Rachel Donald
I investigate why the world is in crisis: www.planetcritical.com
I also investigate what to do about it: www.planetcoordinate.com
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- In my conversation with XR co-founder Roger Hallam, I asked him about his advising Palestinians to commit to non-violence in the face of genocide. His response really surprised me. Full episode out now: www.planetcritical.com/roger-hallam/
- OUT NOW: I interviewed Roger Hallam, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, about his vision of activism. Roger is convinced of his methodologies and strategies. I am not. I end up asking him if he has a Messiah complex. Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/roger-hallam/
- We can afford to unconditionally provide healthcare, education, housing, transport, food and more to everyone – and doing so would dramatically improve people's ability to contribute to society. Universal Basic Services could change everything. Learn how: www.planetcritical.com/andrew-percy/
- @climatehuman.bsky.social Would love to interview you about your recent post, 'Get Organized'. I believe my DMs are open!
- From storm-battered Cornwall to the highest hill in Paris, last week I learned all about how the best place to change the world is right where you already are: www.planetcritical.com/how-to-chang...
- Reposted by Rachel DonaldTwo things to learn from this. 1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors. 2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
- "Non-violence is a posture which demands witnesses. Self defence is a response which demands participation. Only one can protect us in life or death situations." www.planetcritical.com/can-non-viol...
- Reposted by Rachel DonaldWorth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
- Reposted by Rachel DonaldThe killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls
- The threatening and fascistic dictates of the Trump administration met a series of stumbling blocks over the weekend. From Minnesota to Denmark, and from protesters to politicians, people have had enough. www.planetcritical.com/and-the-worl...
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- Something a little different from me today, but racing around my mind all weekend. www.planetcritical.com/europe-must-...
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- Alex Kleytman was just a child when he survived the Holocaust. To have been killed by anti-semitic hatred 80 years after the end of WWII is like being crushed under the wheel of time. It should take the breath out of all of us. www.planetcritical.com/an-unmistaka...
- Organisations like Our World in Data and folk like Steven Pinker would have us believe that everything is getting better because lines are travelling a certain way on charts. This week's guest @smillermcdonald.bsky.social thoroughly debunks that. Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...
- Geographer @smillermcdonald.bsky.social on the myth of progress — a delusion that's been following us for 5000 years and justified endless wars, genocides and ecological destruction. Full episode out now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...
- I read the White House National Security Plan so you don't have to. It's bad btw. www.planetcritical.com/trumps-natio...
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- As a journalist, my mother knew the horrors that human beings can inflict on one another. She knew that things don't get better unless people push for justice. But she still believed, then, that justice was possible. Her outlook is different today. www.planetcritical.com/today-my-mot...
- Should You Have Kids? Choosing whether or not to have children has been a critical component of cultures around the world for millennia, and the choosing not to has always been as important as the choosing to. Read the full piece now on Planet: Critical: www.planetcritical.com/should-you-h...
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- Planet: Critical has left Substack! Find out why visiting Samoa and Crete made me discover something "achingly human" which encouraged me to get away from the noise. www.planetcritical.com/into-the-woo...
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- New site: www.planetcritical.com I've switched over to Ghost and would love your feedback now that I've been able to customise my design. Comment below!
- NEED A SOURCE: Community, I'm looking for an academic source showing the linear relationship between material footprint and GDP (I've heard they're tied 1:1 but can't find such a paper.) Please help!
- "Were our justice system capable of justice, those who furnish their own lives at the expense of others would be held accountable for their actions long before they face threats to their lives." www.planetcritical.com/p/free-speec...
- The climate crisis is causing an invisible health crisis: brain health. On this ep, neuroscientist and environmental reporter @compatibilism.bsky.social reveals how the climate crisis intersects with our psychological, mental and brain health. Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/p/how-the-ec...
- Reposted by Rachel DonaldCanadian mining companies are 'getting away with atrocities' in South America and across the globe, says Brandi Morin. She shares the details with @racheldonald.bsky.social on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast. Listen now @mongabay.com
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- Reposted by Rachel Donald"Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds" The UN joins other experts including the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Holocaust historians, and multitudes of lawyers in concluding this is genocide. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
- The modern Left demands a form of empathy which refuses to confront the actions and speech of individuals, conveniently championing the fact of their humanness over evidence of their lack of humanity. Kirk's only discernible quality was his homo sapiens DNA. www.planetcritical.com/p/charlie-kirk
- I finally had the chance to interview neuro-philosopher @Iain McGilchrist and it was a delight. Listen to us discuss the necessity of metaphors, the relationship between our brain hemispheres and giggle about his portrayal of the unconscious mind. Episode: www.planetcritical.com/p/iain-mcgil...
- I want to migrate from Substack to @ghost.org Can anyone help?
- Collapse: Who does it really hurt? Listen to the full interview with Cambridge scholar for existential risk, Luke Kemp, to find out everything you couldn't have possibly imagined about what happens when empires collapse: www.planetcritical.com/p/luke-kemp
- There is no going back. There is no going forward, either, when the path is giving way under your feet. www.planetcritical.com/p/between-tw...
- I recently spent 10 days with an Aboriginal community in one of Australia's remotest regions. What I learned from the elders is there is no going back. www.planetcritical.com/p/there-is-n...
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- VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM! CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX! Conspiracies are born when people have lived experience of abuse and exploitation but no language to make sense of it. It's not a conspiracy—it's capitalism. www.planetcritical.com/p/its-not-a-...
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- Israel is being mythologised as exceptional rather than inevitable. www.planetcritical.com/p/one-day-ev...
