How African governments responded (or not) to the 2025 aid shock www.cgdev.org/blog/how-afr...
@duncangreenlse
LSE Prof in Practice & Director of its 'Activism, Influence & Change programme/blog'. Recovering Exfamer. Current passion teaching/training next & current gen of change makers, both at LSE and beyond. Author How Change Happens, From Poverty to Power
How African governments responded (or not) to the 2025 aid shock www.cgdev.org/blog/how-afr...
Don't follow Branko, sorry
The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025. Strikingly left wing readership, with big focus on inequality and evils of capitalism. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
Branko's number crunching is always thought provoking
A reminder that applications for the third round of the Atlantic Equity Challenge (AEQ) are now open!
The AEQ research grant offers researchers the opportunity to undertake innovative, solutions-oriented, collaborative research on inequalities.
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Abrupt transitions: The Global Humanitarian Overview pushes a dangerous trend: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Syria one year after Assad, deadly hospital strikes in Myanmar and Sudan, and Machadoβs Oslo odyssey: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/12... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
US takes control of Gaza, Trump eyes Sudan deal, and regime change risks in Venezuela: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/11... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Fuelling Sudanβs war, blockading Bamako, and misnomers in Gaza and Lebanon: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/11... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Pretty extraordinary story here
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Gaza aid trickle, migrant shipwreck deaths, and US-led regime change in Venezuela? The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/10... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Join us for the launch of the highly anticipated new book by @brankomilan.bsky.social π
He reveals the seismic shifts that are shaping our world, with global neoliberalism on its last legs. As the status quo of the past fifty years crumbles, he asks what remains in its wake?
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The diaspora lifeline that helps keep Somali families afloat: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Branko Milanovic at his brilliant best, presenting the arguments of his new book, 'The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World'
Superb.
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Selen Γzen, Amy Lim and Juliana Causin reflect on the first Cutting Edge Guest Lecture with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright on" A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy"
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Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Gaza βhellβ threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
"The humanitarian principles from 1965 have worked well enough but perhaps they are from a bygone age."
Hugo Slim on the history of #humanitarian #reset: major overhauls of the system often in response to changes in funding or political environment or major failures.
@duncangreenlse.bsky.social
Hugo Slim's latest post on 'Humanitarian resets' (the current one is his 8th!) is a fantastic read and classroom resource for anyone teaching on the evolution of the aid system. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Are you looking for work that makes an impact? We're here for you!
Our job board is curated specifically for community organisers and is updated regularly. Here are some of this month's highlights π§΅
#Jobs #Changemaker #Hiring #SocialChange #Activist #SocialImpact #Justice
I know nothing about art and really must do something about it. #SupportPhilistineAction
Just staggered out weeping from 'Consumed', peak Irish comic-tragedy at the Traverse. Fringe up and rolling!
Me too. Arrive tomorrow for solid diet of miserablist theatre, music and weird miscellaneous. Not a comic in sight
Ukraineβs anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over
Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian anti-corruption lawyer, discusses a recent outbreak of internal politics in Ukraine.
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@lhpiron.bsky.social
@thepolicypractice.bsky.social
Community Organizing β how does it differ from other forms of Activism?
Iβm hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I would consult the activist hivemind. Over to you.
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Essential Reading:
A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasnβt, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/08... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
On 15 August it will be four years since the Taliban reclaimed power in #Afghanistan.
Hugo Slim argues #humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the Talibanβs persecution of women and girls and that it's time for them to speak out.
@duncangreenlse.bsky.social
Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...