Ben Phillips
@benphillips76
Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
Global media fame for one of Britain’s rising political stars. Japanese news reports that he is more popular than Farage. You won’t need subtitles for this.
This post by the EU is so obviously untrue, because genocide denial is happening now in plain sight at the highest levels, that the only explanation I can think of is that a smart social media officer, furious at this moral failure, created this post as a way to call them out.
If only there was some small clue about which countries are working to dismantle international law. Like if they said so out loud. Oh well. I guess we’ll never know…
Such a privilege to take part in the celebrations of Amy Abdelnoor’s powerful new novel Ever Land. A vital, extraordinary, read.
Recalling what those of us who said this at the time were called by the establishment for nearly three years…
On BBC Newsnight, a panel debate of abuse survivors encouraging others to come forward vs journalist Kay Burley interrupting them to cheer former Prince Andrew for as a “War Hero”. I can’t even.
Hope-for-future book haul at Foyles. Which to start with and what else should I have got :-)?
European governments can’t see the connection between Trump’s disregard for international law over Iran, Lebanon & Palestine & his disregard for international law over Greenland. It’s a direct through line. If Europe lies down when he does it to others, he will do it to them.
When your opponents’ final remaining attack line is that you invest too much in educating kids your victory is absolute.
It’s kind of handy when they present themselves so plainly. No one looking can miss the message.
Brazilians to get the weekend, Spain rejects xenophobia, Californian billionaires panic, New York shows how government is done, and the truth is revealed about whether people really are selfish. Welcome to the Public Good News.
My piece for IPS News: Global South Leaders Redesigning International Cooperation 🗞️➡️ www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/glob...
A duet with J D Vance, a shocking new opinion poll, and a plan to transform international cooperation. The latest epidode of Public Good News tells three stories on the power of multilateralism in just two and a half minutes. 📺 ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ph...
People! Stop drinking so much water! With each sip you are limiting AI’s potential!
These declarations are made out in the open, now with automatic translation. Western politicians and commentators who pretend not to notice these grotesque declarations by *the national security minister of a state which their countries arm and fund* are complicit in them.
Share the news: OVER 30 COUNTRIES COME TOGETHER TO REDESIGN FINANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Pioneers remaking financing for the 21st century 🗞️ gpigovernments.org/over-30-coun...
Powerful new oped in El Pais by former PMs of Senegal & Bhutan: Global public investment: international cooperation for the 21st century. “Faced with unprecedented common challenges, partial solutions would fail: collective action must be comprehensive & ambitious to succeed”