
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
"For every dollar invested in protecting nature, US$30 are spent destroying it."
(source: new UN State of Finance for Nature 2026 report)
This is not ‘finance’, it’s arson with public money and corporate profit matches.

Open Rights Group has called on MPs to implement a digital sovereignty strategy to reduce the UK’s reliance on US tech companies, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Palantir, for its digital infrastructure.
WE CAN EITHER HAVE A LIVEABLE PLANET OR BILLIONAIRES. WE CAN’T HAVE BOTH.
The findings of @oxfaminternational’s latest report, released just days ago, are honestly terrifying and infuriating.
This is not accidental. It is the result of an economic system that protects extreme wealth, fuels corporate pollution, and puts profits before people.
It’s time to FLIP THE SCRIPT. Tax extreme wealth. Make polluters pay. Ban private jets and superyachts. Put lives before profits.