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@platform1983.bsky.social
✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿 Uniting workers, communities and movements for climate justice since 1983. Research // Arts // Organising
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📢 Join our team!
We’re organising for an energy industry that protects workers' rights and creates wealth for communities, especially those impacted by industrial change.
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We’re organising for an energy industry that protects workers' rights and creates wealth for communities, especially those impacted by industrial change.
platformlondon.org/vacancies
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📢 Join our team!
We’re organising for an energy industry that protects workers' rights and creates wealth for communities, especially those impacted by industrial change.
platformlondon.org/vacancies
We’re organising for an energy industry that protects workers' rights and creates wealth for communities, especially those impacted by industrial change.
platformlondon.org/vacancies
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More than 45 charities, campaigners and trade unions have signed our open letter urging UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband to back an ambitious outcome on just transition at the UN Climate Summit #COP30.
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
More than 45 charities, campaigners and trade unions have signed our open letter urging UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband to back an ambitious outcome on just transition at the UN Climate Summit #COP30.
🚨New survey finds oil & gas workers want decisive action from the UK government, Scottish government and industry to support the transition – but they aren’t getting it.
Here’s what workers want: 🧵
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2547...
Here’s what workers want: 🧵
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2547...
'North Sea workers urge government to do more on creating good renewable energy jobs'
Rosie Hampton is oil and gas campaigns manager at Friends of the Earth Scotland responds to a new study of over 400 North Sea oil and gas workers…
www.heraldscotland.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🚨New survey finds oil & gas workers want decisive action from the UK government, Scottish government and industry to support the transition – but they aren’t getting it.
Here’s what workers want: 🧵
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2547...
Here’s what workers want: 🧵
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2547...
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🚨 Hunger in the UK ISN’T about a lack of food.
People are facing hunger because they don’t have enough money to survive. The basic rate of Universal Credit is just £92 a week, disability benefits are being cut, energy bills are going up and rents are sky high.
It’s so wrong🧵
People are facing hunger because they don’t have enough money to survive. The basic rate of Universal Credit is just £92 a week, disability benefits are being cut, energy bills are going up and rents are sky high.
It’s so wrong🧵
September 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨 Hunger in the UK ISN’T about a lack of food.
People are facing hunger because they don’t have enough money to survive. The basic rate of Universal Credit is just £92 a week, disability benefits are being cut, energy bills are going up and rents are sky high.
It’s so wrong🧵
People are facing hunger because they don’t have enough money to survive. The basic rate of Universal Credit is just £92 a week, disability benefits are being cut, energy bills are going up and rents are sky high.
It’s so wrong🧵
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Working class communities have a long history of anti racist solidarity.
Billionaires poison everything.
Sucking up wealth, hollowing out communities, spreading poverty, division and hatred.
It’s time to tax the rich and repair our society.
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
Billionaires poison everything.
Sucking up wealth, hollowing out communities, spreading poverty, division and hatred.
It’s time to tax the rich and repair our society.
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
'Racism comes from poverty,' says new Green Party leader, Zack Polanski
The new Green Party leader believes the 'super wealthy' are 'utilising working-class resentment and unhappiness with poverty to whip up hate against migrants'
inews.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Working class communities have a long history of anti racist solidarity.
Billionaires poison everything.
Sucking up wealth, hollowing out communities, spreading poverty, division and hatred.
It’s time to tax the rich and repair our society.
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
Billionaires poison everything.
Sucking up wealth, hollowing out communities, spreading poverty, division and hatred.
It’s time to tax the rich and repair our society.
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
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⚡☀️ Behind the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat lies a troubling story:
Migrant workers, drawn by promises of fair pay and decent conditions, report unpaid wages, exhausting hours & dangerous heat.
A green transition can’t come at the cost of worker rights 🌍✊
Migrant workers, drawn by promises of fair pay and decent conditions, report unpaid wages, exhausting hours & dangerous heat.
A green transition can’t come at the cost of worker rights 🌍✊
‘Unpaid wages, searing heat, long hours’: why workers are quitting the world’s largest renewable energy park
A vast migrant labour force is helping India meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, drawn by promises of good wages and perks. But many say they are forced to ‘escape’ without pay
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
⚡☀️ Behind the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat lies a troubling story:
Migrant workers, drawn by promises of fair pay and decent conditions, report unpaid wages, exhausting hours & dangerous heat.
A green transition can’t come at the cost of worker rights 🌍✊
Migrant workers, drawn by promises of fair pay and decent conditions, report unpaid wages, exhausting hours & dangerous heat.
A green transition can’t come at the cost of worker rights 🌍✊
We're really excited to see @cescotland.bsky.social's manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! 👏 Scotland deserves an energy system that serves and benefits local communities - not just corporations' profits. 🌱
👉 Read the manifesto: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
👉 Read the manifesto: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
Manifesto for a Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities - Community Energy Scotland
The Scottish Community Coalition on Energy has published its manifesto recommendations for political parties in the run up to the 2026 Scottish Parliament
communityenergy.scot
September 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We're really excited to see @cescotland.bsky.social's manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! 👏 Scotland deserves an energy system that serves and benefits local communities - not just corporations' profits. 🌱
👉 Read the manifesto: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
👉 Read the manifesto: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
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Our first ask is a target: 🎯 1GW of community-owned energy by 2030.
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
September 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our first ask is a target: 🎯 1GW of community-owned energy by 2030.
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
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📣We’ve published our manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections!
It’s clear that our energy system isn’t working for ordinary people. Communities must have more influence, ownership and feel more benefit from our energy system.
👀👉 communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
It’s clear that our energy system isn’t working for ordinary people. Communities must have more influence, ownership and feel more benefit from our energy system.
👀👉 communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📣We’ve published our manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections!
It’s clear that our energy system isn’t working for ordinary people. Communities must have more influence, ownership and feel more benefit from our energy system.
👀👉 communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
It’s clear that our energy system isn’t working for ordinary people. Communities must have more influence, ownership and feel more benefit from our energy system.
👀👉 communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
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World news 🌍🤩
PFZW is the first pension fund worldwide to announce its break from asset giant BlackRock. And the decision is capturing international headlines! We're absolutely thrilled to see this coverage, let’s spread the good news 🙌
🗞️ Read the Reuters article: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
PFZW is the first pension fund worldwide to announce its break from asset giant BlackRock. And the decision is capturing international headlines! We're absolutely thrilled to see this coverage, let’s spread the good news 🙌
🗞️ Read the Reuters article: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Dutch fund PFZW reduces BlackRock ties over clash on sustainability
Dutch pension fund PFZW has stopped investing in stock funds managed by BlackRock , in part because of concerns over the U.S. firm's voting record on sustainability issues, its lead asset manager PGGM said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
World news 🌍🤩
PFZW is the first pension fund worldwide to announce its break from asset giant BlackRock. And the decision is capturing international headlines! We're absolutely thrilled to see this coverage, let’s spread the good news 🙌
🗞️ Read the Reuters article: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
PFZW is the first pension fund worldwide to announce its break from asset giant BlackRock. And the decision is capturing international headlines! We're absolutely thrilled to see this coverage, let’s spread the good news 🙌
🗞️ Read the Reuters article: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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🆕 Excited to announce the 9 blocs representing the breadth of our movement!
If you're not already coming as part of a group or organisation, we encourage you to get behind any bloc that resonates with you. More info here: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/
See you on the streets on 20 September ✊
If you're not already coming as part of a group or organisation, we encourage you to get behind any bloc that resonates with you. More info here: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/
See you on the streets on 20 September ✊
August 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🆕 Excited to announce the 9 blocs representing the breadth of our movement!
If you're not already coming as part of a group or organisation, we encourage you to get behind any bloc that resonates with you. More info here: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/
See you on the streets on 20 September ✊
If you're not already coming as part of a group or organisation, we encourage you to get behind any bloc that resonates with you. More info here: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/
See you on the streets on 20 September ✊
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The Israeli colonial regime is not acting alone. It relies on imported oil & gas to fuel its war machine.
Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide.
✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/
Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide.
✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/
Sign the Petition
Shipping Companies: Stop Fuelling the Genocide in Gaza
change.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Israeli colonial regime is not acting alone. It relies on imported oil & gas to fuel its war machine.
Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide.
✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/
Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide.
✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/
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⏰ ONE MONTH TO GO! ⏰
The stakes couldn’t be clearer:
🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer
🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year
🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer
The stakes couldn’t be clearer:
🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer
🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year
🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer
August 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
⏰ ONE MONTH TO GO! ⏰
The stakes couldn’t be clearer:
🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer
🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year
🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer
The stakes couldn’t be clearer:
🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer
🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year
🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer
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Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government
Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
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National siege on Labour TODAY. We demand:
👉 2-way arms embargo on Israel
👉End RAF Gaza surveillance flights
👉UN powers & sanctions to force aid into Gaza
👉David Lammy resign
@palyouthmvmt.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/reel/DM6KYNl...
👉 2-way arms embargo on Israel
👉End RAF Gaza surveillance flights
👉UN powers & sanctions to force aid into Gaza
👉David Lammy resign
@palyouthmvmt.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/reel/DM6KYNl...
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August 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
National siege on Labour TODAY. We demand:
👉 2-way arms embargo on Israel
👉End RAF Gaza surveillance flights
👉UN powers & sanctions to force aid into Gaza
👉David Lammy resign
@palyouthmvmt.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/reel/DM6KYNl...
👉 2-way arms embargo on Israel
👉End RAF Gaza surveillance flights
👉UN powers & sanctions to force aid into Gaza
👉David Lammy resign
@palyouthmvmt.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/reel/DM6KYNl...
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Protest outside Wes Streeting's office on Monday
August 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Protest outside Wes Streeting's office on Monday
📢 TOMORROW! Join UK Divest and Hope for the Future to learn how to effectively engage your MP on the government's Pensions Review so we can upscale our #divestment campaigns to win fossil free #pensions for all!
👉 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
👉 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
Hope For The Future Website
The Government’s Pension Schemes Bill currently making its way through Parliament offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for divestment - a chance to scale up our local campaigns into a national…
www.hftf.org.uk
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 TOMORROW! Join UK Divest and Hope for the Future to learn how to effectively engage your MP on the government's Pensions Review so we can upscale our #divestment campaigns to win fossil free #pensions for all!
👉 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
👉 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
"A local entrepreneur spoke about the need to remember ‘the heart’ instead of just appealing to ‘the head’ in narratives of climate action."
Wonderful to see this paper exploring the importance of dedicated climate spaces like Climate Action Leeds in Leeds 💚 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
Wonderful to see this paper exploring the importance of dedicated climate spaces like Climate Action Leeds in Leeds 💚 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
www.mdpi.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"A local entrepreneur spoke about the need to remember ‘the heart’ instead of just appealing to ‘the head’ in narratives of climate action."
Wonderful to see this paper exploring the importance of dedicated climate spaces like Climate Action Leeds in Leeds 💚 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
Wonderful to see this paper exploring the importance of dedicated climate spaces like Climate Action Leeds in Leeds 💚 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
With the Pension Schemes Bill making its way through Parliament, now is a key moment to push the government to make our pensions fossil free. Join UK Divest and Hope for the Future to learn how to effectively engage your MP and win better pensions for all!
Register:
Register:
Hope For The Future Website
The Government’s Pension Schemes Bill currently making its way through Parliament offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for divestment - a chance to scale up our local campaigns into a national…
www.hftf.org.uk
July 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
With the Pension Schemes Bill making its way through Parliament, now is a key moment to push the government to make our pensions fossil free. Join UK Divest and Hope for the Future to learn how to effectively engage your MP and win better pensions for all!
Register:
Register:
As organisers of food justice, watching Israel’s mass starvation assault on the people of Gaza has been shattering.
85% of Gaza’s population has now entered IPC Phase 5 of malnutrition, the most catastrophic and irreversible stage.
85% of Gaza’s population has now entered IPC Phase 5 of malnutrition, the most catastrophic and irreversible stage.
July 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As organisers of food justice, watching Israel’s mass starvation assault on the people of Gaza has been shattering.
85% of Gaza’s population has now entered IPC Phase 5 of malnutrition, the most catastrophic and irreversible stage.
85% of Gaza’s population has now entered IPC Phase 5 of malnutrition, the most catastrophic and irreversible stage.
🗳️ Join UK Divest for a workshop with Hope for the Future and @thefinancelab.bsky.social about engaging our MPs during the government's landmark Pensions Review, so we can win fossil free pensions for all. 🌱
⏰ 4 August at 6.30pm
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
⏰ 4 August at 6.30pm
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
Hope For The Future Website
www.hftf.org.uk
July 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🗳️ Join UK Divest for a workshop with Hope for the Future and @thefinancelab.bsky.social about engaging our MPs during the government's landmark Pensions Review, so we can win fossil free pensions for all. 🌱
⏰ 4 August at 6.30pm
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
⏰ 4 August at 6.30pm
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...
"the British state was willing to go as far as training officers who were part of a repressive state apparatus [...] in order to help BP get its way."
Platform's James Marriott on the significance of the revelations in these newly declassified documents ⤵️
Platform's James Marriott on the significance of the revelations in these newly declassified documents ⤵️
👉NEW -- Britain trained KGB veteran's police force after major oil deal
by @adamramsay.bsky.social
Revealed: Met police officers coached Azerbaijan’s national security ministry amid crackdown on free speech.
www.declassifieduk.org/britain-trai...
by @adamramsay.bsky.social
Revealed: Met police officers coached Azerbaijan’s national security ministry amid crackdown on free speech.
www.declassifieduk.org/britain-trai...
Britain trained KGB veteran’s police force after major oil deal
Revealed: Met police officers coached Azerbaijan’s national security ministry amid crackdown on free speech.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"the British state was willing to go as far as training officers who were part of a repressive state apparatus [...] in order to help BP get its way."
Platform's James Marriott on the significance of the revelations in these newly declassified documents ⤵️
Platform's James Marriott on the significance of the revelations in these newly declassified documents ⤵️
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🚨 The clock is ticking...
It’s 100 days before the UK government must deliver a new climate plan.
With the Met Office saying that extreme weather is now the UK’s new normal, we can’t afford any more weak promises from those in power. And we’re not the only ones who agree...
It’s 100 days before the UK government must deliver a new climate plan.
With the Met Office saying that extreme weather is now the UK’s new normal, we can’t afford any more weak promises from those in power. And we’re not the only ones who agree...
July 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚨 The clock is ticking...
It’s 100 days before the UK government must deliver a new climate plan.
With the Met Office saying that extreme weather is now the UK’s new normal, we can’t afford any more weak promises from those in power. And we’re not the only ones who agree...
It’s 100 days before the UK government must deliver a new climate plan.
With the Met Office saying that extreme weather is now the UK’s new normal, we can’t afford any more weak promises from those in power. And we’re not the only ones who agree...
🍃 For Scottish Left Review, Platform's Community and Public Energy Campaigner Flick Monk reviews Marianne Brown’s The Shetland Way, which explores how the unjust energy transition has left lasting division and biodiversity loss on the Shetland isles.
scottishleftreview.scot/throwing-wha...
scottishleftreview.scot/throwing-wha...
Throwing Whaaps to the Wind
Marianne Brown’s The Shetland Way tells how an unjust energy transition has left lasting division and biodiversity loss on the Shetland isles. By Flick Monk.
scottishleftreview.scot
July 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🍃 For Scottish Left Review, Platform's Community and Public Energy Campaigner Flick Monk reviews Marianne Brown’s The Shetland Way, which explores how the unjust energy transition has left lasting division and biodiversity loss on the Shetland isles.
scottishleftreview.scot/throwing-wha...
scottishleftreview.scot/throwing-wha...
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Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business
At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...