⭕ February Round-Up: Collapse, Courage and Revolution

February was not a month for comfort. It was a month for clarity. Here’s what I published — and why it matters.

What if collapse isn’t a failure of the system — but its logical conclusion?

In this piece, I explored a disturbing possibility: that sections of the global elite are no longer trying to preserve mass prosperity. Instead, they are preparing for contraction — gated survival, fortress borders, AI-managed control, and a shrinking moral horizon.

The essay went viral on my new Substack, particularly for its Freudian analysis.

This was the strategic centrepiece of the month, a talk on building revolution in your local area using Brixton as my current case study.

Revolution is not a metaphor. It is a design problem.

I explored what it would take — culturally, organisationally, psychologically — to build a mass nonviolent uprising capable of forcing systemic change within the next political cycle. Not outrage or feelings but proper structure.

The video has gained 5,000 views and 1,600 hours of watch time. Thank you for the support.

Rebellion disrupts. Revolution redesigns.

In this interview, I laid out what comes after mass protest — how we move from spectacle to structure. Assemblies, legitimacy, parallel institutions, and a disciplined strategy for democratic renewal.

If we don’t design the transition, collapse will design it for us.

Thanks to Republik and Sabrina Weiss for talking to me in the Brixton market.

If a government knowingly accelerates ecological collapse… what do we call that?

In this piece, I examined 10 recent news articles that show the moral bankruptcy of political elites as they preside over climate breakdown, pretending everything is under control. The science is not ambiguous. The betrayal is not accidental.

History will not ask whether they were “well intentioned.” It will ask why they refused to act.

Thanks to the volunteers at Rev21 for sending me news and science articles for the piece. You can join our science project at the new 4 Billion Dead Launch talk.

Politics without principle is just branding.

I argued that the Green Party faces a defining test: will it trade moral clarity for proximity to power? If progressive parties cannot draw a line over complicity in injustice, then they become part of the system they claim to challenge.

In my podcast conversation with Planet Critical, we asked the deeper questions on violence vs nonviolence, and I was thoroughly challenged on organising ideas. The article above is a condensed and tightened transcript, or you can listen wherever you get your podcasts.

The new book is out. Suicide explores civil disobedience, prison, the law, and the moral duty to resist systems driving mass death. It’s both a political argument and a personal reckoning.

We had a book launch event in Bristol and online. Thank you all for coming and ordering the book. We've sold roughly 300 so far and it really helps to fund our Rev21 work. More books coming soon! If you're a book geek like me, you can get involved in the Hard Rain Books team by coming to a Rev21 Welcome Session.

What We Achieved This Month (Because of You)

This month was significant.

Suicide launched successfully, selling 300 copies and distributing 100 more free copies to allies and those who couldn't afford it.
Our volunteer, Alberto, translated my book, 50 Articles the Media Wouldn't Publish, into Italian and sent out a dozen copies to rebels from Venice to Rome.
My writing had 100,000s of views on social media thanks to my team and our organising platform.
100+ new subscribers joined from across Europe and beyond.
We started inviting speakers for the next Rev21 Online Festival.

None of this happens without you. Subscriber and donor support goes directly into:

Printing and distributing books
Translation projects
Event logistics
Infrastructure for democratic organising
Building the media capacity to challenge mainstream narratives

And when you contribute, you are not donating to just my personal commentary — you are investing in a revolutionary strategy.

If you’d like to step further in, we’re inviting new supporters to join us this month. As a thank you, supporters will receive either my ebooks and/or a Hard Rain Books bundle delivered to your door.

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Collapse is accelerating.

Political systems are morally compromised.

Incrementalism has failed.

So the question is no longer whether change is coming. The question is whether we organise it — or suffer it.

If you’ve been reading quietly, now is the time to step forward. History does not wait.

— Roger and Robin

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