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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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In our latest Centre for Democratising Work interview, Amelia Horgan spoke to @brunoleipold.com about his book, CITIZEN MARX, and Marx and republicanism.
Read here: www.common-wealth.org/centre-for-d...
Read here: www.common-wealth.org/centre-for-d...
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In our latest Centre for Democratising Work interview, Amelia Horgan spoke to @brunoleipold.com about his book, CITIZEN MARX, and Marx and republicanism.
Read here: www.common-wealth.org/centre-for-d...
Read here: www.common-wealth.org/centre-for-d...
“The vast scale of US global military infrastructure continues to block the effort required to mitigate the climate crisis”.
Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com about how the Pentagon has stockpiled critical minerals needed for the energy transition.
www.ft.com/content/42ab...
Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com about how the Pentagon has stockpiled critical minerals needed for the energy transition.
www.ft.com/content/42ab...
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
www.ft.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“The vast scale of US global military infrastructure continues to block the effort required to mitigate the climate crisis”.
Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com about how the Pentagon has stockpiled critical minerals needed for the energy transition.
www.ft.com/content/42ab...
Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com about how the Pentagon has stockpiled critical minerals needed for the energy transition.
www.ft.com/content/42ab...
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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.
transitionsecurity.org/working-clas...
Prioritising everyday security over military expansion is the right electoral strategy for progressives.
transitionsecurity.org/working-clas...
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.
transitionsecurity.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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.
transitionsecurity.org/working-clas...
Prioritising everyday security over military expansion is the right electoral strategy for progressives.
transitionsecurity.org/working-clas...
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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.
Our research manager Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com.
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
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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.
Our research manager Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com.
“We all live in a world forged by empire. The question for all of us is – how do we remake it?”.
Eleanor Shearer in the Guardian on the launch of our reparations project.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eleanor Shearer in the Guardian on the launch of our reparations project.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the region’s tourist industry
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“We all live in a world forged by empire. The question for all of us is – how do we remake it?”.
Eleanor Shearer in the Guardian on the launch of our reparations project.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eleanor Shearer in the Guardian on the launch of our reparations project.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago.
We continue to live with their consequences.
Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean.
🧵 This is how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
We continue to live with their consequences.
Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean.
🧵 This is how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Visualising Extractive Capitalism
From the formation of the plantation slave economy to the modern-day climate crisis, we map how empire and extractive capitalism shaped Barbados, Britain and the wider world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago.
We continue to live with their consequences.
Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean.
🧵 This is how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
We continue to live with their consequences.
Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean.
🧵 This is how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
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🚨NEW ESSAY🚨: Read Rebekah Diski on trade union politics in an era of rearmament, genocide and climate breakdown.
transitionsecurity.org/bread-and-bu...
transitionsecurity.org/bread-and-bu...
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.
transitionsecurity.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🚨NEW ESSAY🚨: Read Rebekah Diski on trade union politics in an era of rearmament, genocide and climate breakdown.
transitionsecurity.org/bread-and-bu...
transitionsecurity.org/bread-and-bu...
“The decarbonization project is a matter of investment and divestment.”
For a successful transition, these decisions must prioritize systemic social outcomes and avoid disruptions — regardless of whether doing so will generate profit.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
For a successful transition, these decisions must prioritize systemic social outcomes and avoid disruptions — regardless of whether doing so will generate profit.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“The decarbonization project is a matter of investment and divestment.”
For a successful transition, these decisions must prioritize systemic social outcomes and avoid disruptions — regardless of whether doing so will generate profit.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
For a successful transition, these decisions must prioritize systemic social outcomes and avoid disruptions — regardless of whether doing so will generate profit.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
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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.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
Our analysis shows the Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile would be enough to more than double existing energy storage capacity in the US.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
Mining for War: Assessing the Pentagon’s Mineral Stockpile
How can the Pentagon's energy transition mineral stockpiles be repurposed toward the green transition?
transitionsecurity.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
Our analysis shows the Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile would be enough to more than double existing energy storage capacity in the US.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
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These are war crimes committed in our name.
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
These are war crimes committed in our name.
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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.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
Our analysis shows that the Pentagon’s planned cobalt and graphite stockpile is large enough to produce 100,000 electric buses.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
Mining for War: Assessing the Pentagon’s Mineral Stockpile
How can the Pentagon's energy transition mineral stockpiles be repurposed toward the green transition?
transitionsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
Our analysis shows that the Pentagon’s planned cobalt and graphite stockpile is large enough to produce 100,000 electric buses.
transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
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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
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
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
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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
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
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As Mark Carney continues his oil pipeline / tanker / LNG / Bill c-5 spree—
It's worth reading this dispatch from @forensicarchi.bsky.social 's Omar Ferwati & Nessie Nankivell, documenting Indigenous resistance to the "Ring of Fire" in Northern Ontario.
www.break-down.org/resistance-o...
It's worth reading this dispatch from @forensicarchi.bsky.social 's Omar Ferwati & Nessie Nankivell, documenting Indigenous resistance to the "Ring of Fire" in Northern Ontario.
www.break-down.org/resistance-o...
DISPATCH: Resistance on the Attawapiskat
In northern Ontario, a region rich in mineral deposits has become a frontline in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty.
www.break-down.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
As Mark Carney continues his oil pipeline / tanker / LNG / Bill c-5 spree—
It's worth reading this dispatch from @forensicarchi.bsky.social 's Omar Ferwati & Nessie Nankivell, documenting Indigenous resistance to the "Ring of Fire" in Northern Ontario.
www.break-down.org/resistance-o...
It's worth reading this dispatch from @forensicarchi.bsky.social 's Omar Ferwati & Nessie Nankivell, documenting Indigenous resistance to the "Ring of Fire" in Northern Ontario.
www.break-down.org/resistance-o...
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In northern Ontario, a region rich in mineral deposits has become a frontline in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty.
OMAR FERWATI and NESSIE NANKIVELL tell a story of resistance from Canada’s Ring of Fire, in ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS 👇
OMAR FERWATI and NESSIE NANKIVELL tell a story of resistance from Canada’s Ring of Fire, in ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS 👇
DISPATCH: Resistance on the Attawapiskat
In northern Ontario, a region rich in mineral deposits has become a frontline in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty.
www.break-down.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In northern Ontario, a region rich in mineral deposits has become a frontline in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty.
OMAR FERWATI and NESSIE NANKIVELL tell a story of resistance from Canada’s Ring of Fire, in ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS 👇
OMAR FERWATI and NESSIE NANKIVELL tell a story of resistance from Canada’s Ring of Fire, in ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS 👇
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NEW ESSAY: Read @rajpatel.org on the overlapping global crises of war, ecology and economy, and how frontline movements are confronting this moment.
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
Polycrisis: A Breviary
Today’s world is beset by several overlapping crises. Movements on the frontline are mapping out strategies for survival.
transitionsecurity.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW ESSAY: Read @rajpatel.org on the overlapping global crises of war, ecology and economy, and how frontline movements are confronting this moment.
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Doing a cheeky lil special @the-breakdown.bsky.social
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Subscribe before next Friday and not only will you get our next two print issues, but ALSO our first two free.
Support independent climate journalism!! Get lovely informative mags and our eternal gratitude!
that is all.
GET 4 PRINT ISSUES FOR THE PRICE OF 2! 💥
Subscribe before 12th Dec to receive our next two print issues (Spring ’26 + Autumn ’26) PLUS our past two issues for free 👇
www.break-down.org/offer/
Subscribe before 12th Dec to receive our next two print issues (Spring ’26 + Autumn ’26) PLUS our past two issues for free 👇
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December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Doing a cheeky lil special @the-breakdown.bsky.social
Subscribe before next Friday and not only will you get our next two print issues, but ALSO our first two free.
Support independent climate journalism!! Get lovely informative mags and our eternal gratitude!
that is all.
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Support independent climate journalism!! Get lovely informative mags and our eternal gratitude!
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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.
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capital-statecraft/
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capital-statecraft/
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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.
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capital-statecraft/
transitionsecurity.org/venture-capital-statecraft/
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Almost a third of your water bill pays for dividends for shareholders, and for private water companies to pay off their debt, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget
Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Almost a third of your water bill pays for dividends for shareholders, and for private water companies to pay off their debt, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget
Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget
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"That kind of brutal realisation that the US has no interest other than its own…It’s an opportunity to rethink the narratives, to reshape the rules of the game."
NEW EPISODE: Survival of the Greenest with Amir Lebdioui
@amirleb.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7044...
NEW EPISODE: Survival of the Greenest with Amir Lebdioui
@amirleb.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7044...
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"That kind of brutal realisation that the US has no interest other than its own…It’s an opportunity to rethink the narratives, to reshape the rules of the game."
NEW EPISODE: Survival of the Greenest with Amir Lebdioui
@amirleb.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7044...
NEW EPISODE: Survival of the Greenest with Amir Lebdioui
@amirleb.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7044...
“The path to explaining that new energy infrastructure needs to be built is through the experience of energy inflation.”
Green planning can deliver fairer, more secure decarbonization by overcoming the failures of market coordination.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
Green planning can deliver fairer, more secure decarbonization by overcoming the failures of market coordination.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“The path to explaining that new energy infrastructure needs to be built is through the experience of energy inflation.”
Green planning can deliver fairer, more secure decarbonization by overcoming the failures of market coordination.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
Green planning can deliver fairer, more secure decarbonization by overcoming the failures of market coordination.
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https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
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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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November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"The military industrial complex tries to present the illusion that it serves working class interest." — @stephensemler.bsky.social
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“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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November 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“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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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.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
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.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
Imperial State Capitalism
A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.
transitionsecurity.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
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.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
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