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Introducing FRONTIERS Issue #2!
Publishing 22 Sept.
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Publishing 22 Sept.
Pre-order or subscribe now at break-down.org 🔗
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You can read Sabrina's excellent essay by subscribing for just over £1 a month to support our work:
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Lula’s Dilemma
In Brazil, big agribusiness holds the reins of political power. Without confronting this head-on, Lula’s ecological promises will remain just that—promises.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You can read Sabrina's excellent essay by subscribing for just over £1 a month to support our work:
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemma/
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For the latest episode of @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast (we're back!), I spoke to @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics, developmentalism and her essay "Lula's Dilemma"
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
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Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Lula’s Dilemmas and COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For the latest episode of @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast (we're back!), I spoke to @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics, developmentalism and her essay "Lula's Dilemma"
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
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“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
Lula’s Dilemma at COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
break-down.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
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“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
Lula’s Dilemma at COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
break-down.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
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We're at the Historical Materialism conference all weekend, selling issues (with a discount on our already cheap subscriptions!). Come through if you're here
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We're at the Historical Materialism conference all weekend, selling issues (with a discount on our already cheap subscriptions!). Come through if you're here
Just TWO DAYS until our Issue 2 launch party in London!
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Just TWO DAYS until our Issue 2 launch party in London!
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
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Excited to see Sofia Menemenlis discussing her @the-breakdown.bsky.social essay on solar geoengineering on the great @poltheoryother.bsky.social podcast
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The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 05/11/2025 · 46m
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November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excited to see Sofia Menemenlis discussing her @the-breakdown.bsky.social essay on solar geoengineering on the great @poltheoryother.bsky.social podcast
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
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I interviewed Sofia Menemenlis about her recent article in @the-breakdown.bsky.social on the concept and history of solar geoengineering and the threat it poses:
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The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 11/05/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I interviewed Sofia Menemenlis about her recent article in @the-breakdown.bsky.social on the concept and history of solar geoengineering and the threat it poses:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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📢☀️NEW EPISODE📢☀️ Sofia Menemenlis joins PTO to talk about her recent article on the threat of solar geoengineering in the @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 11/05/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📢☀️NEW EPISODE📢☀️ Sofia Menemenlis joins PTO to talk about her recent article on the threat of solar geoengineering in the @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
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Recommended listen: with Sofia Menemenlis on @poltheoryother.bsky.social covering her superb essay on the science and politics of geoengineering for Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social
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The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 05/11/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Recommended listen: with Sofia Menemenlis on @poltheoryother.bsky.social covering her superb essay on the science and politics of geoengineering for Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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You can read Sofia's essay here — a digital subscription is just over £1 a month and enables us to keep publishing these important stories
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The Sunlight Managers
By deploying the language of objectivity while evading questions about the social relations that underlie the climate crisis, the science profession is granting legitimacy to a dangerous idea: solar g...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You can read Sofia's essay here — a digital subscription is just over £1 a month and enables us to keep publishing these important stories
www.break-down.org/the-sunlight...
www.break-down.org/the-sunlight...
"Climate-related migration is not a problem in some possible apocalyptic future. It is happening now."
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
Against the Fortress
“Climate migration” defies clear definition, but as the impacts of climate change mount and politicians stoke anti-migrant hostility, the climate movement must meet this challenge head-on.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Climate-related migration is not a problem in some possible apocalyptic future. It is happening now."
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
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Calling all Milei-heads
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
Javier Milei and the Long Shadow of the IMF
In Argentina, economic chaos and political upheaval expose how the IMF’s stabilizing promise has become a mechanism of managed decline.
www.break-down.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Calling all Milei-heads
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
"This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability that justifies permanent external control."
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
Javier Milei and the Long Shadow of the IMF
In Argentina, economic chaos and political upheaval expose how the IMF’s stabilizing promise has become a mechanism of managed decline.
www.break-down.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability that justifies permanent external control."
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
NEW SPEAKER
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
October 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
NEW SPEAKER
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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We've moved around the corner and added more tickets! 🎟️
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We've moved around the corner and added more tickets! 🎟️
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
PARTY UPDATE: we’ve moved our sold out Issue #2 launch party just around the corner to a larger venue and added a handful more tickets 🎈
Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
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Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
PARTY UPDATE: we’ve moved our sold out Issue #2 launch party just around the corner to a larger venue and added a handful more tickets 🎈
Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Tickets for the readings have officially SOLD OUT! We'll keep you posted if any come available.
If you didn't manage to snag one, please join us and all our readers from 8pm at The Lamb on Nov 7th to celebrate our second issue - register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
If you didn't manage to snag one, please join us and all our readers from 8pm at The Lamb on Nov 7th to celebrate our second issue - register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Tickets for the readings have officially SOLD OUT! We'll keep you posted if any come available.
If you didn't manage to snag one, please join us and all our readers from 8pm at The Lamb on Nov 7th to celebrate our second issue - register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
If you didn't manage to snag one, please join us and all our readers from 8pm at The Lamb on Nov 7th to celebrate our second issue - register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
From the Archive: Read Liliana Doganova on capitalism's unequal treatment of time.
"The process of capitalisation is a mode of engaging with the future that rests on a contradiction."
www.break-down.org/is-the-futur...
"The process of capitalisation is a mode of engaging with the future that rests on a contradiction."
www.break-down.org/is-the-futur...
Is The Future Worth It?
We urgently need to transform our relationship to the future, freeing it from the logics of capitalisation and its unequal treatment of time.
www.break-down.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
From the Archive: Read Liliana Doganova on capitalism's unequal treatment of time.
"The process of capitalisation is a mode of engaging with the future that rests on a contradiction."
www.break-down.org/is-the-futur...
"The process of capitalisation is a mode of engaging with the future that rests on a contradiction."
www.break-down.org/is-the-futur...
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Vital new project on militarism and alternative forms of security amid climate crisis
From Common Wealth's Khem Rogaly & @cplusc.bsky.social
Read Khem's essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social for an intro to this urgent work
www.break-down.org/against-a-mi...
& follow @transitionsec.bsky.social
From Common Wealth's Khem Rogaly & @cplusc.bsky.social
Read Khem's essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social for an intro to this urgent work
www.break-down.org/against-a-mi...
& follow @transitionsec.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Vital new project on militarism and alternative forms of security amid climate crisis
From Common Wealth's Khem Rogaly & @cplusc.bsky.social
Read Khem's essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social for an intro to this urgent work
www.break-down.org/against-a-mi...
& follow @transitionsec.bsky.social
From Common Wealth's Khem Rogaly & @cplusc.bsky.social
Read Khem's essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social for an intro to this urgent work
www.break-down.org/against-a-mi...
& follow @transitionsec.bsky.social
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"Centuries ago, they called it “building an empire”. Today, we may call it by another name; the underlying forces remain the same."
NEW essay from Gemma Boothroyd on ice roads, the fight over minerals, and Carney's Bill C-5
Free to read, for all you Canada-heads
www.break-down.org/between-an-i...
NEW essay from Gemma Boothroyd on ice roads, the fight over minerals, and Carney's Bill C-5
Free to read, for all you Canada-heads
www.break-down.org/between-an-i...
Between an Ice Road and the Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire development is a social and environmental calamity dressed up as economic necessity—and a continuation of Canada's long colonial history.
www.break-down.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Centuries ago, they called it “building an empire”. Today, we may call it by another name; the underlying forces remain the same."
NEW essay from Gemma Boothroyd on ice roads, the fight over minerals, and Carney's Bill C-5
Free to read, for all you Canada-heads
www.break-down.org/between-an-i...
NEW essay from Gemma Boothroyd on ice roads, the fight over minerals, and Carney's Bill C-5
Free to read, for all you Canada-heads
www.break-down.org/between-an-i...
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My article in @the-breakdown.bsky.social is now free to read online!
While far-right parties have traditionally ignored climate, I explore how the Sweden Democrats embrace it as a wedge issue, creating redistributive conflicts around class & urban-rural divides:
www.break-down.org/petrol-for-t...
While far-right parties have traditionally ignored climate, I explore how the Sweden Democrats embrace it as a wedge issue, creating redistributive conflicts around class & urban-rural divides:
www.break-down.org/petrol-for-t...
Petrol For the People
Sweden’s far right defines its vision of climate action.
www.break-down.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My article in @the-breakdown.bsky.social is now free to read online!
While far-right parties have traditionally ignored climate, I explore how the Sweden Democrats embrace it as a wedge issue, creating redistributive conflicts around class & urban-rural divides:
www.break-down.org/petrol-for-t...
While far-right parties have traditionally ignored climate, I explore how the Sweden Democrats embrace it as a wedge issue, creating redistributive conflicts around class & urban-rural divides:
www.break-down.org/petrol-for-t...
We're having another party 🎉
Join us at The Lamb on 7 Nov to celebrate ISSUE #2, with readings from contributors and special guests followed by drinks!
Come join us 🎈👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-breakd...
Join us at The Lamb on 7 Nov to celebrate ISSUE #2, with readings from contributors and special guests followed by drinks!
Come join us 🎈👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-breakd...
October 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We're having another party 🎉
Join us at The Lamb on 7 Nov to celebrate ISSUE #2, with readings from contributors and special guests followed by drinks!
Come join us 🎈👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-breakd...
Join us at The Lamb on 7 Nov to celebrate ISSUE #2, with readings from contributors and special guests followed by drinks!
Come join us 🎈👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-breakd...