Narrative Archive

Covering racial discrimination, surging food prices, supply chain disruption, energy market dynamics, and geopolitical alignment.

“To help parents, family and care-givers navigate the overwhelming task of responding to children's fears and worries, Ane Lemche, a psychologist and child counsellor at Save the Children, has shared five tips on how to speak to children about war.”

“How the meme of a Ukrainian granny with a gun hides a far right secret OR the fog of war is murky, beware of the far right OR, the fight for multi-racial democracy at home and abroad.”

“I decided to drill down more on a core component of the #biolabs fake news.” What's fascinating about this is the clear overlap between pro-Russian propaganda and genuine Chinese officials amplifying it.”

“Any Tory who is currently praising the bravery of Marina Ovsyannikova for protesting against the war on Russian TV is a F***ING HYPOCRITE. They just voted for a #PolicingBill that could send people to jail for up to 10 years for doing that in the UK.”

Comprehensive guidance on how to respond to and undermine Putin’s disinformation efforts. 

Quick tips on how best to handle comms around the growing refugee crisis and the racist response we are seeing to it.

“A short thread on where British public are on immigration and refugees in general, and refugees from Ukraine in particular. TL;DR - public are much more open to accepting refugees than govt seems to think.”

“A major culprit of the ‘cost of living’ crisis is hiding in plain sight: an extractive economy that redistributes wealth upwards”.

Steps anyone can take to reduce our use of Russian gas (and save money) – is this a ‘Save Energy to Save Ukraine’ campaign in the making? Kwasi Kwarteng might back it.

‘A clear majority (59%) of people are willing to pay extra on energy bills if it helps undermine Russia's war in Ukraine, with only 24% not...this applies also to those in Red Wall constituencies.’

Once more a crisis risks undermining public support for urgent action on climate change and its associated threats. As we wait for Ukraine specific guidance, it’s worth revisiting this advice.