Investigating the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. By @Cmmonwealth and @cplusci.
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While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
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Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen has plunged millions into a humanitarian crisis. Instead of ending its involvement, the UK is doubling down.
Read the letter we organised on behalf of ten unions calling on the UK to end military cooperation with the KSA:
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/tra…
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The government must prioritise massive investment in our decimated public services and broken national infrastructure. It would be completely unacceptable to instead spend more money on foreign wars.
My comment for @thetimes. Prioritise human security.
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A group of the biggest public sector unions have warned the Budget should not make cuts to finance defence.
Our analysis found the Defence Investment Plan could lead to a net loss of over 20,000 jobs 👇
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The doubling of Britain's military budget is partly justified in terms of the public having enjoyed a post-Cold War "peace dividend". The reality is that when the increase was announced the budget was already higher in real terms than it was in the 1980s. - @KhemRogaly
One year ago, @Cmmonwealth and @cplusci founded Transition Security Project to investigate the UK & US military industrial complexes — and understand how they threaten our economies, climate and global safety.
Here’s what we’ve been up to since then 🧵
We are also working closely with trade unions who have mobilised against militarisation.
Read the letter we organised on behalf of ten unions calling on Andy Burnham to reject UK support for the US-Israeli war on Iran:
theguardian.com/business/202…
Listen to TSP co-director @KhemRogaly discuss our latest report on the costs of Britain's outdated interventionist military strategy on @poltheoryother:
📢 💥NEW EPISODE 📢 💥 - @KhemRogaly of @TransitionSec joins PTO to talk about the doubling Britain's military budget amidst an ever increasing drumbeat of commentary predicting a major European war. Link in the 🧵
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As pressure builds for a massive expansion of the military budget — again at the expense of essential climate programmes — I spoke to @poltheoryother about the realities of Britain’s military spending 👇
📢 💥NEW EPISODE 📢 💥 - @KhemRogaly of @TransitionSec joins PTO to talk about the doubling Britain's military budget amidst an ever increasing drumbeat of commentary predicting a major European war. Link in the 🧵
“I think this is exactly the approach progressives and socialists need to adopt, tackling the arguments about military spending directly on the terms the defence establishment try to present them”.
@meadwaj on our report, “Posturing to the World”, in the latest @macrodosepod.
The government should not cut vital climate programmes to fund further increases to the wasteful military budget.
Our research shows that cuts used to fund military spending lead to job losses overall. Read more below.
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