Latest issue out now! Open Access. With articles from Desiree Simandjuntak University of Hawaii at Manoa Naima Fenderl naima 🥨 Rie Makita Gakushuin University Elizabeth Embry University of Kansas and Stacey Edgar Stacey Edgar, PhD scienceopen.com/hosted-documen… Open Science Space™ JSTOR Pluto Journals

International Cooperative Alliance General Assembly adopts new strategy for global #coops movement International Cooperative Alliance 👇 thenews.coop/ica-general-as…

☕Ask the government to #BrewItFair The people who grow and pick the tea we drink are dealing with poverty, dangerous working conditions, and the impacts of climate change. The government has the power to change this. Sign the @fairtradeuk petition action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/171071/pe…

Namibia has a Female President, Vice President and Speaker

Presenting my book Fascist Yoga at Art And Talking in Chipping Norton yesterday, 12 July 2025. Explaining here that if my local sports centre had offered a traditional gymnastics option of learning headstands to combine with public speaking, I'd have never entered a yoga class...

Starmer says he's appalled by whats happening in Gaza Appalled enough to impose sanctions on Israel? No Appalled enough to stop all arms sales to Israel? No Appalled enough to cease all trade with Israel? No Appalled enough to expel the Israeli ambassador? No Its just words

Labour had the opportunity to ensure labelling & traceability were written into the genetic technology regulations. It chose not to, prioritising the needs of the biotech industry over those of average citizens, farmers & businesses. Please give generously to this campaign.

On BBC’s Today programme this morning Rachel Maskell came across as the sincere, honest & decent person she is. Suspending her for standing up for her constituents & following her conscience & then being abused by a No 10 spokesperson says more about the people in charge than her

It’s been a year since the ICJ ruled: ⚫️ Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is illegal ⚫️ All countries must take action to end Israel’s occupation We’ve joined 15 other orgs inc @glan_law @icjpalestine @waronwant to demand the UK take action NOW. thenational.scot/news/25322654.…

What a beautiful post on #MandelaDay2025 Worth reading to the end.

🇮🇳A look at how songwriting has been used to strengthen the #cooperative spirit of Indian's SEWA Cooperative Federation women’s #coops federation International Cooperative Alliance ICA Asia and Pacific 👇 thenews.coop/songs-women-an…

🧵 What happens when 400+ cooperative leaders from across the globe gather in the birthplace of the movement? A bold new strategy is born. Here’s what went down at the ICA General Assembly in Manchester, and what it means for the future of coops 👇 #ICA2030

In the latest issue, Naima Fenderl writes ‘Trade justice through degrowth? A decentralised and re-localised approach to Fair Trade’ #diamondopenaccess Pluto Journals JSTOR #diamondopenaccess scienceopen.com/hosted-documen… #FairTrade #degrowth #socialmovements #justice

Yoga promises peace and enlightenment, but its real history is stranger than you think. In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home uncovers the grifters, cults, and conspiracies hiding in plain sight. This is the story of how fascism found its flow:plutobooks.com/9780745351124/…

'Building a better world demands more than good intentions; it demands courage' Rose Marley of Co-operatives UK on the #coops vision of the future at the recent UK Co-op Congress #IYC2025 #neweconomy 👇 thenews.coop/uk-co-op-congr…

Keir Starmer's Dirty Secret EXPOSED

.Zaytoun olive oil from #Palestine and #WainwrightsBeeFarm Ukrainian sunflower 🌻 honey.....Beautiful #fairtrade food gifts available at #Oxfam #Harpenden. We sell lots more fabulous fair trade food products including tea, coffee and chocolate....Come for a browse!

“Today, the plantation still produces 700 tonnes of sugar a year, earning the Drax family something in the region of £250,000.” Op-ed for The Conversation by plashmar author of Drax of Drax Hall theconversation.com/tracing-the-dr…

The UK's land is owned by a tiny number of people – just 1% of the population own 70% of land. Huge amounts of public land have been sold off since the 70s and the price of land has skyrocketed, encouraging the housing and climate crises and hurting our entire society.

This is a case study in billionaires having too much influence: they replace taxes on their income with taxes on us buying essentials. We need to tax billionaires – before they tax us!