Peter Lipman
@peterlipman.bsky.social
I've been a teacher, a co-operative worker, a lawyer and external affairs director at UK charity Sustrans, and am the former chair of Transition Network, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Common Cause Foundation.
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The people who most loudly complain "Why can't these immigrants just stay in their country???" are the same ones who most loudly celebrate American military and CIA interventionism in these countries to overthrow their governments.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
January 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The people who most loudly complain "Why can't these immigrants just stay in their country???" are the same ones who most loudly celebrate American military and CIA interventionism in these countries to overthrow their governments.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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As someone who myself doesn’t know the intricacies of our history with Venezuela I’ve been reading and watching to help inform myself, and instead finding few questions answered amid a general acceptance of the U.S. narrative and that is deeply frustrating to witness my profession’s abdication.
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
As someone who myself doesn’t know the intricacies of our history with Venezuela I’ve been reading and watching to help inform myself, and instead finding few questions answered amid a general acceptance of the U.S. narrative and that is deeply frustrating to witness my profession’s abdication.
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And so egregious, I have yet to see anyone question why indictment justifies the capture of a foreign president while our president is a convicted felon who has never served a day for his crimes. We somehow feel that distasteful or irrelevant and this is the problem right here. Is this objective??
January 4, 2026 at 11:39 PM
And so egregious, I have yet to see anyone question why indictment justifies the capture of a foreign president while our president is a convicted felon who has never served a day for his crimes. We somehow feel that distasteful or irrelevant and this is the problem right here. Is this objective??
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I’ve seen the continued repeating of Trump’s claim that the US is reclaiming its stolen oil and no questions on that framing and no explanation of whether that claim is true or not.
January 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I’ve seen the continued repeating of Trump’s claim that the US is reclaiming its stolen oil and no questions on that framing and no explanation of whether that claim is true or not.
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The questions begin with WILL regime change be successful not how is it legal or ethical to orchestrate a coup and who are we to decide when leadership most go and who are we to believe we have rights to a sovereign nation’s resources.
January 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
The questions begin with WILL regime change be successful not how is it legal or ethical to orchestrate a coup and who are we to decide when leadership most go and who are we to believe we have rights to a sovereign nation’s resources.
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So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
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STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said the US is going to 'run Venezuela.' Under what legal authority?
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said the US is going to 'run Venezuela.' Under what legal authority?
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
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Great text by @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
The Left is losing because it no longer cares to talk about freedom.
To win, the Left must once again offer a project of liberation: pragmatic, understandable for all.
unherd.com/2026/01/how-...
The Left is losing because it no longer cares to talk about freedom.
To win, the Left must once again offer a project of liberation: pragmatic, understandable for all.
unherd.com/2026/01/how-...
The Left must embrace freedom
unherd.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Great text by @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
The Left is losing because it no longer cares to talk about freedom.
To win, the Left must once again offer a project of liberation: pragmatic, understandable for all.
unherd.com/2026/01/how-...
The Left is losing because it no longer cares to talk about freedom.
To win, the Left must once again offer a project of liberation: pragmatic, understandable for all.
unherd.com/2026/01/how-...
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FYI: According to the federal DEA, China is the primary source of fentanyl in the United States. We haven’t bombed China nor arrested its leader. www.dea.gov/sites/defaul...
January 4, 2026 at 11:57 PM
FYI: According to the federal DEA, China is the primary source of fentanyl in the United States. We haven’t bombed China nor arrested its leader. www.dea.gov/sites/defaul...
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Another blow for truth from @naomioreskes.bsky.social and colleagues. A great story from @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Another blow for truth from @naomioreskes.bsky.social and colleagues. A great story from @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
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I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.
By framing this brazen act of aggression in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War
By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
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January 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.
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Trump says new military operation focused on Colombia sounds good to him reut.rs/49DI0FD
Trump says new military operation focused on Colombia sounds good to him
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a military operation focused on Colombia's government sounds good to him.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Trump says new military operation focused on Colombia sounds good to him reut.rs/49DI0FD
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"Can we finally put this BS to bed that Donald Trump is the 'peace president,' he is antiwar... this man bombed 7 countries last year... the US has no authority to do what it did on Saturday. We are not the world's police force."
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
January 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"Can we finally put this BS to bed that Donald Trump is the 'peace president,' he is antiwar... this man bombed 7 countries last year... the US has no authority to do what it did on Saturday. We are not the world's police force."
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
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"Can a foreign country indict Donald Trump in their domestic courts and send in their Special Forces into DC to try and grab the president of the US? This is madness. No one accepts the legal basis for this."
Me on MSNOW today.
Me on MSNOW today.
January 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
"Can a foreign country indict Donald Trump in their domestic courts and send in their Special Forces into DC to try and grab the president of the US? This is madness. No one accepts the legal basis for this."
Me on MSNOW today.
Me on MSNOW today.
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Given that Trump's critics call it a kidnapping, and Trump says it's an apt term, I see no reason for the media not to use it. Literally both sides agree it's the proper description of what happened.
Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Given that Trump's critics call it a kidnapping, and Trump says it's an apt term, I see no reason for the media not to use it. Literally both sides agree it's the proper description of what happened.
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Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
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“Trump and his administration have lied, consolidated power, and committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil and pursue regime change for their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere,” said Rep. @ramirez.house.gov. “Trump must be impeached.”
“The calls for impeachment come in the wake of Trump’s overnight attack on Venezuela’s capital city over the weekend that left at least 40 people dead.” www.notus.org/democrats/de...
Democrats Begin to Call for Trump’s Impeachment Over Venezuela Attack
“Many Democrats have understandably questioned whether impeachment is possible again under the current political reality,” Rep. Maxine Waters said. “I am reconsidering that view.”
www.notus.org
January 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
“Trump and his administration have lied, consolidated power, and committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil and pursue regime change for their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere,” said Rep. @ramirez.house.gov. “Trump must be impeached.”
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Peter Oborne in discussion with Aaron Bastani: the absence of people like Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappe on the BBC is deliberate
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Peter Oborne in discussion with Aaron Bastani: the absence of people like Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappe on the BBC is deliberate
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Breaking news: Lots of American planes coming to Uk, RAF Fairford 🇬🇧 10 x C-17A landed.
Iranian intervention imminent. Probably a week or two? Maybe sooner.
You first heard it from me
Iranian intervention imminent. Probably a week or two? Maybe sooner.
You first heard it from me
January 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Breaking news: Lots of American planes coming to Uk, RAF Fairford 🇬🇧 10 x C-17A landed.
Iranian intervention imminent. Probably a week or two? Maybe sooner.
You first heard it from me
Iranian intervention imminent. Probably a week or two? Maybe sooner.
You first heard it from me
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Nobody could have predicted this.
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Nobody could have predicted this.
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All signs point to Trump’s second term creating a hotter and less affordable future for Americans.
Without new offshore turbines going up, millions of households across the Northeast will soon pay more money for dirtier and less reliable electricity.
My latest 👇
Without new offshore turbines going up, millions of households across the Northeast will soon pay more money for dirtier and less reliable electricity.
My latest 👇
How Trump dismantled a promising energy industry — and what America…
The demolition of the offshore wind sector in 2025 will reverberate for decades, resulting in lost jobs, higher utility bills, and less reliable power…
www.canarymedia.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
All signs point to Trump’s second term creating a hotter and less affordable future for Americans.
Without new offshore turbines going up, millions of households across the Northeast will soon pay more money for dirtier and less reliable electricity.
My latest 👇
Without new offshore turbines going up, millions of households across the Northeast will soon pay more money for dirtier and less reliable electricity.
My latest 👇
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Of course it's also the minerals, metals and energy but that's an old story. 3/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Of course it's also the minerals, metals and energy but that's an old story. 3/3
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It's why he is threatening Colombia + Mexico. Why he bought elections in Argentina + Honduras. And interfered in Brazil's courts.
Latin America's democratic left bloc is the most principled opposition to Trump in the world, defending international law while richer + more powerful nations cower. 2/3
Latin America's democratic left bloc is the most principled opposition to Trump in the world, defending international law while richer + more powerful nations cower. 2/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It's why he is threatening Colombia + Mexico. Why he bought elections in Argentina + Honduras. And interfered in Brazil's courts.
Latin America's democratic left bloc is the most principled opposition to Trump in the world, defending international law while richer + more powerful nations cower. 2/3
Latin America's democratic left bloc is the most principled opposition to Trump in the world, defending international law while richer + more powerful nations cower. 2/3
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The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3