on camera... what are they doing to Palestinians off camera?" "We're all fed up with the gaslighting!"

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There's only ever been one story...and it's the story of Us and Them. We dropped this tune today out of rage at the state of our world & the psycho's who run it. If you feel the same, crank it up & enjoy some bouncy punk rock catharsis ✊ youtube.com/watch?v=1FrHjh…

38 million deaths since 1971. “When you consider the scale of the violence and damages, it becomes clear that this system is not something we can continue to accept.”

🇧🇴 Protesters from Bolivia’s indigenous movements filled the streets of central La Paz on Monday, with demonstrations stretching across Plaza San Francisco, Plaza Murillo, the Casco Urbano Central, and near the Casa del Pueblo and national legislature. Photos obtained by Drop Site show massive crowds moving through the capital as security forces repeatedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators. According to reporting from Drop Site contributor Joseph Bouchard (@GeopolWonk), protesters avoided direct attempts to storm government buildings, instead using decentralized pressure tactics designed to exhaust and scatter police units across multiple flashpoints in the city. Bouchard reports the demonstrations centered on demands for President Rodrigo Paz to resign, with protesters describing the mobilization as a defense of indigenous sovereignty against political and economic forces they believe are trying to dismantle indigenous movements and disempower Bolivia’s indigenous majority.

NHS campaigner reveals how spy-tech giant Palantir tried to secretly hire influencers to smear Good Law Project. Listen to The Shadow Contract now: goodlaw.social/c22b7d

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This evening I'll be giving a talk at LSE as part of the Miliband Lecture series, together with @BrankoMilan. Join us if you're in London: lse.ac.uk/events/capital…

Dear fellow Germans, if it were 1930s' and this happened to a Jewish person: would you behave like many of your compatriots at the time, ie do not care and even think that may be right? or, would you do like Hanno and strongly oppose it? NEVER AGAIN IS NOT A TRIBAL SLOGAN.

I was honoured to give the @IDS_UK Annual Lecture this spring, on capitalism, imperialism and ecology. A really wonderful group of researchers, students and staff, thank you all for welcoming me. The talk and discussion is available online here: ids.ac.uk/events/ids-ann…

BREAKING! US court ha suspended the US sanctions against me! As the judge says: "Protecting the Freedom of speech is always just the public interest". Thanks to my daughter and my husband for stepping up to defend me, and everyone who has helped so far. Together we are One.

#WhenTheWorldSleeps Palestine stands as the moral compass of our time. Exposing Apartheid and its crimes, their root causes and implications, is necessary to ensure the world "wake up" and work together to overcome it. Together we can and we will.

To face global challenges—from climate to health to inequality—we need a new economic theory of the common good. Not just what outcomes we pursue, but how we pursue them: through purpose and directionality, co-creation and participation, collective learning, reward-sharing, and accountability. My next book, The Common Good Economy (link in replies), presents this framework for governing economies toward collective goals—shaping markets with purpose, not just fixing them after they fail.

🌿👷🏽‍♀️🛠️ CAN WORKERS WIN THE WORLD FOR HUMANITY?🌿👷🏽‍♀️🛠️ Drawing from worker and ecofeminist movements in Italy, Tunisia and Chile, Lorenzo Feltrin makes a compelling case for the ecological potentials of working-class politics. /1

Time for another Truth Matters Musical Moment. What was it Trump said about civilisation erasure in Europe? Can I respectfully suggest that civilization, culture, arts and science are alive and well than you. Meet clarinetist Raphael Froissart and on pan flute, Michel Tirabosco. With love from me to you, ENJOY 🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNRse5Egp/

Why does nothing in Britain work anymore?   In this video, we explain how privatisation has left Britain’s essential public services in ruin by baking a fragmented and inefficient cake. 🎂👇

@PENScotland Sounds amazing but it’s my birthday and my family are coming over for dinner. ❤️ Is there anyway if getting involved with or working in partnership with PEN I’ve tried before without success unfortunately 😩Hope it goes well tonight ✊🏻

Looking forward to this tonight. Come along and hear about our library of books.