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Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet

Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 12d

Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 24d

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)

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Sep 8

Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change

LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Sep 1

"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.

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Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth…

Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change

Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Aug 28

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...

Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth H...

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Act Build Change @actbuildchange.com · Aug 26

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Our job board is curated specifically for community organisers and is updated regularly. Here are some of this month's highlights 🧵

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Aug 19

I know nothing about art and really must do something about it. #SupportPhilistineAction

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Aug 17

Just staggered out weeping from 'Consumed', peak Irish comic-tragedy at the Traverse. Fringe up and rolling!

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Aug 15

Me too. Arrive tomorrow for solid diet of miserablist theatre, music and weird miscellaneous. Not a comic in sight

Ukraine’s anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over - Activism Influence and Change

Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ukraine’s 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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Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian lawyer specialising in anti-corruption, discusses a recent outbreak of internal political struggle in Ukraine. In the middle of an existential conflict with Russia, Presi...

Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism? - Activism Influence and Change

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Aug 4

Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism?
I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I would consult the activist hivemind. Over to you.

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I’m researching the field of Community Organizing (CO) for a new lecture in our LSE activism course this autumn, and really enjoying it. But I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I...

A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Aug 4

Essential Reading:

A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/08... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

Humanitarians and the Truth in Afghanistan - Activism Influence and Change

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Aug 1

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 Taliban’s persecution of women and girls and that it's time for them to speak out.

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On August 15 it will be four years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. In this long-form essay, Hugo Slim argues that humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the…

Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ - Activism Influence and Change

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

Duncan Green unpacks last week’s ICJ ruling on climate change obligations, using the ‘how change happens’ methodology he developed at Oxfam to look at how the agency of individuals (including some her...

Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery - Activism Influence and Change

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 25

Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery. Really interesting example of work in tackling deeply rooted and negative social norms blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

This is the second post in a three-part series on the DevPolicy blog on the work of a program seeking to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in Papua New Guinea. In my previous post, I...

‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Activism Influence and Change

Oxfam Policy & Practice @oxfamgbpolicy.bsky.social · Jul 22

Solidarity is critical to building movements - no one can #MakeChangeHappen alone. Learn more about the power of working with others from #changemakers like Sabah Khan. Register for the course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...

A graphic with a large neon green speech bubble on a white background. Inside the bubble is a bold quote: “Solidarities are critical to any movement. One cannot work alone.” Below the bubble, the quote is attributed to Sabah Khan, Co-founder of Parcham. The Oxfam and The Open University logos appear in the bottom corners.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Jul 20

British politics in all its diversity on display this morning

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Jul 19

"We fall, we rebuild, we dance again" – repression and resilience in queer Beirut.

If you want to understand the progress of #LGBTQIA+ liberation in #Lebanon’s capital, #nightlife is a great place to start, writes Ghiwa Abi Haidar.

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If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by…

Making change in the health sector: a conversation with 30 Asian activists - Activism Influence and Change

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 18

Making change in the health sector: a conversation with 30 activists and influencers from across Southeast Asia. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

Duncan Green reflects on a day spent helping health activists from across South East Asia develop their influencing skills. Are young people getting smarter? That was certainly my impression from a da...

‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Activism Influence and Change

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 16

‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut. By Ghiwa Abi Haidar of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by Oxfam,...

Building community engagement in Papua New Guinea, part 1: opening up governance - Activism Influence and Change

Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 14

First in a three-part series on the work of the Building Community Engagement in Papua New Guinea (BCEP) program, who I've been working with as a 'critical friend'. Top job, highly recommended. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

This is the first post in a three-part series on the work of the Building Community Engagement in Papua New Guinea (BCEP) program, which seeks to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in...

Aid cuts and advocacy: could conflict prevention offer a new direction? - Activism Influence and Change

Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 11

Aid cuts and advocacy: could conflict prevention offer a new direction? Lauren Anderson reflects on the sector’s strategic impasse in the face of aid cuts — and makes the case for a more politically attuned repositioning of conflict prevention efforts.

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In this post, Lauren Anderson, an advocacy and campaigns professional working in conflict and humanitarian response, reflects on the sector’s strategic impasse in the face of aid cuts — and makes the ...

Where are we at on ‘policy space’ and making trade and investment rules work for developing countries? - Activism Influence and Change

Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 9

Where are we at on ‘policy space’ and making trade and investment rules work for developing countries? Summary of fascinating week's discussions with development leaders at @soas-dld.bsky.social
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I spent four days discussing ‘policy space’ for trade, industrial and investment policies last week. I haven’t really worked on it since the early 2000s, when I lived and breathed these topics in my a...

The accumulation of great wealth in the hands of a few has broken Britain’s social contract. Will Labour be bold enough to do the right thing?

Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · Jul 8

"The Labour party came into being to further the interests of the least well-off. That mission now demands that the burden of taxation moves from income to wealth. " Phillip Collins on why we need a wealth tax www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...

Hand-me-down economics

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Ethical Storytelling can Help Us Fight Back after the Aid Cuts - Activism Influence and Change

As the international development sector faces tremendous pressures, many NGOs are in danger of neglecting ethical communications in pursuit of desperately needed fundraising. But as Jess Crombie argue...

How can faith-based advocates ‘faith up’ their influencing? - Activism Influence and Change

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 6

🚨⚠️ WE ARE HIRING!!! ⚠️🚨

🌍 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Institute is looking for a Research and Communications Fellow📌

✨Join our vibrant academic community at SOAS! 🌏

🔗Apply here ⬇️
vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/729237

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 4

How can faith-based advocates ‘faith up’ their influencing? Latest post on a convo with Christian Aid, Islamic Relief and other faith-based advocates
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Duncan Green reflects on a recent workshop with Islamic Relief and Christian Aid, aimed at helping their advocacy work become more deeply rooted in faith-based values and narratives. The training/faci...

Analysing the Fall of al-Bashir: Unpacking Sudan’s 2019 Revolution - Activism Influence and Change

Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Jul 1

Analysing the Fall of al-Bashir: Unpacking Sudan’s 2019 Revolution. Check out the Hans Rosling style moving blobs on the stakeholder maps!
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This post from Love-Lis Liljeström, Hattie Macleod, Becky Oswalt and Javier Mijares-Cisneros explores Sudan’s 2019 Revolution using frameworks and analysis tools from our DV455: Advocacy, Campaigning ...