Thomas Coombes
@thehopeguy.bsky.social
Creator of the hope-based approach. My hope-based trainings are now available online at Rogue Union. Writing on https://hopebased.substack.com
Progressive leaders have no excuse not to learn from Zohran now
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What Zohran Mamdani Can Teach the World About Hopeful Politics
How to values-based campaigns change narratives
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November 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Progressive leaders have no excuse not to learn from Zohran now
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“Hope is not just a belief that things will get better . . . but the determination to make them better.”
Large research project shows impact of being "high in hope".
theprogressnetwork.org/hope-research/ @progressntwrk.bsky.social
Large research project shows impact of being "high in hope".
theprogressnetwork.org/hope-research/ @progressntwrk.bsky.social
theprogressnetwork.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Hope is not just a belief that things will get better . . . but the determination to make them better.”
Large research project shows impact of being "high in hope".
theprogressnetwork.org/hope-research/ @progressntwrk.bsky.social
Large research project shows impact of being "high in hope".
theprogressnetwork.org/hope-research/ @progressntwrk.bsky.social
To my British friends: we love you for your manners, so please stop saying the F-word in your political communications. You know who I'm talking about.
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3 questions visionary leaders need to answer
Our new narrative power playbook
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October 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
To my British friends: we love you for your manners, so please stop saying the F-word in your political communications. You know who I'm talking about.
hopebased.substack.com/p/3-question...
hopebased.substack.com/p/3-question...
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When giving instructions, include 3 things:
1. What you want done
2. When you want it done
3. Why it matters
This is what Ellie Middleton calls the "what, by when, and why" framework.
Video description: I'm a white woman with blonde hair, sitting in front of a pale pink wall with framed prints.
1. What you want done
2. When you want it done
3. Why it matters
This is what Ellie Middleton calls the "what, by when, and why" framework.
Video description: I'm a white woman with blonde hair, sitting in front of a pale pink wall with framed prints.
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
When giving instructions, include 3 things:
1. What you want done
2. When you want it done
3. Why it matters
This is what Ellie Middleton calls the "what, by when, and why" framework.
Video description: I'm a white woman with blonde hair, sitting in front of a pale pink wall with framed prints.
1. What you want done
2. When you want it done
3. Why it matters
This is what Ellie Middleton calls the "what, by when, and why" framework.
Video description: I'm a white woman with blonde hair, sitting in front of a pale pink wall with framed prints.
Good to know that we arent over dependent on a tiny number of large companies for all the services we use every day.... 😬 www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Good to know that we arent over dependent on a tiny number of large companies for all the services we use every day.... 😬 www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
We Need Emotional Intelligence to Survive Artificial Intelligence. the good news: its a muscle we can train.
My speech from last month
@thecivics.bsky.social
hopebased.substack.com/p/from-artif...
My speech from last month
@thecivics.bsky.social
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We Need Emotional Intelligence to Survive Artificial Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the revolution humanity needs to thrive in the age of AI
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October 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We Need Emotional Intelligence to Survive Artificial Intelligence. the good news: its a muscle we can train.
My speech from last month
@thecivics.bsky.social
hopebased.substack.com/p/from-artif...
My speech from last month
@thecivics.bsky.social
hopebased.substack.com/p/from-artif...
Seems like everyone in the UK is signing up for the Green Party. Living outside UK and feeling left out? Join Rogue Union instead! The new global home for social change trailblazers just went live today! rogueunion.org
Rogue Union: Courses & Community for Changemakers
Join a radical learning space built for rebels, misfits, and movement-makers. Get access to courses and community that spark real change.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Seems like everyone in the UK is signing up for the Green Party. Living outside UK and feeling left out? Join Rogue Union instead! The new global home for social change trailblazers just went live today! rogueunion.org
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What if money felt calm, not chaotic? Letters on money stories, reimagining wealth, and building shame-free financial systems. No hustle. No money-bros. Just radical care and grounded, practical wisdom.
substack.com/@dearmoneyle...
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DearMoney Letters | Substack
What if money felt calm, not chaotic? Letters on money stories, reimagining wealth, and building shame-free financial systems. No hustle. No money-bros. Just radical care and grounded, practical wisdo...
substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What if money felt calm, not chaotic? Letters on money stories, reimagining wealth, and building shame-free financial systems. No hustle. No money-bros. Just radical care and grounded, practical wisdom.
substack.com/@dearmoneyle...
substack.com/@dearmoneyle...
Note to centrists everywhere: this is how you counter populists. By offering an alternative. Not by adopting their policies. Thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for showing how we can win with hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...
Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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October 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Note to centrists everywhere: this is how you counter populists. By offering an alternative. Not by adopting their policies. Thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for showing how we can win with hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...
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This is a long, thoughtful, and brilliant post about how to understand political campaigning & strategy from one of the progressive left's most brilliant thinkers and practitioners @anatosaurus.bsky.social. Read it and listen to her: Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is a long, thoughtful, and brilliant post about how to understand political campaigning & strategy from one of the progressive left's most brilliant thinkers and practitioners @anatosaurus.bsky.social. Read it and listen to her: Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
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Zack Polanski’s party broadcast was very good and authentic, authenticity is hugely lacking in politics
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Zack Polanski’s party broadcast was very good and authentic, authenticity is hugely lacking in politics
We are launching Rogue Union on Wednesday. Are you in?
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October 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We are launching Rogue Union on Wednesday. Are you in?
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Last week I gave an award speech/commencement address to human rights graduates in Venice, while picking up an award for my work on the hope-based approach.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last week I gave an award speech/commencement address to human rights graduates in Venice, while picking up an award for my work on the hope-based approach.
hopebased.substack.com/p/why-activi...
hopebased.substack.com/p/why-activi...
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“Decades of failed privatisation. From soaring water bills to crumbling rail services ... ordinary people pay the price”
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader
Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“Decades of failed privatisation. From soaring water bills to crumbling rail services ... ordinary people pay the price”
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The hope-based substack just hit 1500 subscribers! Latest out now: hopebased.substack.com/p/the-role-o...
Hope is Action. Empathy is Resistance.
We need hope for action, empathy and changing minds. Why hope is a smart strategy for social change.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The hope-based substack just hit 1500 subscribers! Latest out now: hopebased.substack.com/p/the-role-o...
In 1936, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia went to the League of Nations and appealed to the world to stop fascist Italy’s brutal colonisation of his country (including widespread use of poison gas on civilians).
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In 1936, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia went to the League of Nations and appealed to the world to stop fascist Italy’s brutal colonisation of his country (including widespread use of poison gas on civilians).
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Excited to attend the NECE Festival 2025 in Oslo this week! 🌍✨
Theme this year: HOPE – how collective hope can drive resilient, ethical & sustainable communities.
#NECEFestival #Hope @thecivics.bsky.social
Theme this year: HOPE – how collective hope can drive resilient, ethical & sustainable communities.
#NECEFestival #Hope @thecivics.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Excited to attend the NECE Festival 2025 in Oslo this week! 🌍✨
Theme this year: HOPE – how collective hope can drive resilient, ethical & sustainable communities.
#NECEFestival #Hope @thecivics.bsky.social
Theme this year: HOPE – how collective hope can drive resilient, ethical & sustainable communities.
#NECEFestival #Hope @thecivics.bsky.social
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is actually worsening conditions at food distribution sites. It’s a story the public doesn’t yet fully understand.
Check this video by @bystandersnomore.bsky.social
Share widely and wildly
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Check this video by @bystandersnomore.bsky.social
Share widely and wildly
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This is How You Engineer a Famine - Gaza
YouTube video by BystandersNoMore
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September 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is actually worsening conditions at food distribution sites. It’s a story the public doesn’t yet fully understand.
Check this video by @bystandersnomore.bsky.social
Share widely and wildly
youtu.be/TtwLFSdTleI?...
Check this video by @bystandersnomore.bsky.social
Share widely and wildly
youtu.be/TtwLFSdTleI?...
Been talking about hope at the #NECEFestival2025 in Oslo today @thecivics.bsky.social
People asking how to maintain hope. Answer: values and activist self-talk. more here hopebased.substack.com/p/sport-scie...
People asking how to maintain hope. Answer: values and activist self-talk. more here hopebased.substack.com/p/sport-scie...
Sport science for social change
How activists can feel better, change better and live better, especially under stress.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Been talking about hope at the #NECEFestival2025 in Oslo today @thecivics.bsky.social
People asking how to maintain hope. Answer: values and activist self-talk. more here hopebased.substack.com/p/sport-scie...
People asking how to maintain hope. Answer: values and activist self-talk. more here hopebased.substack.com/p/sport-scie...
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Katja Fausser from #EUSTORY at the #NECEFestival2025 in #Oslo: Connecting with more than 200 civic educators from #Europe to discuss how to find & maintain „HOPE“ in our work. First encouraging statement from yesterday‘s opening panel: „Small things are good enough.“
👉 nece.eu/nece-festival/
👉 nece.eu/nece-festival/
September 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Katja Fausser from #EUSTORY at the #NECEFestival2025 in #Oslo: Connecting with more than 200 civic educators from #Europe to discuss how to find & maintain „HOPE“ in our work. First encouraging statement from yesterday‘s opening panel: „Small things are good enough.“
👉 nece.eu/nece-festival/
👉 nece.eu/nece-festival/
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Come to NECE Festival to explore with us Pillar II:
HOPE as a Collective Force 💫
In divided times, hope isn’t just personal, it is shared. Built through solidarity, care & cooperation across differences.
📍 Join us in Oslo: gstoo.de/nece-festiva...
#NECE2025 #CollectiveHope
HOPE as a Collective Force 💫
In divided times, hope isn’t just personal, it is shared. Built through solidarity, care & cooperation across differences.
📍 Join us in Oslo: gstoo.de/nece-festiva...
#NECE2025 #CollectiveHope
May 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Come to NECE Festival to explore with us Pillar II:
HOPE as a Collective Force 💫
In divided times, hope isn’t just personal, it is shared. Built through solidarity, care & cooperation across differences.
📍 Join us in Oslo: gstoo.de/nece-festiva...
#NECE2025 #CollectiveHope
HOPE as a Collective Force 💫
In divided times, hope isn’t just personal, it is shared. Built through solidarity, care & cooperation across differences.
📍 Join us in Oslo: gstoo.de/nece-festiva...
#NECE2025 #CollectiveHope
Big news about the future of all things hashtag#hopebased.
This September, we’re launching a new community for everything hope-based.
rogueunion.org#waitlist
This September, we’re launching a new community for everything hope-based.
rogueunion.org#waitlist
Rogue Union | Community for Changemakers
Rogue Union is a radical learning space and online community for changemakers. Join the movement and get first access to courses, tools, and events.
rogueunion.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Big news about the future of all things hashtag#hopebased.
This September, we’re launching a new community for everything hope-based.
rogueunion.org#waitlist
This September, we’re launching a new community for everything hope-based.
rogueunion.org#waitlist
The future of human rights...from a brain science perspective.
hopebased.substack.com/p/the-future...
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The Future of Human Rights pt.2: a Movement for Humanity
What if we applied brain science to human rights work?
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August 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The future of human rights...from a brain science perspective.
hopebased.substack.com/p/the-future...
hopebased.substack.com/p/the-future...
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With the publication of these two reports, B'Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights Israel become the first two Israeli organizations to state it loud and clear, based on meticulous documentation and research: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel/OPT: Israeli organizations conclude Israel committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in another milestone for accountability efforts
Following the landmark publication of two reports by leading Israeli human rights organizations B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, which concluded that Israel is committing genocide agai...
www.amnesty.org
July 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
With the publication of these two reports, B'Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights Israel become the first two Israeli organizations to state it loud and clear, based on meticulous documentation and research: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Who has called Israel's actions genocide?
— B’Tselem
— Human Rights Watch
— Amnesty International
— Center for Constitutional Rights
— International Association of Genocide Scholars
— UN Special Rapporteurs
— International Court of Justice
— B’Tselem
— Human Rights Watch
— Amnesty International
— Center for Constitutional Rights
— International Association of Genocide Scholars
— UN Special Rapporteurs
— International Court of Justice
July 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Who has called Israel's actions genocide?
— B’Tselem
— Human Rights Watch
— Amnesty International
— Center for Constitutional Rights
— International Association of Genocide Scholars
— UN Special Rapporteurs
— International Court of Justice
— B’Tselem
— Human Rights Watch
— Amnesty International
— Center for Constitutional Rights
— International Association of Genocide Scholars
— UN Special Rapporteurs
— International Court of Justice