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@bekadiski.bsky.social
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Thinking about the end of the world, and what might stop it. PhD researching climate, unions, work. Fellow at Transition Security Project

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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a letter organised by Transition Security Project, 10 unions call for Andy Burnham to end Britain’s military support for Saudi Arabia, due to the war crimes it has committed in Yemen @tribunemagazine.bsky.social 👇 tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/trad...
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Trade Unionists to Burnham: End Military Collaboration With Saudi Arabia
Ten of the country's leading unions tell the government to end support for the war on Yemen.
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The Zetkin Collective @zetkincollective.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today is PUBLICATION DAY! You can now get your copy of *The Great Driving Right Show* Special thanks to everyone who accompanied us on this journey. And to @triofrancos.bsky.social @leninology.bsky.social and @alfatau.bsky.social for their kind blurbs!
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🚨NEW🚨: Ten unions call for Andy Burnham to oppose the war on Iran & stop British bases being used to launch US air strikes. The unions argue that the “devastating, illegal war” is a catastrophe for the Middle East & that it directly undermines Burnham’s cost of living agenda.
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I've seen some early extracts and this is going to be excellent. Anyone interested in English nationalism and the place of pubs in convivial culture should buy! Discount finishes today.
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Lyn @lynisalot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The robots cost more to replace.
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Can't wait!
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I wrote about Heathrow expansion and Labour's 'number one mission' of economic growth (not climate catastrophe, not threadbare public services, not child poverty but...) Now the govt's own figures suggest related growth would be derisory, which is no surprise. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
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Rebekah Diski | Number One Mission
The government’s support for Heathrow expansion is in keeping with the robotic incantations of economic growth that...
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
(another) reason why we don't want our pension schemes lumbered with shitty evil AI investments. @edzitron.com is so clear on this stuff - really recommend his newsletter for regular demystification too www.wheresyoured.at
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Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This episode of "Today" desperately needs a historian of policing, to explain why things like anti-racism training were introduced in the first place. This wasn't some departure from a world in which the police treated everyone the same. It was an attempt to bring that world fractionally closer.
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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Greg Bovino and the head of New York's Young Republicans were in Portugal this weekend for a neo-fascist summit on ethnic cleansing. So why didn't the press cover it? My latest for @theredoubt.net, on extremism, antisemitism and media double standards: www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...
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Why did the press ignore a gathering of the world's leading fascists?
Right-wing extremism is going mainstream, but it's not getting the coverage.
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This feels like something more people should know about...
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
If you are into some really sick and depraved sh*t, may I recommend JP Morgan’s 2026 mid-year outlook? privatebank.jpmorgan.com/nam/en/insig...
We have long argued that geopolitical shocks, while devastating in their human toll and bound to command investor attention, tend to inflict limited lasting damage on diversified investment portfolios. That assessment still holds, particularly when a conflict does not materially disrupt energy supply.We do not know if this process of geopolitical fragmentation will ultimately lead to a more peaceful world order or a more chaotic one. But we do believe we know which assets, regions and companies could potentially benefit either way.
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
All star cast at this free summer school on class and culture for students, teachers and interested members of the public. Looks excellent!
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
“Despite the growth of war spending ... the window of opportunity to collaboratively pursue alternatives is now that much more open.” @tkbarnes.bsky.social examines the decline of military industrial jobs and offers an alternative industrial strategy. 👇 transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the...
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Labor of the US Military-Industrial Complex
Jobs in the military industry have declined even as the Pentagon budget soars, exposing a broken industrial model.
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“Once a driver of stable employment, jobs in the arms sector have declined even as military spending soars.” @tkbarnes.bsky.social exposes the broken relationship between the Pentagon’s soaring budget and secure jobs. transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the...
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Labor of the US Military-Industrial Complex
Jobs in the military industry have declined even as the Pentagon budget soars, exposing a broken industrial model.
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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
here's one of those insane, horrible connections of the contemporary era the primary liaison between the UAE and the genocidaires in the RSF over this time has been Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan the owner of Manchester City football club
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Not so long ago I was told Drax provided 'green jobs' at its biofuel (tree-burning) power plant. They were then getting £2m EVERY DAY in govt subsidies & that was without CCS. Now subsidies are due to end they're turning to that other well-known job creator & climate change fixer - data centres!
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/04/2026
‘The turn to militarisation, alongside diminishing low-carbon investment, will only make Europe less secure and more economically fragile.’ Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly on arms v. green energy in Europe, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
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Rebekah Diski and Khem Rogaly | City of Peace
The 2300 workers at the Volkswagen factory in Osnabrück, northwest Germany, have been confronted with an unexpected...
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
“Cuba’s crisis is part of the US ‘energy dominance’ strategy, using coercion and force to control energy supplies and, ultimately, Cuba itself.” Cuba could break the US blockade with renewables — & the world should help pay for it. 🖋️ @cashman.bsky.social www.transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-afte...
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Sunrise After the Blockade
Cheap solar could help Cuba break free of US energy dominance — and the world should help pay for it
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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I wrote about the debate around data center build-outs, whether AI is making life better right now and/or protecting US national security interests newrepublic.com/article/2089...
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Alarmed by the grim symbolism of VW in talks with Israeli state-owned arms company Rafael, Khem Rogaly of @transitionsec.bsky.social and I wrote about European rearmament and ongoing subservience to US military and energy strategy for @lrb.co.uk
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Such an extraordinary resource and the political education on Arab radicalism, the long reach of western imperialism and the centrality of Palestine that we all need in this conjuncture. The podcast was already monumental - thank you @thedigradio.bsky.social, Abdel Razzaq Takriti & all involved!
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“Any regenerative project must also build a credible horizon of what is politically possible & ecologically necessary — a cultural politics that can plausibly be translated into power.” @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how Reform’s fossil-fuelled nationalism exploits the energy transition.
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Sparked by Richard Tice's plans for fracking as 'our patriotic duty', I wrote something with George Edwards of @zetkincollective.bsky.social about the appeal of Reform's fossil nationalism for @the-breakdown.bsky.social
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“Companies like BAE Systems ... rely on public money although they are privately owned, with institutional investors benefitting from surging government spending and direct subsidies for research and development.” Khem Rogaly in @irishexaminer.bsky.social 👇 🖋️ @colinivan.bsky.social
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
As part of the @transitionsec.bsky.social series on military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats, I wrote about how trade unions are responding to rearmament, genocide and ecological catastrophe. Do check out the other essays!
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🚨 NEW: Read @tobitac.bsky.social “Cold War on a Warming World” for sharp analysis of China’s economic development, its clean energy dominance and why Washington’s foreign policy response is a threat to global decarbonisation. 🔗👇 transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...
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Cold War on a Warming World
The US foreign policy response to China's economic development is a threat to the global climate transition.
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Excited to be a fellow @transitionsec.bsky.social with a bunch of brilliant people thinking about the intertwining of militarisation and climate breakdown. Launch event this eve and lots of great stuff to follow!
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 14/09/2025
‘More than a hundred groups co-ordinated to try to shut DSEI down. There were banners from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, the Global Women’s Strike and Quakers for peace, among others.’ Rebekah Diski at the Stop the Arms Fair protests, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
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Rebekah Diski | At the Arms Fair
Every two years, the UK hosts one of the world’s largest arms fairs at the Excel centre in East London. The Defence...
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
For the @lrb.co.uk blog, I wrote about DSEI, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs, which the UK hosts every 2 years. This year, protests drew attention to the companies profiting from genocide in Gaza, while Starmer met Israeli president Herzog at Downing St. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
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Rebekah Diski | At the Arms Fair
Every two years, the UK hosts one of the world’s largest arms fairs at the Excel centre in East London. The Defence...
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I wrote about David Lammy's newfound outrage over Gaza. Hard to swallow for those of us in his own constituency, where he and Haringey council have consistently ignored our demands for action: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/05/too-...
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Too Lammy, Too Late
As British establishment opinion begins to turn against Israel, the hypocrisy shown by government figures like Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who long defended Israeli brutality, is both ironic and in...
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Larry Fink's 2025 letter: we will solve distributional crisis of capitalism if you give me your savings so I can privatise every public good under the sun. We shall call this democratizing investment. www.blackrock.com/corporate/in...
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Larry Fink’s 2025 Chairman’s Letter to Investors | BlackRock
Larry Fink shares how thinking on retirement can be reshaped, and how expanding access to capital markets can help build a more prosperous future.
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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I always struggle a little to explain my students why Marxists are right about freedom in the capitalist state. Jeff Bezos does it so much better.
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Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This is by one of the booksellers in East Jerusalem whose shop was raided by Israeli forces last night, and is currently in Israeli detention. (Written in November 2023) www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/no...
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Mahmoud Muna | A Bookseller and Many Journalists
I was shelving some books when the American journalist walked in. Many international reporters have come to Jerusalem...
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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Don't be evil* * Terms and conditions may apply
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Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website | TechCrunch
Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. The company
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Of course they back a third runway at Heathrow. I wrote about Labour's obsession with growth and the madness of airport expansion on the LRB blog www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
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Rebekah Diski | Number One Mission
The government’s support for Heathrow expansion is in keeping with the robotic incantations of economic growth that...
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I wrote quite a long thing about Bidenomics, contradictions of green growth, and why we shouldn't be so excited by 'the return of industrial policy' for Strange Matters magazine: strangematters.coop/failure-of-b...
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Biding Time
Bidenomics is catching on in Europe but cost the Democrats the election. A socialist view says: it failed by not going far enough.
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