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Up to 500 public mental health workers across Victoria held a statewide strike on 17 June, demanding that Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan deliver fair pay and urgent reform to the state’s overwhelmed mental health system.

The post Striking mental health workers put Victorian Labor on notice first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Hundreds of enraged teacher unionists rallied outside Victorian Education Minister Ben Carroll’s office after school on 19 June, demanding the Labor government reverse its cut to public schools.

The post Victorian teachers start to fight the school underfunding crisis first appeared on Solidarity Online.

At least 598 Aboriginal people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission and there were more tragic deaths in June.

The post Albanese fails to act as deaths in custody and imprisonment surge first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Los Angeles has risen up in rebellion against Donald Trump and a brutal effort to round up undocumented migrants for deportation.

The post LA rebellion takes on deportations and Trump regime first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Israel is unleashing horror after horror in Gaza in the wake of its ruthless bombing of Iran.

The post Gaza a ‘killing field’ as Israel steps up its genocide first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Trump’s bombing of Iran was another nail in the coffin of the supposed “rules-based international order”. The war was an open act of imperialist aggression by Israel and the US.

The post Trump’s Iran bombing another face of ‘America First’ imperialism first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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Something curious happens in two people’s brains during supportive interactions. It could help explain their emotional power

- by Yarden Avnor & Simone Shamay-Tsoory

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A brother and sister joined their mother to get food at a U.S. aid site in Rafah. Israeli forces shot her before their eyes.

The post They Went to Get Flour With Their Mother in Gaza. “She Came Back in a White Shroud.” appeared first on The Intercept.

Why we should embrace beliefs or stories that may not be, strictly speaking, true but are to some extent useful or good

- by Sam Dresser

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How community science games could help cure disease

The post Gaming Cancer appeared first on Nautilus.

Centuries-old wisdom may ring true on food-fueled nightmares

The post Cheese Might Haunt Our Dreams appeared first on Nautilus.

As a core element of a great power’s system of information and indoctrination, the BBC is bound to be a fiercely contested space. In the journalists’ jargon, it is always being ‘rocked’ by scandals, real and imagined. But the BBC now faces two new challenges, and it is not at all clear that it will […]

Oh, come on. ICE’s new detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, is nothing like a concentration camp. For one thing, historians unanimously agree that Nazis never used alligator-infested moats. Maybe things would have been different if they had access to a bunch of crocodiles, but I’m not even sure the European climate would have supported such a project.

Then there’s the barracks themselves. Those are laminated floors in there, and I’m pretty certain Dachau’s were wooden. If they even had floors, mind you. But either way, there’s your answer: different floors entirely.

Trump’s wealth grew by over $1 billion in the past year, but the White House insists he isn’t profiting off of the presidency.

The post The Whiff of Corruption: Trump’s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft appeared first on The Intercept.

Leaked confidential files indicate the International Atomic Energy Agency was infiltrated by a veteran British spy who has claimed credit for sanctions on Iran. The documents lend weight to the Islamic Republic’s accusation that the nuclear watchdog secretly colluded with its enemies. A notorious British MI6 agent infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on London’s behalf, according to leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone. The agent, Nicholas Langman, is a veteran intelligence operative who claims credit for helping engineer […]

The post Spying on Iran: How MI6 infiltrated the IAEA first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post Spying on Iran: How MI6 infiltrated the IAEA appeared first on The Grayzone.

The Senate GOP passed its “megabill” on Tuesday — handing police billions in grants to fuel Trump’s deportation regime and tax write-offs.

The post Senate Passes Trump’s Big, Beautiful Boon for Police appeared first on The Intercept.

“Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success… When Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described socialist, won New York’s mayoral Democratic nomination last week over a seasoned but scandal-scarred veteran, the city’s financial elite had a meltdown.” — The Guardian

With temperatures across the country rising, and the “red wave” of the election giving way to a different kind of “red wave,” here’s everything you need to have a hot commie summer to remember.

A Good Beach Read

Nothing says summertime like reading a book on the beach, which is why every good worker will have all three volumes of Das Kapital with them when they hit the sand. Just be sure to bring a tote for your tomes. Why else do you think NPR and The New Yorker have been giving totes away for years? They clearly knew this day would come.

The budget gives $175 billion to immigration enforcement. “The orders of magnitude are going to be multiplied,” immigration experts say.

The post Trump’s Budget Just Passed the Senate. Brace for a Massive Increase in ICE Raids. appeared first on The Intercept.