Dimi Reider

Dec 19, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Dimi Reider |Sarah Dawood

SARAH DAWOOD introduces DIMI REIDER’s piece of prose written on 7 October 2024 to mark 12 months of devastation in the Middle EastIT’S BEEN MORE than a year since Hamas’s brutal incursion into Israel on 7 October, when the militant group killed 1,200 people and took more than 250 people hostage. It was the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust. In response, Israel launched a devastating war on Gaza that has caused, and continues to cause, immense suffering and destruction.

Nov 23, 2024 | national.thelead.uk | Dimi Reider

British farming is in deep, deep trouble. The constant push to provide ever-cheaper food to supermarkets, in competition with ever-cheaper imports, has resulted in consolidation of family farms into gigantic quasi-industrial operations. This has massively accelerated nature loss, turbo-charged air and water pollution and soil deterioration.

Nov 16, 2024 | national.thelead.uk | Dimi Reider

Progressive journalists - and progressives in general - are leaving Twitter, formally known as X. This has happened a number of times since Elon Musk bought the platform, but appears to have finally reached a (contained) critical mass for this particular constituency after the US presidential election. Some have moved quietly; others announced their departure with varying degrees of relief, exasperation, or flourish. A respectable cluster of UK progressives signed an open letter.

Nov 9, 2024 | national.thelead.uk | Zoë Grünewald |Lillian Race |Leah Borromeo |Dimi Reider

Zoe Grunewald: Did Kamala Harris lose because she’s a woman? Not exactly. The Democrats' campaign strategy faltered, while Donald Trump’s populism capitalised on widespread discontent, fuelled by what many saw as the failed delivery of Joe Biden’s administration. But beyond the usual political post-mortem lies a more uncomfortable truth: gender remains a formidable barrier in American politics, shaping not just who rises, but who falls.

Nov 6, 2024 | theleaduk.substack.com | Dimi Reider

It’s easy enough to sum up the prospects of the next four years in one word: bad. It also won’t be entirely incorrect. But it would also be relatively useless. The re-election of Donald Trump will have different consequences in different arenas, with different implications for different communities - including for us in the UK. These need to be analysed, if possible, predicted, and planned for. Spending the next four years with our heads in our hands will help no one. First, the consequences.