I don’t have much time today as I am travelling a lot in the next few days for various work commitments. But recently I did a podcast for Real Progressives in the US about trade and the external economy. I started the discussion with an interesting quote that I will reproduce here. Regular readers will…
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Amid the US refusal to provide military support to Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram in 2014, then-President Jonathan Goodluck turned to Russia and China for arms. New documents show that all the while, British state media was engaged in an influence campaign which would help see the African nation’s leader ousted. This article was originally published by West Africa Weekly. An explosive investigation by The Grayzone has revealed that BBC Media Action, which portrays itself as the “charitable” […]
The post UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show appeared first on The Grayzone.
Niche news network, Sky News Australia, has conducted a forensic analysis of their ratings with the results indicating that their ridiculously low ratings were a result of putting out a crappy product rather than cancel culture. ”This came as a... Read More ›
Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city’s homeless — plus it’s illegal, experts say.
The post Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless appeared first on The Intercept.
Despite professing to be a good-government moderate, conservative tycoon Charles Munger Jr. is bankrolling misleading ads to aid Trump’s gerrymandering crusade.
These days, it seems like the only qualification someone needs to opine on what’s best for our nation’s schools is their own dimly remembered time as a student. Combine that with volatile, emotionally charged topics like politics and religion, and suddenly, everyone’s an expert and no one will listen to anyone else.
Well, listen up, smartasses: I’m a teacher. I’m in front of kids every single day. And if I can’t hang the Ten Commandments in my classroom, then how the hell am I supposed to get my students to stop coveting their neighbor’s wife?
The social media platform owned by Elon Musk again suspended the accounts of Jack Sweeney, who shares data tracking the billionaire’s private jet.
The methodological structure of mainstream economics often relies on axioms and theorems that are tautological by design, which severely limits their informational content. A prime example is modern expected utility theory. Its core weakness lies in the minimal constraints placed on individual preferences; this extreme flexibility allows the theory to be reconciled with virtually any […]
AI sycophancy is calibrated to satisfy a desire that no GLP-1 can moderate.
On 27 October 2023, the Sun and Daily Mail carried reports that British Special Forces had been deployed to support Israel’s campaign in Gaza. For the next 21 months, despite the hefty significance of the revelation, not a single mainstream media outlet considered it. This silence was later explained by the imposition of a government ‘D-Notice’, […]
Big Finish dropped a trailer preview for Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill's new audio drama adventure, Doctor Who: The Return of the Doctor.
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The election of Zack Polanski as Green Party leader could be the moment our political drought begins to break. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd September 2025 There’s an obvious way to destroy Nigel Farage’s political momentum. A poll by the research group Persuasion UK, testing various messages, found that by far the […]
As the Trump administration ramps up its anti-immigrant campaign, activists like Ron Gochez of Unión Del Barrio are showing how to resist.
The post The Los Angeles Schoolteacher Leading the Fight Against ICE appeared first on The Intercept.
Christine Webb on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Arrogant Ape
The post Putting Humans First Is Not Natural appeared first on Nautilus.
Some people have extraordinary powers of mental time travel
The post Why This 17-Year-Old Girl Can’t Forget appeared first on Nautilus.
The March for Australia rallies were a stark warning of how discontent over Labor’s failures to address housing or cost of living issues can be pulled in a racist direction.
The post Labor’s failures are fuelling racism and the far right first appeared on Solidarity Online.
UTS management has announced a suspension of new enrolments for more than 100 courses, leaving staff, students and community stakeholders reeling.
The post UTS makes savage cuts to courses—but union power is growing first appeared on Solidarity Online.
On Thursday 28 August, a University of Sydney NTEU meeting of 140 people voted overwhelmingly to defy the five new speech policies introduced by management in June this year.
The post USyd staff fly the flag as union members back defiance first appeared on Solidarity Online.
ANU management is facing a crisis of legitimacy over its $250 million proposed cuts.
The post As pressure mounts on ANU, fight to stop the cuts first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Despite continuing rank-and-file anger among CFMEU members, there is now widespread resignation about the Administration of the union imposed by the Labor government.
The post CFMEU members must still organise to resist Administration first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Albanese has blamed Iran for orchestrating at least two of the antisemitic attacks late last year, after ASIO claimed it had tracked responsibility back to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
The post Iran blamed for orchestrated antisemitism crisis first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The British government’s decision to ban direct action group Palestine Action has triggered widespread anger and defiance.
The post Mass defiance and arrests meet ban on Palestine Action UK first appeared on Solidarity Online.