Emma River-Roberts
@emma-river-roberts.bsky.social
Working Class Environmentalism & Movement Building.
Founder and Co-Director of the Working Class Climate Alliance @wccalliance.org
https://linktr.ee/the_wcca
MPhil/PhD Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths University
Founder and Co-Director of the Working Class Climate Alliance @wccalliance.org
https://linktr.ee/the_wcca
MPhil/PhD Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths University
Please sign this petition to end the unnecessary misconduct investigation by Queen's University Belfast into Saoirse Wagner, and protect the right to free speech on campus.
For opposing genocide in campus, Saoirse faces the possibility of expulsion from the uni.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
For opposing genocide in campus, Saoirse faces the possibility of expulsion from the uni.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Stop QUB from expelling a student activist
The right to free speech is one of the most important rights we have in our society. Saoirse Wagner, for opposing genocide in campus, faces the possibility of expulsion. Her removal by Queen’s would n...
my.uplift.ie
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Please sign this petition to end the unnecessary misconduct investigation by Queen's University Belfast into Saoirse Wagner, and protect the right to free speech on campus.
For opposing genocide in campus, Saoirse faces the possibility of expulsion from the uni.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
For opposing genocide in campus, Saoirse faces the possibility of expulsion from the uni.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
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Across the country, Starbucks workers are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike for a fair first contract, and I know which side I’m on. Baristas make Starbucks an extraordinarily wealthy company. They are entitled to their fair share of that wealth and to benefits and fair treatment on the job.
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Across the country, Starbucks workers are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike for a fair first contract, and I know which side I’m on. Baristas make Starbucks an extraordinarily wealthy company. They are entitled to their fair share of that wealth and to benefits and fair treatment on the job.
Millions of toxic beads have escaped into the sea from Eastbourne sewage works. Southern Water have confirmed that some of the money to pay for the clean up will come from customers bills.
Are water companies ever going to be held responsible for their actions?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Are water companies ever going to be held responsible for their actions?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told
Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Millions of toxic beads have escaped into the sea from Eastbourne sewage works. Southern Water have confirmed that some of the money to pay for the clean up will come from customers bills.
Are water companies ever going to be held responsible for their actions?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Are water companies ever going to be held responsible for their actions?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Analysis by Kick Big Polluters Out has revealed that more than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists - 1 in every 25 people, have been granted access to the COP30 climate talks in Belém.
Read the full release here: 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
#COP30
Read the full release here: 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
#COP30
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Analysis by Kick Big Polluters Out has revealed that more than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists - 1 in every 25 people, have been granted access to the COP30 climate talks in Belém.
Read the full release here: 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
#COP30
Read the full release here: 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
#COP30
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3/3 Despite this, fossil fuel use continues to rise and is projected to reach an all time high.
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
3/3 Despite this, fossil fuel use continues to rise and is projected to reach an all time high.
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2/3 2.6°C would likely trigger major tipping points that would cause the collapse of key Atlantic Ocean circulation, loss of coral reefs, long-term deterioration of ice sheets & the conversion of the Amazon rainforest to a savannah, a place where more than 30 million people live.
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
2/3 2.6°C would likely trigger major tipping points that would cause the collapse of key Atlantic Ocean circulation, loss of coral reefs, long-term deterioration of ice sheets & the conversion of the Amazon rainforest to a savannah, a place where more than 30 million people live.
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1/3 In 1995, the first COP gathering was held in Berlin. Thirty years later we are on track to reach 2.6°C.
Where is the political will to do anything about it?
#COP30
Where is the political will to do anything about it?
#COP30
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
1/3 In 1995, the first COP gathering was held in Berlin. Thirty years later we are on track to reach 2.6°C.
Where is the political will to do anything about it?
#COP30
Where is the political will to do anything about it?
#COP30
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1/3 Hundreds of people stormed through security lines at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil, reflecting deep-rooted anger at the sidelining of Indigenous groups from talks that directly affect their lands and livelihoods.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
1/3 Hundreds of people stormed through security lines at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil, reflecting deep-rooted anger at the sidelining of Indigenous groups from talks that directly affect their lands and livelihoods.
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My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, will be published by Verso next year.
It's now listed, which makes it feel that bit more official!
It's now listed, which makes it feel that bit more official!
An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class : Gibbs, Ewan: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Buy An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class by Gibbs, Ewan (ISBN: 9781804296493) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, will be published by Verso next year.
It's now listed, which makes it feel that bit more official!
It's now listed, which makes it feel that bit more official!
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📣 Reading group session is happening tomorrow 12th over zoom 3pm-4.30pm GMT - all are welcome! We'll be reading the Little Red Songbook by Industrial Workers of the World to discuss how trade unionists have used storytelling to build collective power & solidarity.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3yuz33wx
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3yuz33wx
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📣 Reading group session is happening tomorrow 12th over zoom 3pm-4.30pm GMT - all are welcome! We'll be reading the Little Red Songbook by Industrial Workers of the World to discuss how trade unionists have used storytelling to build collective power & solidarity.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3yuz33wx
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3yuz33wx
Eight people died in 2023 because of flooding caused by Storm Babet in the UK.
"Because the agencies haven't put in flood defences which were recommended 20 years ago, other people could die in the future, especially the elderly & vulnerable."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Because the agencies haven't put in flood defences which were recommended 20 years ago, other people could die in the future, especially the elderly & vulnerable."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Eight people died in 2023 because of flooding caused by Storm Babet in the UK.
"Because the agencies haven't put in flood defences which were recommended 20 years ago, other people could die in the future, especially the elderly & vulnerable."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Because the agencies haven't put in flood defences which were recommended 20 years ago, other people could die in the future, especially the elderly & vulnerable."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My little peanut likes to pretend that she's a big lion too 🦁
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My little peanut likes to pretend that she's a big lion too 🦁
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"More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong draws near... It is the 21st significant storm to hit the Philippines this year, straining disaster response efforts across the country."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong draws near
At least two people found dead as super-typhoon heads for Philippines, days after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 224
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong draws near... It is the 21st significant storm to hit the Philippines this year, straining disaster response efforts across the country."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
1/2 "A small group of authors, primarily from the Global North, dominates the field & largely promotes technology-focused framing. These findings point to intellectual hegemony in global just transition scholarship, shaping its discourse & potentially marginalising broader perspectives"
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
1/2 "A small group of authors, primarily from the Global North, dominates the field & largely promotes technology-focused framing. These findings point to intellectual hegemony in global just transition scholarship, shaping its discourse & potentially marginalising broader perspectives"
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1/4 Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project. We have joined 250+ organisations calling on Keir Starmer to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
www.stopcambo.org.uk/updates/zack...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
www.stopcambo.org.uk/updates/zack...
Zack Polanski joins 250 orgs calling on Keir Starmer to Reject Rosebank
Over 250 organisations - including RSPB, Amnesty International UK and Friends of the Earth Scotland - have warned the Prime Minister against caving in to Big Oil.
www.stopcambo.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
1/4 Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project. We have joined 250+ organisations calling on Keir Starmer to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
www.stopcambo.org.uk/updates/zack...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
www.stopcambo.org.uk/updates/zack...
Reform doesn't give a shit about you or your family -
"Lancashire’s Reform-run council has plans to save £4m a year by closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres... The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would “kill” his mother."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Lancashire’s Reform-run council has plans to save £4m a year by closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres... The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would “kill” his mother."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reform doesn't give a shit about you or your family -
"Lancashire’s Reform-run council has plans to save £4m a year by closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres... The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would “kill” his mother."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Lancashire’s Reform-run council has plans to save £4m a year by closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres... The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would “kill” his mother."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Crimes Against Animals & Nature: During Israel’s Genocide-Ecocide on Gaza
Dr. Rimona Afana
27th November
6 pm (GMT)
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017 & online
Free & all welcome
Join here:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8152577973...
Meeting ID:815 2577 9735, Passcode:46512
Dr. Rimona Afana
27th November
6 pm (GMT)
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017 & online
Free & all welcome
Join here:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8152577973...
Meeting ID:815 2577 9735, Passcode:46512
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Crimes Against Animals & Nature: During Israel’s Genocide-Ecocide on Gaza
Dr. Rimona Afana
27th November
6 pm (GMT)
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017 & online
Free & all welcome
Join here:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8152577973...
Meeting ID:815 2577 9735, Passcode:46512
Dr. Rimona Afana
27th November
6 pm (GMT)
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017 & online
Free & all welcome
Join here:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8152577973...
Meeting ID:815 2577 9735, Passcode:46512
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Think one of the most important&transformative shift towards all kinds of justice and habitable planet would be collaboration&solidarity between working classes and the poor between Global North and the Global South for nature&environment&themselves &their societies, against the ruling class&wealthy
At the start of 2025 @wccalliance.bsky.social collaborated with the Class Work Project to co-edit a special, Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen journal. Featuring working class writers from across the Global North & Global South 🍃
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Think one of the most important&transformative shift towards all kinds of justice and habitable planet would be collaboration&solidarity between working classes and the poor between Global North and the Global South for nature&environment&themselves &their societies, against the ruling class&wealthy
At the start of 2025 @wccalliance.bsky.social collaborated with the Class Work Project to co-edit a special, Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen journal. Featuring working class writers from across the Global North & Global South 🍃
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
At the start of 2025 @wccalliance.bsky.social collaborated with the Class Work Project to co-edit a special, Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen journal. Featuring working class writers from across the Global North & Global South 🍃
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
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"The global economy now depends on two complementary engines.[T]hey sustain a cycle of accumulation that worsen inequality between regions and between classes. Until this dual structure is broken,[..] the South[..remain..] to dependence,[&prosperity of..]North will rest on the exhaustion of others."
New article from our Staff Writer @kevinini.bsky.social👇
What is the knowledge economy, & how does it uphold unequal North-South relations?
"Capitalism renews itself by finding new frontiers to privatise. Where nature once provided the frontier, knowledge now does"
wccalliance.org/the-material...
What is the knowledge economy, & how does it uphold unequal North-South relations?
"Capitalism renews itself by finding new frontiers to privatise. Where nature once provided the frontier, knowledge now does"
wccalliance.org/the-material...
The Material Basis of the Knowledge Economy
Cobalt miners at the Shabara mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo Credit: Junior Kannah 29th October 2025 Capitalism has never operated evenly across space. It has always organi…
wccalliance.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"The global economy now depends on two complementary engines.[T]hey sustain a cycle of accumulation that worsen inequality between regions and between classes. Until this dual structure is broken,[..] the South[..remain..] to dependence,[&prosperity of..]North will rest on the exhaustion of others."
Reposted by Emma River-Roberts
New article from our Staff Writer @kevinini.bsky.social👇
What is the knowledge economy, & how does it uphold unequal North-South relations?
"Capitalism renews itself by finding new frontiers to privatise. Where nature once provided the frontier, knowledge now does"
wccalliance.org/the-material...
What is the knowledge economy, & how does it uphold unequal North-South relations?
"Capitalism renews itself by finding new frontiers to privatise. Where nature once provided the frontier, knowledge now does"
wccalliance.org/the-material...
The Material Basis of the Knowledge Economy
Cobalt miners at the Shabara mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo Credit: Junior Kannah 29th October 2025 Capitalism has never operated evenly across space. It has always organi…
wccalliance.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New article from our Staff Writer @kevinini.bsky.social👇
What is the knowledge economy, & how does it uphold unequal North-South relations?
"Capitalism renews itself by finding new frontiers to privatise. Where nature once provided the frontier, knowledge now does"
wccalliance.org/the-material...
What is the knowledge economy, & how does it uphold unequal North-South relations?
"Capitalism renews itself by finding new frontiers to privatise. Where nature once provided the frontier, knowledge now does"
wccalliance.org/the-material...
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At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Those with the fewest resources will always bare the brunt of climate breakdown.
In the parish of St. Elizabeth there's no infrastructure that can withstand a category 5 hurricane. Some people have only just restored their homes destroyed by the last one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
In the parish of St. Elizabeth there's no infrastructure that can withstand a category 5 hurricane. Some people have only just restored their homes destroyed by the last one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Jamaicans take shelter as Hurricane Melissa bears down as category 5 storm
Landfall expected in coming hours amid warnings of catastrophic flooding, and landslides
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Those with the fewest resources will always bare the brunt of climate breakdown.
In the parish of St. Elizabeth there's no infrastructure that can withstand a category 5 hurricane. Some people have only just restored their homes destroyed by the last one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
In the parish of St. Elizabeth there's no infrastructure that can withstand a category 5 hurricane. Some people have only just restored their homes destroyed by the last one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
"Hurricane Melissa will be the storm of the century for Jamaica and is expected to cause a catastrophic situation."
Up to 1.5 million people in Jamaica could be impacted, truly devestating news.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Up to 1.5 million people in Jamaica could be impacted, truly devestating news.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Hurricane Melissa latest updates: Red Cross says 1.5m people in Jamaica could be impacted as most powerful storm of the year set to make landfall
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says ‘storm of the century’ is expected to cause a ‘catastrophic situation’
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Hurricane Melissa will be the storm of the century for Jamaica and is expected to cause a catastrophic situation."
Up to 1.5 million people in Jamaica could be impacted, truly devestating news.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Up to 1.5 million people in Jamaica could be impacted, truly devestating news.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Reposted by Emma River-Roberts
Starbucks' unionized workers are holding a massive strike vote.
If approved, more than 12,000 baristas in 45 states and the District of Columbia could strike.
@sbworkersunited.org says the strike would be open-ended, potentially continuing through the holidays.
If approved, more than 12,000 baristas in 45 states and the District of Columbia could strike.
@sbworkersunited.org says the strike would be open-ended, potentially continuing through the holidays.
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Starbucks' unionized workers are holding a massive strike vote.
If approved, more than 12,000 baristas in 45 states and the District of Columbia could strike.
@sbworkersunited.org says the strike would be open-ended, potentially continuing through the holidays.
If approved, more than 12,000 baristas in 45 states and the District of Columbia could strike.
@sbworkersunited.org says the strike would be open-ended, potentially continuing through the holidays.