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Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?…. - resilience.
Rupert Read
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-13/isnt-it-time-we-had-a-back-up-plan-just-in-…

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?….
We need a plan B. In case society starts to, erm, collapse… We need to be prepared…It won’t do to plan to WAIT til we win intellectual debates such as that around growth/degrowth before we get together to prepare…Theo Cox, Liam Kavanagh and Rupert Read outline their new OSF-funded report, just launched this week…

Why an attack on [Iran's] Bushehr nuclear plant would be catastrophic for the Gulf | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/5/why-an-attack-on-bushehr-nuclear-plant-…

Why an attack on Bushehr nuclear plant would be catastrophic for the Gulf
The US and Israel have repeatedly hit the plant, raising risks of radioactive contamination far beyond Iran’s borders.

Iberia
1) Convincing victory of united left in second round as António José Seguro elected president of Portugal with 67% of second round vote, a rout for far right Chega.
2) In the Bourbon monarchy next door, right PP wins regional election in Aragon but will depend on far right Vox doubled representation. Centre left PSOE diminishes, left Sumar hangs on to 1 seat while Podemos vanishes.
Broad left unity defeats the right in these PR systems.

El socialista Seguro arrasa al ultra Ventura en las presidenciales de Portugal, según los sondeos
La situación catastrófica provocada por el tren de borrascas ha impedido votar a casi 37.000 personas que acudirán a las urnas el próximo 15 de febrero ya conociendo el resultado electoral, un 0,3% de electores que apenas modificarán los porcentajes de voto

Time to leave NATO.
While member countries variously sceptical of the USIsrael war on Iran, it's secretary general is Trump's and Netanyahu's lapdog.
Rutte defiende la "crucial" ofensiva de EEUU contra Iršn porque hace al mundo "mšs seguro"

Rutte defiende la "crucial" ofensiva de EEUU contra Irán porque hace al mundo "más seguro"
El secretario general de la OTAN, Mark Rutte, ha defendido este domingo la "crucial" operación emprendida por EEUU e Israel porque, en su opinión, hace al mundo "más seguro" ante la "amenaza existencial" que representa, a su entender, el programa nuclear y de misiles iraní.