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Introducing FRONTIERS Issue #2!
Publishing 22 Sept.
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Publishing 22 Sept.
Pre-order or subscribe now at break-down.org 🔗
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We're now open for pitches for Issue #3 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, AIRBORNE, on the importance of air in the climate crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We're now open for pitches for Issue #3 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, AIRBORNE, on the importance of air in the climate crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
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Governments and companies worldwide are increasingly investing in solar radiation management as a "fix" to global warming. Our podcast of the week explores how billionaire-backed research has normalized geoengineering.
With Sofia Menemenlis on @poltheoryother.bsky.social
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With Sofia Menemenlis on @poltheoryother.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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"People have to have a language to speak about what other possible futures are available to them,” Hall wrote. One task...is therefore to devise a language that expands the sense of what is possible"
NEW: Casey A. Williams reads Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
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NEW: Casey A. Williams reads Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
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Reading Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
Stuart Hall’s politics of culture offers the left a blueprint for confronting the climate crisis.
www.break-down.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"People have to have a language to speak about what other possible futures are available to them,” Hall wrote. One task...is therefore to devise a language that expands the sense of what is possible"
NEW: Casey A. Williams reads Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
NEW: Casey A. Williams reads Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
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Excited to be soft-launching a new online essay series for @the-breakdown.bsky.social - (re)reading radical thinkers for the climate crisis.
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
Reading Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
Stuart Hall’s politics of culture offers the left a blueprint for confronting the climate crisis.
www.break-down.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Excited to be soft-launching a new online essay series for @the-breakdown.bsky.social - (re)reading radical thinkers for the climate crisis.
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
And as ever - this piece is free to read, but we're an indie non-profit publication with a small team trying to pay writers as well as we can manage.
If you're into what we do and can spring for a digital or print subscription (digital just over £1/month), it makes this kind of work possible.
👶
If you're into what we do and can spring for a digital or print subscription (digital just over £1/month), it makes this kind of work possible.
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New on @the-breakdown.bsky.social, Casey Williams rereads Stuart Hall in an age of climate breakdown
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
Reading Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
Stuart Hall’s politics of culture offers the left a blueprint for confronting the climate crisis.
www.break-down.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New on @the-breakdown.bsky.social, Casey Williams rereads Stuart Hall in an age of climate breakdown
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
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This discussion follows a few things I discussed with @adriennebuller.bsky.social for the @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast recently. It just came out and you can check it out here:
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Lula’s Dilemmas and COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This discussion follows a few things I discussed with @adriennebuller.bsky.social for the @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast recently. It just came out and you can check it out here:
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
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You can read Sabrina's excellent essay by subscribing for just over £1 a month to support our work:
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Lula’s Dilemma
In Brazil, big agribusiness holds the reins of political power. Without confronting this head-on, Lula’s ecological promises will remain just that—promises.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You can read Sabrina's excellent essay by subscribing for just over £1 a month to support our work:
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemma/
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemma/
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For the latest episode of @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast (we're back!), I spoke to @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics, developmentalism and her essay "Lula's Dilemma"
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Lula’s Dilemmas and COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
www.break-down.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For the latest episode of @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast (we're back!), I spoke to @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics, developmentalism and her essay "Lula's Dilemma"
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
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“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
Lula’s Dilemma at COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
break-down.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
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November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
Lula’s Dilemma at COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
break-down.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The imperialists come anyway.”
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to
@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém.
Listen now to the full episode 👇
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We're at the Historical Materialism conference all weekend, selling issues (with a discount on our already cheap subscriptions!). Come through if you're here
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We're at the Historical Materialism conference all weekend, selling issues (with a discount on our already cheap subscriptions!). Come through if you're here
Just TWO DAYS until our Issue 2 launch party in London!
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Just TWO DAYS until our Issue 2 launch party in London!
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Tickets for readings are sold out, but there are still a handful available for the party from 8pm — See you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
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Excited to see Sofia Menemenlis discussing her @the-breakdown.bsky.social essay on solar geoengineering on the great @poltheoryother.bsky.social podcast
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 05/11/2025 · 46m
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November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excited to see Sofia Menemenlis discussing her @the-breakdown.bsky.social essay on solar geoengineering on the great @poltheoryother.bsky.social podcast
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
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I interviewed Sofia Menemenlis about her recent article in @the-breakdown.bsky.social on the concept and history of solar geoengineering and the threat it poses:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 11/05/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I interviewed Sofia Menemenlis about her recent article in @the-breakdown.bsky.social on the concept and history of solar geoengineering and the threat it poses:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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📢☀️NEW EPISODE📢☀️ Sofia Menemenlis joins PTO to talk about her recent article on the threat of solar geoengineering in the @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 11/05/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📢☀️NEW EPISODE📢☀️ Sofia Menemenlis joins PTO to talk about her recent article on the threat of solar geoengineering in the @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
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Recommended listen: with Sofia Menemenlis on @poltheoryother.bsky.social covering her superb essay on the science and politics of geoengineering for Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 05/11/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Recommended listen: with Sofia Menemenlis on @poltheoryother.bsky.social covering her superb essay on the science and politics of geoengineering for Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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You can read Sofia's essay here — a digital subscription is just over £1 a month and enables us to keep publishing these important stories
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The Sunlight Managers
By deploying the language of objectivity while evading questions about the social relations that underlie the climate crisis, the science profession is granting legitimacy to a dangerous idea: solar g...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You can read Sofia's essay here — a digital subscription is just over £1 a month and enables us to keep publishing these important stories
www.break-down.org/the-sunlight...
www.break-down.org/the-sunlight...
"Climate-related migration is not a problem in some possible apocalyptic future. It is happening now."
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
Against the Fortress
“Climate migration” defies clear definition, but as the impacts of climate change mount and politicians stoke anti-migrant hostility, the climate movement must meet this challenge head-on.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Climate-related migration is not a problem in some possible apocalyptic future. It is happening now."
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
NATHAN AKEHURT confronts the complexity of climate migration for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.
Read the full essay👇
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Calling all Milei-heads
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
Javier Milei and the Long Shadow of the IMF
In Argentina, economic chaos and political upheaval expose how the IMF’s stabilizing promise has become a mechanism of managed decline.
www.break-down.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Calling all Milei-heads
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
Incisive new piece from Lola Allen on Milei's latest victory, the IMF and extractivism in Argentina.
As Allen writes: "This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability to justify permanent external control."
www.break-down.org/javier-milei...
"This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability that justifies permanent external control."
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
Javier Milei and the Long Shadow of the IMF
In Argentina, economic chaos and political upheaval expose how the IMF’s stabilizing promise has become a mechanism of managed decline.
www.break-down.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"This is not stabilization—it is the active production of instability that justifies permanent external control."
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
LOLA ALLEN on Javier Milei, the IMF and the contradictions of Argentina's extractive economy.
Read the full essay👇
NEW SPEAKER
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
October 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
NEW SPEAKER
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
This Sunday at the Barbican our editor @adriennebuller.bsky.social will chair a conversation between Andreas Malm and Steven Donziger on fossil capital, the state of climate politics and resisting dystopia.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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We've moved around the corner and added more tickets! 🎟️
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We've moved around the corner and added more tickets! 🎟️
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Escape the November blues with us next Friday — we'll be celebrating Issue 2 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, listening to some lovely readings and spending time among friends!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
PARTY UPDATE: we’ve moved our sold out Issue #2 launch party just around the corner to a larger venue and added a handful more tickets 🎈
Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
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Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
PARTY UPDATE: we’ve moved our sold out Issue #2 launch party just around the corner to a larger venue and added a handful more tickets 🎈
Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...
Join us at the OCTOBER GALLERY on 7 Nov for readings + a party!
📍 October Gallery, WC1
🗓️ Fri 7 Nov, from 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-breakd...