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My learnings from a failed COP (we can do better).
At COP29, fear and closed networks stifled grassroots organising. How can we bring back the energy and inclusivity needed for real change?
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Meta is killing political content - here’s what campaigners need to do
In my latest newsletter dispatch, I detail how Meta’s policy change is likely to be implemented and what this means progressive campaigners and activists should do.
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How Progressives Provoked the Farmers’ Protests
In this newsletter dispatch, I interview a leftist farmer from Spain, who helps me to understand how we have left farmers behind. And, importantly, how we can win them back.
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How a Tenants’ Union has Changed Scottish Politics
Organisers across Europe could do worse than to learn from the formidable power of Living Rent - Scotland’s tenants’ union.
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Should Green Parties go into Government?
Why do small parties like the Greens lose votes when they go into government? A look at the numbers offers a surprising conclusion.
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Why my book chapter is problematic
I’m proud of my analysis of the youth climate justice movement, but I also made a grave error that we can all learn from.