Melanie Brusseler
@brusselermel.bsky.social
US Programme Director @ https://www.common-wealth.org/ | a girl can dream
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The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
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The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy?
Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.
transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.
transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy?
Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.
transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.
transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
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Issue is that housing, health and childcare are stand out costs aka things that require public goods. We really need to reread the affluent society.
This is false in every way that matters (except wealth gap)
True, but with wages not keeping up with inflation & the wealth gap increasing, the American dream is further out of reach for the younger generations. A family of four could live on a single income, buy a modest home, have a vehicle, a couple kids & an annual vacation.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Issue is that housing, health and childcare are stand out costs aka things that require public goods. We really need to reread the affluent society.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Zohran Mamdani spent last night with the late-night workers he said are often forgotten — can drivers at LGA and hospital workers on a 7-7 shift at Elmhurst Hospital, before walking to Kebab King and then having a midnight press conference in Jackson Heights
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Zohran Mamdani spent last night with the late-night workers he said are often forgotten — can drivers at LGA and hospital workers on a 7-7 shift at Elmhurst Hospital, before walking to Kebab King and then having a midnight press conference in Jackson Heights
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“A major focus for Common Wealth is building out a lefty response to the affordability crisis—one that isn’t just recapitulating the price-lowering strategy of neoliberalism.”
Our newly-launched Green Planning Commission covered in The Prospect 👇
🖊️ @ryanlcooper.com
prospect.org/2025/10/31/h...
Our newly-launched Green Planning Commission covered in The Prospect 👇
🖊️ @ryanlcooper.com
prospect.org/2025/10/31/h...
How Do We Rebuild After Trump? - The American Prospect
Many Trump critics are focused on what he is doing to our basic democratic compact. But there’s a reason that all the presidents who led us through our worst previous crises also had an aggressive pro...
prospect.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“A major focus for Common Wealth is building out a lefty response to the affordability crisis—one that isn’t just recapitulating the price-lowering strategy of neoliberalism.”
Our newly-launched Green Planning Commission covered in The Prospect 👇
🖊️ @ryanlcooper.com
prospect.org/2025/10/31/h...
Our newly-launched Green Planning Commission covered in The Prospect 👇
🖊️ @ryanlcooper.com
prospect.org/2025/10/31/h...
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“It is very easy to forget that society has massively changed in the past, and it can massively change again.”
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“It is very easy to forget that society has massively changed in the past, and it can massively change again.”
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
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@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today!
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
🚨 Today, Common Wealth launches the Green Planning Commission.
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
October 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today!
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
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So thrilled to be a part of the Green Planning Commission with so many smart progressive thinkers! I can't wait to support
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social in coordinating the future of climate policy.
Excited to bring progressive public finance to bear on our energy and affordability crises 😎☀️
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social in coordinating the future of climate policy.
Excited to bring progressive public finance to bear on our energy and affordability crises 😎☀️
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So thrilled to be a part of the Green Planning Commission with so many smart progressive thinkers! I can't wait to support
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social in coordinating the future of climate policy.
Excited to bring progressive public finance to bear on our energy and affordability crises 😎☀️
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social in coordinating the future of climate policy.
Excited to bring progressive public finance to bear on our energy and affordability crises 😎☀️
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Join us TODAY to launch the Green Planning Commission, rethinking planning to recover a democratic & decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Join us TODAY to launch the Green Planning Commission, rethinking planning to recover a democratic & decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
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🎉 Join us in London to launch the Green Planning Commission — rethinking the politics & practice of planning for a democratic & decarbonised future
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎉 Join us in London to launch the Green Planning Commission — rethinking the politics & practice of planning for a democratic & decarbonised future
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
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It feels crazy even saying out loud everything that they're doing but this is all really happening.
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It feels crazy even saying out loud everything that they're doing but this is all really happening.
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Bill McKibben (!) on our NZIPL report "what nation in its right mind would sign up to pin its energy future on the US, suddenly the ultimate unreliable nation? Instead, with a one-time buy of a bunch of Chinese tech, you control your own energy future"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
4/ New study from my @nzpolicylab.bsky.social lab: @davidfickling.bsky.social covers our report on Chinese overseas green manufacturing FDI. We spent the summer painstakingly coding every single chinese green factory across the world. The results are striking:
bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
September 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Bill McKibben (!) on our NZIPL report "what nation in its right mind would sign up to pin its energy future on the US, suddenly the ultimate unreliable nation? Instead, with a one-time buy of a bunch of Chinese tech, you control your own energy future"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
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Will be celebrating the launch of Issue 2 at Climate Week w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Will be celebrating the launch of Issue 2 at Climate Week w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
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🚨 ONLINE EVENT
Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.
Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.
Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
September 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨 ONLINE EVENT
Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.
Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.
Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
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Issue #2 has gone to print! Featuring an incredible range of essays, photojournalism, dispatches from around the world and an interview with the excellent @triofrancos.bsky.social
check it out / subscribe via our shiny new website
www.break-down.org
check it out / subscribe via our shiny new website
www.break-down.org
Introducing FRONTIERS Issue #2!
Publishing 22 Sept.
Pre-order or subscribe now at break-down.org 🔗
Publishing 22 Sept.
Pre-order or subscribe now at break-down.org 🔗
September 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Issue #2 has gone to print! Featuring an incredible range of essays, photojournalism, dispatches from around the world and an interview with the excellent @triofrancos.bsky.social
check it out / subscribe via our shiny new website
www.break-down.org
check it out / subscribe via our shiny new website
www.break-down.org
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🚨 PANEL EVENT
To mark the upcoming launch of the Green Planning Commission, we’re hosting a panel w/ @the-breakdown.bsky.social & @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on the future of climate & progressive politics after Trump 2.0 & Bidenomics.
🗓️ 25 Sept 5.30PM
📍 NYC
🔗👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
To mark the upcoming launch of the Green Planning Commission, we’re hosting a panel w/ @the-breakdown.bsky.social & @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on the future of climate & progressive politics after Trump 2.0 & Bidenomics.
🗓️ 25 Sept 5.30PM
📍 NYC
🔗👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
Launch: The Green Planning Commission
Join us to launch Common Wealth’s Green Planning Commission, in partnership with The BREAK—DOWN and Phenomenal World.
www.eventbrite.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨 PANEL EVENT
To mark the upcoming launch of the Green Planning Commission, we’re hosting a panel w/ @the-breakdown.bsky.social & @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on the future of climate & progressive politics after Trump 2.0 & Bidenomics.
🗓️ 25 Sept 5.30PM
📍 NYC
🔗👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
To mark the upcoming launch of the Green Planning Commission, we’re hosting a panel w/ @the-breakdown.bsky.social & @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on the future of climate & progressive politics after Trump 2.0 & Bidenomics.
🗓️ 25 Sept 5.30PM
📍 NYC
🔗👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
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"IRA subsidies attempted to bribe generalised private green investment"
Reflexión de @brusselermel.bsky.social en el FT. La política industrial verde no puede ser un mero "soborno a la formación de capital" (Samuelson). El Estado debe disciplinar y coordinar al capital para dirigir la transición.
Reflexión de @brusselermel.bsky.social en el FT. La política industrial verde no puede ser un mero "soborno a la formación de capital" (Samuelson). El Estado debe disciplinar y coordinar al capital para dirigir la transición.
Bidenomics wasn’t ambitious enough
Rapid decarbonisation will require an overhaul of local energy authorities and better macroeconomic planning
www.ft.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"IRA subsidies attempted to bribe generalised private green investment"
Reflexión de @brusselermel.bsky.social en el FT. La política industrial verde no puede ser un mero "soborno a la formación de capital" (Samuelson). El Estado debe disciplinar y coordinar al capital para dirigir la transición.
Reflexión de @brusselermel.bsky.social en el FT. La política industrial verde no puede ser un mero "soborno a la formación de capital" (Samuelson). El Estado debe disciplinar y coordinar al capital para dirigir la transición.
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I’m always saying this. on.ft.com/4fQLru8
August 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m always saying this. on.ft.com/4fQLru8
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Energy bills are rising nationwide, and Trump and the GOP are to blame. They rolled back clean energy incentives and greenlit an AI surge, pushing costs onto working families and deepening economic & environmental inequality. I break it down in TIME today: time.com/7312151/ener...
Energy Costs are Rising. Trump and Big Tech Are to Blame
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to cut energy costs in half. Now, energy costs are skyrocketing.
time.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Energy bills are rising nationwide, and Trump and the GOP are to blame. They rolled back clean energy incentives and greenlit an AI surge, pushing costs onto working families and deepening economic & environmental inequality. I break it down in TIME today: time.com/7312151/ener...
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The IRA was surprisingly effective at spurring investment in green energy. Where it failed was making it *politically* sustainable by delivering immediate tangible benefits to the public. In that sense, the Green New Deal was, in retrospect, the more prudent and realistic approach. on.ft.com/4n4Ayra
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The IRA was surprisingly effective at spurring investment in green energy. Where it failed was making it *politically* sustainable by delivering immediate tangible benefits to the public. In that sense, the Green New Deal was, in retrospect, the more prudent and realistic approach. on.ft.com/4n4Ayra
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following up on my "Beyond Bidenomics" piece from last week, we have @brusselermel.bsky.social in the FT this week making the case for a more serious commitment to economic planning in future progressive economic policy work:
www.ft.com/content/dda5...
www.ft.com/content/dda5...
Bidenomics wasn’t ambitious enough
Rapid decarbonisation will require an overhaul of local energy authorities and better macroeconomic planning
www.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
following up on my "Beyond Bidenomics" piece from last week, we have @brusselermel.bsky.social in the FT this week making the case for a more serious commitment to economic planning in future progressive economic policy work:
www.ft.com/content/dda5...
www.ft.com/content/dda5...