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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 23h

“Councils have resorted to selling school playing fields and other assets ... they’re willing to make huge losses on previously sold Right to Buy homes, even despite the state of their own finances.”

Our Chief Economist @chrismwhayes.bsky.social in @bigissue.com 👇

www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils

Big Issue investigates the Right To Buy properties sold back to councils for massive profits, just years after being bought at a discount.

www.bigissue.com

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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 1d

Our co-director Khem Rogaly speaking now at The World Transformed’s panel “Against War, Against Militarism”, alongside @declassifieduk.org, STW UK, @ceobs.org & @codepink.bsky.social

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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 4d

The official launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social is in just one week! Join CCI & @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
at the free inaugural panel event featuring our strategic co-dir @triofrancos.bsky.social:
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 1d

“Capital is moving across borders, so our solidarity has to as well.”

Our Senior Research Fellow Eleanor Shearer at The World Transformed speaking on a panel today on what reparative justice means in this moment.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Join us in ONE WEEK as we launch our work on the war economy, climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.

Follow @transitionsec.bsky.social for updates!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...

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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 1 WEEK TO GO!
🎟️ 350+ tickets gone!

Join us to launch @transitionsec.bsky.social with a panel on the war economy, climate crisis & the geopolitics of the climate transition.

🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social
🪑 @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
shorturl.at/njU0q

War, Climate Crisis and the Economy: Transition Security Project Launch

A collaboration between Common Wealth and Climate & Community Institute to investigate the US and UK military industrial complexes.

shorturl.at

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Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social · 5d

An important nexus and intersection in this time of #polycrisis - especially because both war and climate crisis have massive effects on #migration.

Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 In just 2 weeks, we'll be hosting a free online panel with @cplusc.bsky.social to launch a new collaboration: @transitionsec.bsky.social

🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social
🪑 @lalehkhalili.bsky.social

Reserve your spot now! 🔗👇

War, Climate Crisis and the Economy: Transition Security Project Launch

A collaboration between Common Wealth and Climate & Community Institute to investigate the US and UK military industrial complexes.

shorturl.at

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Campaign Salience @campaignsalience.bsky.social · 4d

If you want to learn more about @cmmonwealth.bsky.social campaign, visit their amazing website and story telling dashboard here:
www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...

Thanks for watching our TED Talk! If you want to know more... get in touch!!

Who Owns Britain?

How the radical experiment of privatisation transformed society and reshaped our lives.

www.common-wealth.org

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent and much-needed research from @neweconomics.bsky.social and Social Guarantee.

Housing is a fundamental need but has been left almost entirely to the private sector and the market.

Abundant, high-quality public housing can help deliver good housing for all.

New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 10d

🏡How can we make sure everyone has access to a decent home while sticking to our climate goals and protecting the planet?

In a new report from NEF and the Social Guarantee we outline how applying a universal basic services approach to housing could be the answer.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

You can still purchase tickets to attend The World Transformed in Manchester, 9-12 October, at the link below!

The World Transformed

In the face of Israel’s relentless genocide against Palestinians, the rise of the far-right in Britain and beyond, and the Labour government’s agenda of economic austerity and repression of protest, the left urgently needs a shared plan to resist and win.

theworldtransformed.org

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Sunday 12 October
2.30PM — 4PM
Ascension Church Main Space

Against War, Against Militarism

With our Principal Research Fellow, Khem Rogaly.

The World Transformed 2025 // Against War, Against Militarism

From Gaza to Ukraine, war is increasing around the world. Shifts in the international balance of power and competition over strategic resources means we face escalating bloodshed and destabilisation.

theworldtransformed.org

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Sunday 12 October
12PM — 1.30PM
Kath Locke – Valerie

What does reparative justice mean in this moment?

With our Senior Research Fellow, Eleanor Shearer.

The World Transformed 2025 // What does reparative justice mean in this moment?

Britain - and Manchester - was the beneficiary of an economic system that funneled wealth from periphery to core. The exploitation of environments and peoples led to deep inequalities today. This is the world we made. How do we remake it?

theworldtransformed.org

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Join us at The World Transformed 2025! 🎉

We’ll be joining The World Transformed as a partner organisation, and two members of the Common Wealth team will be speaking on the following panels. 👇

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s end the rip-off and take back our future.

Explore our new project — Who Owns Britain? — at the link below.

www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...

Who Owns Britain?

How the radical experiment of privatisation transformed society and reshaped our lives.

www.common-wealth.org

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Privatisation came with a hidden cost.

But it’s not too late to fix what’s broken.

Public ownership is the route to a better, safer future.

It’s time to reclaim services that belong to the public.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Our lives are owned by an array of private interests you’ve probably never even heard of.

CK Hutchinson. Daniel Křetínský. Macquarie. Fidelity. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Bharti Televentures. Vanguard. Adderley. First Manhattan Company. The Princely Family of Lichtenstein.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Who really owns Britain?

Not you.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Families using basic services have been turned into cash cows for international investors.

So, how did we get here? When services were sold off, who bought them?

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Our essential services are crumbling.

Waterways full of sewage.
Substation fires.
Buses and trains that are late, if they arrive at all.
Sky-high energy bills.

Your hard-earned cash flows into the pockets of shareholders, instead of improving services and keeping bills down.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Since the 80s, our public services have been sold off on the cheap.

Water. Energy. Buses. Trains. Mail. Housing. Land.

We sold off the family silver at a rate faster than almost anywhere else. Now we’re counting the consequences.

We were promised a dream — we got a nightmare.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5d

Do you ever get the feeling that nothing seems to work anymore?

Bills go up. Services get worse. Basics are luxuries. How did we get here?

🧵 Our new project explores the experiment that transformed Britain.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 7d

We’re excited to share our new interactive map on ScotWind, in collaboration with @futureeconscot.bsky.social!

You can explore all 20 ScotWind projects and discover their top 10 ultimate shareholders.

Where do the benefits of Scotland's offshore wind end up? Find out below. 👇

Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 9d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who owns Scotland's offshore wind assets?

Our new interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social lets you explore who really owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit

Highlights in 🧵
Explore the map 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/scotwind

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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 ONLINE EVENT

Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.

Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social

📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

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Platform @platform1983.bsky.social · 24d

🚨New survey finds oil & gas workers want decisive action from the UK government, Scottish government and industry to support the transition – but they aren’t getting it.

Here’s what workers want: 🧵

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2547...

'North Sea workers urge government to do more on creating good renewable energy jobs'

Rosie Hampton is oil and gas campaigns manager at Friends of the Earth Scotland responds to a new study of over 400 North Sea oil and gas workers…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 7d

“Millions of households in England face the prospect of even bigger water bill increases than originally expected.”

Yet, in England & Wales, almost a third of the average bill goes to servicing enormous levels of debt or paying shareholder dividends.

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises

CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

www.theguardian.com

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