Ben Phillips

Transformational political shifts don’t start with a new policy, they start with a new story. ODI Global’s Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou asked me to summarise how narratives have set the contours of politics in the past 80 years - in two minutes! Did I manage it? My answer is here:

On Lula’s victory: 3 quick lessons - and a poem. lnkd.in/p/dvhj8K-C

On Lula’s victory: 3 quick lessons - and a poem. lnkd.in/p/dvhj8K-C

Norway raises billions taxing the wealthiest. Mexico slashes poverty by raising the minimum wage. The world takes a major step closer to an International Panel to tackle inequality. All in less than two minutes. Welcome back to the Public Good News

Norway raises billions taxing the wealthiest. Mexico slashes poverty by raising the minimum wage. The world takes a major step closer to an International Panel to tackle inequality. All in less than two minutes. Welcome back to the Public Good News

Poignant that Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while she was in the hallowed site where the 1945-1946 Nuremberg Tribunal took place. Now, with the institutions & the very idea of international justice threatened, the prize sends a vital message that hope can prevail.

Poignant that Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while she was in the hallowed site where the 1945-1946 Nuremberg Tribunal took place. Now, with the institutions & the very idea of international justice threatened, the prize sends a vital message that hope can prevail.

“Unfortunately, there’s just no money.”

“Unfortunately, there’s just no money.”

In this moment of rising global tensions, how can we build true security? In just 45 seconds (!): Reflections from the gathering of over 100 women peace builders meeting with governments and international organisations at the Peace Palace in The Hague. www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ph...

In this moment of rising global tensions, how can we build true security? In just 45 seconds (!): Reflections from the gathering of over 100 women peace builders meeting with governments and international organisations at the Peace Palace in The Hague. www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ph...

'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by cyanotype process were among the first ever to be published in a book #WomensArt

Everyone with a phone can search for themselves Rafah on google maps and click satellite view and zoom in…

This one building here…

The loud banging of one country crashing out; the quiet rise of others.

The loud banging of one country crashing out; the quiet rise of others.

So many pundits will completely ignore this and then, when the same unions call for accountability for the Israeli military, will repeatedly shout at them “wHy wOn’T yOu evEr cRitiCise arAb muSLim coUnTRIes?”

So many pundits will completely ignore this and then, when the same unions call for accountability for the Israeli military, will repeatedly shout at them “wHy wOn’T yOu evEr cRitiCise arAb muSLim coUnTRIes?”

the awful thing is that this is not even a failure for Milei, but a success

the awful thing is that this is not even a failure for Milei, but a success

They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.

Hate speech doesn’t end with words.

Hate speech doesn’t end with words.

Multilateralism is not idealism. It is a necessity. Lula, Costa, Ruto and Carney are right. 🔗 www.ft.com/content/d9e6...

Multilateralism is not idealism. It is a necessity. Lula, Costa, Ruto and Carney are right. 🔗 www.ft.com/content/d9e6...

“I may have spent a load of my life in international conferences, I might have been better persuading people to join local organisations in my own area.”

“I may have spent a load of my life in international conferences, I might have been better persuading people to join local organisations in my own area.”

The DJ just said shokran habibti and put Arabic music. The crowd complain - by shouting “louder!” ❤️😂

Elif does the ❤️sign

Delighted to see the traction for our letter calling for an International Panel on Inequality, that I signed alongside 1500 experts from across the world, including the wonderful Joe Stiglitz and Winnie Byanyima with whom it’s such a privilege to work. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Delighted to see the traction for our letter calling for an International Panel on Inequality, that I signed alongside 1500 experts from across the world, including the wonderful Joe Stiglitz and Winnie Byanyima with whom it’s such a privilege to work. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Brazil’s forests, London kids’ lungs, China’s solar, and global hunger reduction. All in two minutes! Welcome back to the Public Good News.

Brazil’s forests, London kids’ lungs, China’s solar, and global hunger reduction. All in two minutes! Welcome back to the Public Good News.

How it started…

How it started…

Celebs need to mackle more.

Celebs need to mackle more.

John Cena is perfect as the ACME corporation’s lawyer in Coyote vs ACME: “The law's completely on our side here, cause we wrote the law.”

John Cena is perfect as the ACME corporation’s lawyer in Coyote vs ACME: “The law's completely on our side here, cause we wrote the law.”

The 2015-2030 SDG timeline is concluding. What should come next? My new paper proposes an answer. It’s titled “Naturally together”: globalcooperation.institute/naturally-to... Published by Global Cooperation. Institute. Commissioned by WWF. Welcome your reflections & hopeful about what we can build

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The 2015-2030 SDG timeline is concluding. What should come next? My new paper proposes an answer. It’s titled “Naturally together”: globalcooperation.institute/naturally-to... Published by Global Cooperation. Institute. Commissioned by WWF. Welcome your reflections & hopeful about what we can build

New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.

The ones who remember … The 70+ were the age group who provided the *least* support to the AFD in their victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.

The ones who remember … The 70+ were the age group who provided the *least* support to the AFD in their victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.