Phil Free
LightNews LightNews
banner
philfree.bsky.social
Phil Free
@philfree.bsky.social
860 followers 840 following 8.3K posts
Politics, economics, planet - I live in Essex, UK.
Posts Replies Media Videos
philfree.bsky.social
The hierarchy continues…

UK: Council reported disabilities drama group to police over Gaza genocide protest
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-harl...
UK: Council reported disabilities drama group to police over Gaza genocide protest
Harlow Council accused theatre company for people with learning difficulties of promoting 'extremist narratives' over Gaza reference in Holocaust Memorial Day performance
www.middleeasteye.net
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Epstein files: Ex-Israeli PM urged Putin to send ‘one million’ Russians to dilute Palestinian presence
www.middleeasteye.net/news/epstein...
Epstein files: Ex-Israeli PM urged Putin to send ‘one million’ Russians to dilute Palestinian presence
Ehud Barak also appears to disparage Jews who arrived from Arab and Muslim countries after the creation of Israel in 1948, saying Israel can now be 'selective'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 PM
philfree.bsky.social
After Exposing Prison Horrors, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary
truthout.org/articles/the...
After Exposing Alabama Prison Horrors, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary
Subjects of The Alabama Solution have led protests for years, using cell phones to expose brutality and forced labor.
truthout.org
February 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Who Was Killed by an Off-Duty ICE Agent
truthout.org/video/family...
Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Who Was Killed by an Off-Duty ICE Agent
Local government officials have reportedly told activists they have no intention of investigating Porter’s killing.
truthout.org
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Big Oil’s Priority in 2026 Is Shielding the Industry From Climate Lawsuits
truthout.org/articles/big...
Big Oil’s Priority in 2026 Is Shielding the Industry From Climate Lawsuits
The American Petroleum Institute is named as a defendant in many cases that are moving forward toward trial.
truthout.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Communities Say Congress Broke Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mine Lands
truthout.org/articles/com...
Communities Say Congress Broke Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mine Lands
The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.
truthout.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Something Weird is Happening in the Housing Market
jacobin.com/2026/01/hous...
Something Weird Is Happening in the Housing Market
After the pandemic, many younger Americans were encouraged to buy housing in “starter cities.” But now the homes are losing value, and property taxes are soaring, pitching the housing market into cris...
jacobin.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
philfree.bsky.social
The Public Pays the Price for Big Tech’s Data Centers
inequality.org/article/publ...
The Public Pays the Price for Big Tech’s Data Centers
The relentless push for data centers is raising our power bills and polluting our communities. It doesn’t have to be this way.
inequality.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Police ‘Sweeps’ of Homeless Camps Are Worse than You Think
inequality.org/article/home...
Police ‘Sweeps’ of Homeless Camps Are Worse than You Think
As more and more communities criminalize homelessness, I want to share what it’s actually like to have the police take all your earthly belongings.
inequality.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
philfree.bsky.social
A broken lifeline: Humanitarian aid’s missing link
www.opendemocracy.net/en/we-must-t...
A broken lifeline: Humanitarian aid’s missing link
Refugees need phones to contact absent loved ones, for education, work, and healing. What happens when they break?
www.opendemocracy.net
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Laundering Peter Mandelson
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/laun...
Laundering Peter Mandelson
Rocked by corruption and paedophilia scandals, Peter Mandelson was recast by The Times Magazine as a quaint eccentric. It’s a reminder that no reputation is too shameless or tarnished for Britain’s me...
tribunemag.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Welcome to the Age of Disappearance
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
Welcome to the Age of Disappearance
America's new era of secret police.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
philfree.bsky.social
The political killings you don’t hear about
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
The political killings you don’t hear about
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
philfree.bsky.social
The Problem is Bigger Than ICE
open.substack.com/pub/cracksin...
The Problem is Bigger Than ICE
the machine is unbothered; what does disturbing it actually require?
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Nigel Farage's pitch to the worst people in Britain
open.substack.com/pub/anothera...
Nigel Farage's pitch to the worst people in Britain
Nigel Farage says that he wants to cut the price of a pint by 5p, and pay for it by re-imposing economic sanctions on British children for the "crime" of having more than one sibling.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
philfree.bsky.social
The 'No Hire' Economy
open.substack.com/pub/apricita...
The 'No Hire' Economy
US Job Growth has Zeroed Out as Hiring Rates Sink, Hitting Young & Low Income Workers the Hardest
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Economic questions: the Karl Polanyi question
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Economic questions: the Karl Polanyi question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been, and what the relevance of that question might be ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Whose Fault Was the Cold War?
www.theideasletter.org/essay/whose-...
Whose Fault Was the Cold War? - The Ideas Letter
Bessner traces shifts in Cold War historiography through his review of two recent works on the causes and lessons of the US-Soviet rivalry. Anders Stephanson argues that the Cold War…
www.theideasletter.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Wealth Extraction From a Nursing Home Chain With Individual, Private Equity, & Real Estate Owners
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Wealth Extraction from a Nursing Home Chain With Individual, Private Equity, and Real Estate Owners - Charlene A. Harrington, 2025
For-profit nursing home (NH) chains have become increasingly financialized in order to maximize short-term profits. This descriptive case study focused on the w...
journals.sagepub.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
philfree.bsky.social
The Rise & Fall of Liberal Historiography
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-...
The Rise and Fall of Liberal Historiography
How historians changed their approach, from the 1960s to the present.
www.historynewsnetwork.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
philfree.bsky.social
“In 1947-48 alone, at least 30 documented massacres left hundreds dead, including children, women ,& the elderly.

In a perverse calculus, Israeli forces classified all males between 10 & 50 as legitimate targets, effectively sentencing children to death.”
open.substack.com/pub/savagemi...
“No Other Country”
Israel, the Pariah
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by Phil Free
jmijin.bsky.social
We need to stop referring to these people as centrist Democrats. They are advancing a right-wing agenda and should be referred to as such.
levernews.com The Lever @levernews.com · 1d
NEW: The “centrist” Abundance think tank pushing Democrats toward deregulation is run by a registered corporate lobbyist for OpenAI, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, and a crypto think tank.
February 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Reposted by Phil Free
doctorvive.bsky.social
China — China! — has signed off on a report that warns focusing on unchecked economic growth is contributing to the destruction of global biodiversity.

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn
China, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success.
subscriber.politicopro.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
philfree.bsky.social
A deadly meningitis outbreak is threatening Gaza’s children
mondoweiss.net/2026/02/a-de...
A deadly meningitis outbreak is threatening Gaza’s children
Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the en...
mondoweiss.net
February 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
philfree.bsky.social
Attacking Black Journalists Is an American Tradition
prospect.org/2026/02/02/a...
Attacking Black Journalists Is an American Tradition - The American Prospect
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort reflect an American legacy of targeting the Black press.
prospect.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM