John BH
@johnbriggsh.bsky.social
Learning to listen. Trying to be better. Trying to escape my western perspective.
And thank you in advance for posting an academic paper that is open access.
And thank you in advance for posting an academic paper that is open access.
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John BH
@johnbriggsh.bsky.social
· Mar 18
“The invariable variability of human embodiment underwrites all human values, including that of life worthy of life.” - Joel Michael Reynolds, The Life Worth Living
We really do need to be more scrupulous about who we elect to Parliament.
And Conservative MPs who voted for Johnson to be party leader and MP should live with the shame for the remainder of their lives: they all know who and what he is.
And Conservative MPs who voted for Johnson to be party leader and MP should live with the shame for the remainder of their lives: they all know who and what he is.
1/ The Covid Inquiry's Module 2 report confirms critical failures at the highest levels of government, failures that have left millions with Long Covid and inadequate support.
We've drafted a press release in response:
www.longcovid.org/impact/news/...
We've drafted a press release in response:
www.longcovid.org/impact/news/...
Long Covid Support
To learn more visit LongCovid.org
www.longcovid.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We really do need to be more scrupulous about who we elect to Parliament.
And Conservative MPs who voted for Johnson to be party leader and MP should live with the shame for the remainder of their lives: they all know who and what he is.
And Conservative MPs who voted for Johnson to be party leader and MP should live with the shame for the remainder of their lives: they all know who and what he is.
Under electronic surveillance, you are always at “the border”: the border is always with you.
"Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions"
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Under electronic surveillance, you are always at “the border”: the border is always with you.
Yet another.
West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity
Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Forcibly Displaced in Early 2025 Denied Return
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Forcibly Displaced in Early 2025 Denied Return
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity
The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said ...
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yet another.
“If anything, the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered “company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.”
New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“If anything, the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered “company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.”
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The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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At least it's honest, right? Intrusive questioning of women who don't conform to norms about how they should look, and women then being banned if they tell their inquisitor to mind his own sodding business, has always been the logical end point for the patriarchal project that is TERFdom.
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
At least it's honest, right? Intrusive questioning of women who don't conform to norms about how they should look, and women then being banned if they tell their inquisitor to mind his own sodding business, has always been the logical end point for the patriarchal project that is TERFdom.
Expelling members from the Labour Party and dishing out safe seats to themselves.
What the hell were they doing for the TWO YEARS it was obvious they were going to win with a massive majority?
A rich theme, sadly.
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Expelling members from the Labour Party and dishing out safe seats to themselves.
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Moudhy is a brilliant and remarkable scholar and author. This should be a great conversation. If you're in Oxford this evening, do come along.
There are many lessons about sustainability from the ancient world, as there are lessons from people today. We should listen.
Tonight’s event at 6pm is at Wolfson College and anyone can attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-polycr...
Tonight’s event at 6pm is at Wolfson College and anyone can attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-polycr...
The Polycrisis: political dysfunction, meet ecological collapse
George Monbiot will be in conversation with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid about "The Polycrisis: political dysfunction, meet ecological collapse."
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Moudhy is a brilliant and remarkable scholar and author. This should be a great conversation. If you're in Oxford this evening, do come along.
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This evening, I’ll be in conversation with George Monbiot about political dysfunction and ecological collapse, and I want to tell you all briefly about a ritual involving an ancient Hittite king, a throne, and a tree from 3,000 years ago @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This evening, I’ll be in conversation with George Monbiot about political dysfunction and ecological collapse, and I want to tell you all briefly about a ritual involving an ancient Hittite king, a throne, and a tree from 3,000 years ago @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Everything this hideous person says here is so illustrative of American/western liberalism's barely veiled imperialist, fascist outlook on the global south (and especially West Asia), all pouring out in panic as even more rabid fascists supplant their power & they blame it on leftists.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Everything this hideous person says here is so illustrative of American/western liberalism's barely veiled imperialist, fascist outlook on the global south (and especially West Asia), all pouring out in panic as even more rabid fascists supplant their power & they blame it on leftists.
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Never forget...
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Never forget...
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"Imperial state capitalism is hijacking the transition and the promise of a decarbonised economy." @iliasalami.bsky.social @transitionsec.bsky.social transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
Imperial State Capitalism
A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.
transitionsecurity.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"Imperial state capitalism is hijacking the transition and the promise of a decarbonised economy." @iliasalami.bsky.social @transitionsec.bsky.social transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
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🌱 UNRISD at #COP30: We joined WGEO to discuss Green Jobs for Inclusive Transitions.
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🌱 UNRISD at #COP30: We joined WGEO to discuss Green Jobs for Inclusive Transitions.
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
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We are in despair after the Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday.
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We are in despair after the Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday.
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
Anyone living outside west and North Africa, or not using a Samsung device, who thinks either a/ this will never be used by their own government: or
b/ their privacy is not already compromised by this,
is a risk to the rest of us, and our privacy.
b/ their privacy is not already compromised by this,
is a risk to the rest of us, and our privacy.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Anyone living outside west and North Africa, or not using a Samsung device, who thinks either a/ this will never be used by their own government: or
b/ their privacy is not already compromised by this,
is a risk to the rest of us, and our privacy.
b/ their privacy is not already compromised by this,
is a risk to the rest of us, and our privacy.
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2 - drones that search your bags or ask if you are drinking nescafe
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
An Automated Occupation in South Lebanon
Israeli drones are taking on a variety of tasks, including killing people, searching bags, and guiding spies working on Israel’s behalf.
carnegieendowment.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
2 - drones that search your bags or ask if you are drinking nescafe
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
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Thinking about how the perfectly sane and humane - and not remotely radical - words coming out of this man’s mouth makes him an outlier in today’s political landscape.
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thinking about how the perfectly sane and humane - and not remotely radical - words coming out of this man’s mouth makes him an outlier in today’s political landscape.
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
“It's not just that I think that they're going to herald the rise of Reform because they have no ideas for governance…
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“It's not just that I think that they're going to herald the rise of Reform because they have no ideas for governance…
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Remembering that hideous Daily Mail story about Jews hiding their gold and jewellery when arriving as refugees. Of course they did if they had any. Would Daily Mail journalists and editors do any differently if they were in a similar plight? Such a failure of emphethetic imagination and compassion.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Remembering that hideous Daily Mail story about Jews hiding their gold and jewellery when arriving as refugees. Of course they did if they had any. Would Daily Mail journalists and editors do any differently if they were in a similar plight? Such a failure of emphethetic imagination and compassion.
Excellent & revealing read.
I spoke to two dozen BBC journalists, from frontline reporters to senior staff, about how the BBC came to symbolise the West's failure to prevent genocide in Gaza - and how the row over its coverage fed directly into its current meltdown.
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • EQUATOR
How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart
www.equator.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Excellent & revealing read.
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Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I realise that I previously had some vague, weak, feeling of respect for the British flag.
No longer. The “Union Jack” and the “Cross of St George” are just cheap rags that people tie to posts.
Any meaning has been exhausted.
No longer. The “Union Jack” and the “Cross of St George” are just cheap rags that people tie to posts.
Any meaning has been exhausted.
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I realise that I previously had some vague, weak, feeling of respect for the British flag.
No longer. The “Union Jack” and the “Cross of St George” are just cheap rags that people tie to posts.
Any meaning has been exhausted.
No longer. The “Union Jack” and the “Cross of St George” are just cheap rags that people tie to posts.
Any meaning has been exhausted.
Strongly recommend (free) subscription to The Polycrisis
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Latest issue: Plastic Planet - environmental catastrophe.
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Latest issue: Plastic Planet - environmental catastrophe.
The Polycrisis
A project by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay, focused on today’s intersecting crises and the political economy of climate change.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Strongly recommend (free) subscription to The Polycrisis
www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...
Latest issue: Plastic Planet - environmental catastrophe.
www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...
Latest issue: Plastic Planet - environmental catastrophe.