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Peter Dutton prays for guidance on the Voice referendum and Gaza. Continue reading »

A look at deficits in democracy and our common wealth; Why we’re working too hard; What women find in Australia; Gramsci and the right; The politics of Ben Ean Moselle, and the case for higher taxes. Read on for the weekly roundup of links to articles, podcasts, reports and other media on current economic and Continue reading »

Calls for a ceasefire in Gaza are intensifying as the traumatic toll on civilians sees thousands of children being killed, many health and aid workers and journalists dying on the job, the destruction of health services, surgery taking place without anaesthetic, and civilians unable to access necessities, including life-saving healthcare, food and water. The most Continue reading »

Justice Democrats co-founder Waleed Shahid and Ryan Grim discuss the domestic political response to Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza.

The post The Squad Is Getting Primaried for Standing Against the War appeared first on The Intercept.

Trump opens up his rally in Houston, TX, with the national anthem sung by J6 insurrectionists: “I call them the J6 hostages. Not prisoners, I call them the hostages…When that came out it went to the number one song. It was beating everybody. It beat Taylor Swift.” pic.twitter.com/NP60KT15OL — Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) November 2, 2023 It did not beat Taylor Swift.

How warming oceans could deplete nutrition for millions in the tropics.

The post No Fish, No Food appeared first on Nautilus.

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Earth systems are being rushed towards their tipping points by governments that offer us nothing but chaos. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31st October 2023 Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think […]

Jessica Buxbaum reveals details of Israel's secret forced relocation plan to push millions of residents of Gaza off of their land and onto Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

The post The Reality of Gaza’s Forced Exodus: Unveiling Israel’s Secret Plan appeared first on MintPress News.

Η αντιμονοπωλιακή νομοθεσία σχεδιάστηκε, αρχικά, για να προστατεύσει τους καταναλωτές από τις υπερβολικές τιμές των μονοπωλίων. Προφανώς, κάτι τέτοιο είναι εκτός θέματος στην περίπτωση των υπηρεσιών της Big Tech, οι οποίες και δωρεάν είναι και προσφέρονται άπλετα σε κάθε χρήστη που τις θέλει. Από την αυγή του καπιταλισμού, εταιρείες-μαμούθ κυριαρχούν. Τι το καινούργιο φέρνει η Big Tech; […]

The post Η Big Tech δεν μπορεί να “ρυθμιστεί”. Μόνο να κοινωνικοποιηθεί! – NEWS24|7 appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Interviewed by Ellen Fanning on ABC-tv The Drum on my new book TECHNOFEUDALISM: What killed capitalism. A 20 minute-long discussion involving a diverse panel. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis is published by Bodley Head 

The post Discussing TECHNOFEUDALISM on ABC-tv THE DRUM with Ellen Fanning and panel appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Enter Amazon and you have exited capitalism. Despite all the buying and the selling that goes on there, you have entered a realm that can’t be thought of as a market, not even a digital one.” When I say this to people, which I frequently do in lectures and debates, they look at me as they […]

The post The big idea: has the digital economy killed capitalism? – The Guardian appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

I have been documenting Donald Trump’s plans for his restoration ever since he was exiled to his Palm Beach Elba on January 20, 2021. It was clear from that moment on that he was plotting his comeback and the people around him weren’t just licking their wounds and preparing to move on, they were readying plans to ensure that the second term permanently solidified their power. They’ve been hard at work ever since. They had begun the project the previous fall, with a plan called “Schedule F” which was implemented just 13 days before the election. The presidential edict called for the stripping of all the executive branch departments, from the FBI, the intelligence agencies, the Pentagon and, of course, the usual suspects, the EPA and the IRS. Biden reversed this upon taking office and the congress passed some roadblocks to using it in the future but nobody believes they will be effective if Trump, or frankly, any Republican, once again assumes the presidency.

As the bodies of thousands of Palestinian civilians, thousands of whom are children, pile up at Gaza hospitals’ morgues and, tragically, in the streets, Israel's narrative is finally being challenged.

The post ‘Turning Gaza into Ashes’: Israeli Hasbara vs the World appeared first on MintPress News.

The Nobel Committee has awarded this year’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”. Indeed, Claudia’s contributions to the topic are vast, perhaps best epitomised by her 1990 book Understanding the Gender Gap. This book illustrates at once her […]

Along with a new image of Neil Patrick Harris' Toymaker, we also have the Doctor Who: #DoctorDonnathon binge-watch schedule for this weekend.

Be as excited about expanding freedom Anand Giridharadas presents a video conversation about what inpired “The Persuaders” at The Ink : A year from now, America will face a defining choice between authoritarianism and freedom, hatred and love, exclusion and inclusion, and, as of now, it’s a dead heat. It shouldn’t be. It doesn’t have to be. Early in the conversation, Giridharadas says: In a moment in American life in which the contest is not small government versus big government, blue versus red, left versus right, high taxes versus low taxes, in which the contest is really pro-democracy versus anti-democracy, some of us versus all of us … it was a dead heat. And sometimes we do well in the dead heat. And that means 49-46. A couple states more than that, and sometimes we lose the dead heat. But as a writer, as opposed to being a campaigner who has to eke out these narrow victories, I have the luxury of stepping back a little bit and saying, hold on.

. Zu Hause bist immer nur du Zu Hause bist immer nur du Du hast mich abgeholt und hingebracht Bist mitten in der Nacht wegen mir aufgewacht Ich hab in letzter Zeit so oft daran gedacht Hab keine Heimat, ich hab nur dich Du bist zu Hause für immer und mich In loving memory of […]

Empathy – to be of any meaning – needs to be bolstered by a willingness to accept one’s failures, writes Iain Overton