Paul Mason
@paulmason.bsky.social
📈Journalist 📖 Writer 🎥 Film-maker 🤷🏻♂️ Public Speaker 🌏 Security & Resilience 🚩Labour 🏭 Industrial strategist 🐾 Wheaten Terrier owner 📰 https://open.substack.com/pub/htsf?r=2sidg&utm_medium=ios
After Maduro's abduction, Europe must unite or die and the UK has to claw its way back into some kind of leadership role ... my analysis of the geopolitical fallout from the Caracas raid in The New World
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The lesson of Maduro’s abduction: Europe must unite, or die
Trump’s raid on Caracas gives the US control of Venezuelan oil, and shows that America is now a nation that acts without restraint. The lessons for Britain, and Europe, could not be any clearer
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January 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
After Maduro's abduction, Europe must unite or die and the UK has to claw its way back into some kind of leadership role ... my analysis of the geopolitical fallout from the Caracas raid in The New World
www.thenewworld.co.uk/paul-mason-t...
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Trump’s raid on Caracas gives the US control of Venezuelan oil, and shows that America is now a nation that acts without restraint
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The lesson of Maduro’s abduction: Europe must unite, or die
Trump’s raid on Caracas gives the US control of Venezuelan oil, and shows that America is now a nation that acts without restraint. The lessons for Britain, and Europe, could not be any clearer
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Trump’s raid on Caracas gives the US control of Venezuelan oil, and shows that America is now a nation that acts without restraint
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While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?
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How China plans to eat the west
While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?
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January 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?
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As the sun goes down on 2025...
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As the sun goes down on 2025...
2026: Everything's Not Going To Be Alright ... what PTA's One Battle After Another can teach us about fighting the new fascism .... htsf.substack.com/p/2026-every...
2026: Everything's Not Going To Be Alright
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie is a wonderful political parable but the real enemy is missing from the cast
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December 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
2026: Everything's Not Going To Be Alright ... what PTA's One Battle After Another can teach us about fighting the new fascism .... htsf.substack.com/p/2026-every...
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We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Can China's new quality productive forces reorder the world in the image of an authoritarian state capitalism? A long read from Conflict & Democracy - Happy Christmas open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Can China Build a New World System?
... and where would Europe fit? A think-piece on China's "New Quality Productive Forces"
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December 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Can China's new quality productive forces reorder the world in the image of an authoritarian state capitalism? A long read from Conflict & Democracy - Happy Christmas open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Just seen glorious Singin' in the Rain at @rxtheatre.bsky.social - bit of a contrast to the first ever performance I saw here
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just seen glorious Singin' in the Rain at @rxtheatre.bsky.social - bit of a contrast to the first ever performance I saw here
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
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Since doing the research for this piece which involved me looking at far right content on X, my "for you" X feed (which I now only use for research) is flooded with far right and conspiracist pro Russia propaganda. Incl by Russell Brand ofc.
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Plastic patriots & Putin
Some thoughts on the far right's fake patriotism, and where we are with war and defence
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December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Since doing the research for this piece which involved me looking at far right content on X, my "for you" X feed (which I now only use for research) is flooded with far right and conspiracist pro Russia propaganda. Incl by Russell Brand ofc.
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The Socialist Case for Rearmament 1
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The Socialist Case for Rearmament 1
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I wrote about Russia's greatest disinformation campaign, and then had some thoughts about Putin's useful idiots on the far left.
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Russia's greatest disinfo campaign
They're not winning the war. And some other thoughts about where we are.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I wrote about Russia's greatest disinformation campaign, and then had some thoughts about Putin's useful idiots on the far left.
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NEW EPISODE 🎙️ The Matts are joined by New World contributing editor and columnist @paulmason.bsky.social to understand just how far-reaching the consequences of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy document are.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NEW EPISODE 🎙️ The Matts are joined by New World contributing editor and columnist @paulmason.bsky.social to understand just how far-reaching the consequences of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy document are.
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The Trump Doctrine: Petulant Isolationism - my latest at Conflict & Democracy htsf.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Doctrine: Petulant Isolationism
The US National Security Strategy is Trump's contribution to global chaos. Europe must unite or die...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Trump Doctrine: Petulant Isolationism - my latest at Conflict & Democracy htsf.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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The school stories, the admiration for Enoch Powell and comments about the “US Jewish lobby” all hang over Farage - and make him unelectable
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Nigel Farage has a race problem
The school stories, the admiration for Enoch Powell and comments about the “US Jewish lobby” all hang over Farage - and make him unelectable
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December 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The school stories, the admiration for Enoch Powell and comments about the “US Jewish lobby” all hang over Farage - and make him unelectable
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This is very funny.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is very funny.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
Preparing for Putin's Intermittent War - why we have to harden UK society against the kind of treatment Ukraine is suffering - open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/p...
Preparing for the 'Intermittent War'...
What I learned at the RUSI Long War Conference
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December 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Preparing for Putin's Intermittent War - why we have to harden UK society against the kind of treatment Ukraine is suffering - open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/p...
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I’m just back from Ukraine for the third time. As ever so struck and in awe of the bravery, resilience & sense of humour of the people I met. The rallying around to build new organisations and initiatives that save lives and rescue victims of war. The decision to make art, music - to find joy.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I’m just back from Ukraine for the third time. As ever so struck and in awe of the bravery, resilience & sense of humour of the people I met. The rallying around to build new organisations and initiatives that save lives and rescue victims of war. The decision to make art, music - to find joy.
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John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, sets out how moving towards framing problem sets for innovators is unlocking creativity and speeding up innovation across #NATO
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
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▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
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Unlocking creativity across NATO | Defence Talks
YouTube video by Council on Geostrategy
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November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, sets out how moving towards framing problem sets for innovators is unlocking creativity and speeding up innovation across #NATO
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
#DefenceTalks @baesystems.com
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
#DefenceTalks @baesystems.com
The defence, security and resilience conversation needs to be had loud and clear now in the UK - here's 5 arguments from the naysayers to take head on... htsf.substack.com/p/defence-le...
Defence: Let's start the conversation...
We need a civil society campaign to stiffen resilience against hybrid aggression
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November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The defence, security and resilience conversation needs to be had loud and clear now in the UK - here's 5 arguments from the naysayers to take head on... htsf.substack.com/p/defence-le...
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The EU is defunding the anti abortion World Youth Alliance, after last year me and @soitakw.bsky.social exposed how its founder compared abortion to the Holocaust!
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EU funding anti-abortion charity
EU hands €1.2m to charity that spreads disinformation about sexual and reproductive rights to teens and women globally
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November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The EU is defunding the anti abortion World Youth Alliance, after last year me and @soitakw.bsky.social exposed how its founder compared abortion to the Holocaust!
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Why Coventry South needs a new MP: Zarah Sultana has betrayed every principle she stood for election on - and is undermining UK national security open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Coventry South needs a by-election soon
Zarah Sultana has no mandate for disarming the people of Britain and betraying Ukraine
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October 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Why Coventry South needs a new MP: Zarah Sultana has betrayed every principle she stood for election on - and is undermining UK national security open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
An audit of Russia's hybrid war - it's the political warfare, not the drones, that is the biggest threat...
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Russia hikes hybrid aggression...
From Foxhound incursions to red paint on the factory wall... why, and what next?
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October 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
An audit of Russia's hybrid war - it's the political warfare, not the drones, that is the biggest threat...
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No sovereignty, no law, no dignity. The strip deserves a future free of both Hamas and Israel
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A Gaza peace built on sand
No sovereignty, no law, no dignity. The strip deserves a future free of both Hamas and Israel
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October 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
No sovereignty, no law, no dignity. The strip deserves a future free of both Hamas and Israel
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