“To better protect households from the Iran war, there is still a strong case for a strategic gas reserve to contain the shock and keep a lid on spark spread.”
Our Chief Economist @chrismwhayes.bsky.social quoted in The New Statesman 👇
www.newstatesman.com/politics/mil...
“Reliance on fossil fuels ... is a security risk to countries, populations and economies. Only by transitioning to renewables can you remove that risk.”
@pmbigger.bsky.social speaks to 7am Podcast on the environmental costs of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/aci...
Plus, read the introduction from our Editors, @adriennebuller.bsky.social and @johnmerrick.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/all-that-is-...
Introducing AIRBORNE Issue #3!
Publishing 6 May.
Pre-order or subscribe today: www.break-down.org/tag/issue-03/ 🔗
“The case for solar in Cuba is so compelling and what the US is doing is so cruel ... it is creating a humanitarian crisis on purpose.”
Our latest briefing by @cashman.bsky.social on Cuba & breaking free of US energy dominance in Yale Climate Connections 👇
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/as-c...
🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)
A rapid renewable electricity transition in Cuba is technically feasible and more cost-effective than continued investment in fossil fuel capacity in part because costs for key technologies have dropped dramatically.
“Cuba is in the midst of a US-imposed energy and humanitarian crisis.”
Our new briefing by @cashman.bsky.social examines how Cuba could break free of US energy dominance with renewables — and why the world should help pay for it.
www.transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-afte...
“As Khem Rogaly argues, defence spending provides a weak economic stimulus compared with public investment – and is even worse as a job creator.”
Khem Rogaly quoted in @theguardian.com ’s editorial on military spending 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Come join us to celebrate the launch of the new issue of the @the-breakdown.bsky.social! luma.com/3r5t0jyf
A VW factory in Germany’s “City of Peace” might be converted by an Israeli weapons company to make missile systems based on the Iron Dome.
Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly on Europe’s rearmament and how it serves an outdated colonial foreign policy. 👇
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
‘The rearmament agenda may be cloaked in the language of defence, but it serves a colonial foreign policy that looks desperately outdated in a multipolar world.’
New on the blog from Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
🎟️ ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s Green Planning Commission is joining forces with @indep.bsky.social for a joint event on how we can translate green democratic planning from framework to policy.
🗓️ 14 April
⏰ 3PM UTC
Register here 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indepxgree...
Forces of Production is a monthly newsletter hosted by Common Wealth, tracking the US economy through government data on production, employment, prices and trade. 👇
www.forcesofproduction.com
“If the Hormuz strait remains closed, it will take out roughly 20 million barrels per day — about a fifth of total global petroleum consumption, something like 7x the Ukraine disruption.”
The latest edition of our newsletter tracking the US economy. 👇
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/a-chain-re...
“The UK is at a crossroads ... failing economic transformation, this is fertile ground for the rise of the authoritarian far-right.”
Our new essay by @stefanzylinski.bsky.social reimagines the UK’s industrial, security & trade strategy in a multipolar world.
transitionsecurity.org/at-a-crossro...
Happy my latest publications are out!
Written for @transitionsec.bsky.social c.bsky.social, hosted by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social & @cplusc.bsky.social.
In the first of two essays, I examine the UK's econ model & its impact on the Global South. Read below:
transitionsecurity.org/at-a-crossro...
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“A recent study by the Common Wealth think tank found energy network operators had underinvested by £490m annually.”
Our work on missing money in UK energy networks featured in BBC 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On Tuesday 14th April from 5PM UTC+2, we and @cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission are convening an online panel to explore how green democratic economic planning can be translated into policy proposals and integrated into transition strategies. www.indep.network/event/indep-...
Next Tuesday! Join us to discuss how we can put green democratic planning into practice ⚡️
“The UK confronts a new global conjuncture ... it urgently needs to transform its economic model and its foreign policy.”
In the first essay of our two-part series, @stefanzylinski.bsky.social examines the UK’s present role in the global economy. 🔗👇
transitionsecurity.org/at-a-crossro...
“The UK faces a stark choice between defending a violent, unstable US-led order or forging an internationalist strategy.”
In the 2nd essay of our series, @stefanzylinski.bsky.social argues for a foreign policy based on green internationalism & planning.
transitionsecurity.org/forging-ahead/
Sign up to our event with The International Network for Democratic Economic Planning to explore how green democratic economic planning can be translated into concrete policy proposals and integrated into broader transition strategies. 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indepxgree...
🪑 MODERATOR:
@solveigdegen.bsky.social is a doctoral candidate based at the Centre for Social Critique in Berlin, where she combines approaches from political economy and sociology with perspectives from political theory and critical social philosophy.
🎙️ SPEAKERS:
Justus Henze is a political economist and project coordinator at @communia.bsky.social, where he works on strategies for the socialisation of the German energy sector.
🎙️ SPEAKERS:
@gkahan.bsky.social is a PhD candidate at @uwmadison.bsky.social and a visiting researcher at @cso-sciencespo.bsky.social.
His research focuses on political sociology, development, and finance, and on the effects of green industrial policy, derisking, and “ecological planning”.
🎙️ SPEAKERS:
@isabelestevez.bsky.social is an institutional & development economist & former Deputy Director of Industrial Policy & Trade at the @rooseveltinstitute.org.
Her work focuses on economic transformation, nature–economy relations & green transitions.
🎙️ SPEAKERS:
@brusselermel.bsky.social is a political economist, US Programme Director at @cmmonwealth.bsky.social & a co-founder of the Green Planning Commission.
Her research focuses on green democratic planning & green macrofinance.
🎟️ ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s Green Planning Commission is joining forces with @indep.bsky.social for a joint event on how we can translate green democratic planning from framework to policy.
🗓️ 14 April
⏰ 3PM UTC
Register here 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indepxgree...
