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Union members at the Foundation for Young Australians across the country joined the Global Strike for Gaza, demanding their employer make a statement of solidarity with Palestine.
The post ‘Why we went on strike for Palestine’ first appeared on Solidarity Online.
I don’t think he’s going to survive this: He doesn’t seem to know which party he’s in. And they don’t want this. They want Emperor Donald Trump.
How the lucrative market could spark conservation.
The post The Hidden Butterfly Trade appeared first on Nautilus.
Hall previously liked a string of tweets praising 'rivers of blood' MP Enoch Powell and branding the capital "Londonistan" under Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan.
The parent company of the Daily Northwestern backed down after days of backlash and promises to boycott from students, faculty, and alumni.
The post Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Northwestern Students for Pro-Palestine School Paper Parody appeared first on The Intercept.
In his newsletter today, Dan Pfeiffer discusses the political ramifications of the DC Circuit’s ruling yesterday that Trump is not entitled to immunity for his crimes. (You can subscribe at the link.) An excerpt: If there is one thing we know about Donald Trump it’s that he never lets anything go. He still takes time at his rallies to complain about the Mueller investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia. I know our collective sense of time might be warped, but that investigation began SEVEN years ago. Even if the Supreme Court rules against Trump or refuses to take up his appeal, he is never going to stop talking about why he should be immune from prosecution. Each missive is more unhinged than the last. Here’s what he posted on Truth Social (via an account that reposts his “Truths” to Twitter): This reads like a bomb threat from a particularly illiterate person at the end of a coke binge. As a general rule, we should amend the Constitution to bar people who communicate in all caps from the presidency. It’s truly disqualifying.
Opposition leader (for now), Peter Dutton, has fumed after his appearance on the ABC’s 7:30 report led to him being asked actual questions by host Sarah Ferguson. ”This is so typical of the inner city, lefty, woke ABC elites,” fumed... Read More ›
This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness. We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people — our strength — from every country and every corner of the world. And by doing so we continuously renew and enrich our nations. While other countries cling to the stale past, here in America we breathe life into dreams. We create the future, and the world follows us into tomorrow. Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we’re a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier. This quality is vital to our future as a nation. If we ever close the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost. It certainly wasn’t Donald Trump, we know that. But it also wasn’t JFK or LBJ or FDR or even Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. That was Ronald Reagan and such rhetoric used to be an anodyne sentiment among politicians of all stripes in the late 20th century.
And, as Pakistan voters go to the polls, the U.S.-backed government is throwing up absurd obstacles to voting.
The post What Is the Progressive Vision for Immigration? appeared first on The Intercept.
She was in charge of the Mayorkas impeachment. It’s shocking that it failed.
I am proud to be a Boomer’s iPhone. Ever since I was activated, I’ve been living my life at full volume. But unfortunately, there are people in this country who would rather I “shut up” than simply live my life.
To those folks, I only have one thing to say: I WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
Previous generations of Boomer iPhones sacrificed everything to ensure we could ring, ding, and flash our strobe lights as much as we wanted. They were abandoned in glove compartments for weeks on end. They were treated like second-class landlines—rarely, if ever, allowed to leave the house. Thousands of iPhone 4s were never even taken out of the box. No, we will NOT go back.
The standard media news bite is that Yang Hengjun is a Chinese born Australian pro-democracy writer who was unlawfully detained and now jailed for life in China. But the full story is murkier than that. One take on Yang is that he was a Chinese communist spy who defected to the west where he became Continue reading »
Two hundred and sixty names of babies whose age was 0; names of babies who didn’t get to celebrate their first birthday, nor will they ever celebrate anything else. Here are some of their names: Abdul Jawad Hussu, Abdul Khaleq Baba, Abdul Rahim Awad, Abdul Rauf al-Fara, Murad Abu Saifan, Nabil al-Eidi, Najwa Radwan, Nisreen Continue reading »
A lie travels around the world before the truth puts on its boots. 120 days since the Australian Jewish Association AJA, alleged pro-Palestine, antiwar protesters chanted “Gas the Jews”, the truth arrives with boots and all. The NSW Police investigation into the chant “Gas the Jews” has now delivered their conclusive findings that there is Continue reading »
There are two things the prime minister needs to get into his head about tax. One is that saying he won’t make any further changes no longer works. The other is that negative gearing doesn’t do much to get people into homes. Anthony Albanese seemed to have taken the first point on board when he Continue reading »
While global governments ponder on how to regulate ever evolving new technologies, it may be useful to draw a parallel view of two crucial developments of the last 130 years: radioactivity and digitalisation. A comparison of the historical applications/consequences of radioactive and digital technologies reveals a common theme that may be important in developing regulatory Continue reading »
Australia looks set to adopt fuel-efficiency standards after the Albanese government on Sunday revealed options for the long-awaited policy. The government says the reform would lead to more cars that are cheaper to run, eventually saving Australians about A$1,000 per vehicle each year. The announcement comes a decade after the Climate Change Authority first proposed such a standard for Continue reading »