Ben Phillips
@benphillips76.bsky.social
Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cruel, tawdry, behaviour by people without shame.
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Cruel, tawdry, behaviour by people without shame.
Weather conditions really need to stop making Israeli tanks accidentally fire at UN peacekeepers in other countries. Stop it, weather conditions!
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Weather conditions really need to stop making Israeli tanks accidentally fire at UN peacekeepers in other countries. Stop it, weather conditions!
The first rule of communications is clarity 😉
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The first rule of communications is clarity 😉
The threats we face cannot be overcome alone, but together …
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The threats we face cannot be overcome alone, but together …
I get my kicks out of you
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I get my kicks out of you
A reminder that people react less to the content of what you say than how you look and sound saying it
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A reminder that people react less to the content of what you say than how you look and sound saying it
Labour’s strategists are so pleased with themselves for losing tens of thousands of members in record time, and seek to accelerate the loss even further until only they, the deserving handful, remain.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Labour’s strategists are so pleased with themselves for losing tens of thousands of members in record time, and seek to accelerate the loss even further until only they, the deserving handful, remain.
This latest episode coming up of The Diplomat seems a bit of a disappointment
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This latest episode coming up of The Diplomat seems a bit of a disappointment
One of the ways that the US has ensured cultural-political hegemony globally since WWII is through educating foreign students - a web of elites in politica business and NGOs across the world, who empathise with - even think as - Americans. This influence will now decline, fast:
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One of the ways that the US has ensured cultural-political hegemony globally since WWII is through educating foreign students - a web of elites in politica business and NGOs across the world, who empathise with - even think as - Americans. This influence will now decline, fast:
This is the perfect encapsulation of the fact that facts are not enough to persuade people.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is the perfect encapsulation of the fact that facts are not enough to persuade people.
Factchecking, debunking, rebutting, is tempting
but
loudly announcing that your critics’ lies about you are false is not always the most effective move…
but
loudly announcing that your critics’ lies about you are false is not always the most effective move…
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Factchecking, debunking, rebutting, is tempting
but
loudly announcing that your critics’ lies about you are false is not always the most effective move…
but
loudly announcing that your critics’ lies about you are false is not always the most effective move…
The new Hunger Hotspots report from FAO-WFP is frightening to read - and the map frightening just to look at.
Remember that all this is preventable if together world leaders choose to prevent it. They will need a push from us all.
www.wfp.org/news/new-fao...
Remember that all this is preventable if together world leaders choose to prevent it. They will need a push from us all.
www.wfp.org/news/new-fao...
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The new Hunger Hotspots report from FAO-WFP is frightening to read - and the map frightening just to look at.
Remember that all this is preventable if together world leaders choose to prevent it. They will need a push from us all.
www.wfp.org/news/new-fao...
Remember that all this is preventable if together world leaders choose to prevent it. They will need a push from us all.
www.wfp.org/news/new-fao...
New US official map just dropped.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New US official map just dropped.
FW De Klerk foundation calls out Trump’s lies about South Africa: “Simply not true that there is persecution of white people or Afrikaners.”
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
FW De Klerk foundation calls out Trump’s lies about South Africa: “Simply not true that there is persecution of white people or Afrikaners.”
The Israeli army killed Gaza civilians in a free-for-all, say ...
... Israeli soldiers who served there.
... Israeli soldiers who served there.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Israeli army killed Gaza civilians in a free-for-all, say ...
... Israeli soldiers who served there.
... Israeli soldiers who served there.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Am so lucky to get to work with the inspirational Monica Geingos in her drive for global action to tackle dangerous inequalities and secure a fairer, safer, world.
Love her 🔥interview in this week’s Mail&Guardian.
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Love her 🔥interview in this week’s Mail&Guardian.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Am so lucky to get to work with the inspirational Monica Geingos in her drive for global action to tackle dangerous inequalities and secure a fairer, safer, world.
Love her 🔥interview in this week’s Mail&Guardian.
🗞️ mg.co.za/partner-cont...
Love her 🔥interview in this week’s Mail&Guardian.
🗞️ mg.co.za/partner-cont...
Breaking:
G20 Statement sets out actions to protect public health by fighting inequalities. Experts say the inequality-pandemic cycle can be broken.
www.inequalitycouncil.org/g20-statemen...
G20 Statement sets out actions to protect public health by fighting inequalities. Experts say the inequality-pandemic cycle can be broken.
www.inequalitycouncil.org/g20-statemen...
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Breaking:
G20 Statement sets out actions to protect public health by fighting inequalities. Experts say the inequality-pandemic cycle can be broken.
www.inequalitycouncil.org/g20-statemen...
G20 Statement sets out actions to protect public health by fighting inequalities. Experts say the inequality-pandemic cycle can be broken.
www.inequalitycouncil.org/g20-statemen...
Monday to Friday impact by the Global Council on AIDS, Inequality and Pandemics.
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Monday to Friday impact by the Global Council on AIDS, Inequality and Pandemics.
G20 health ministers take on dangerous inequalities – my latest article live from the G20 meetings in the Mail&Guardian.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
G20 health ministers take on dangerous inequalities – my latest article live from the G20 meetings in the Mail&Guardian.
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Mira Nair’s proud mum energy ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Mira Nair’s proud mum energy ❤️
This is amazing.
You will never guess who is behind her.
You will never guess who is behind her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is amazing.
You will never guess who is behind her.
You will never guess who is behind her.