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Mon, 02/06/2025 - 14:39

It’s striking how quickly certain segments of the Labour Party have been seduced by a right-wing, deregulatory approach to housing policy. Much of this, I’m sure, stems from a genuine desperation to tackle the housing crisis left by the Conservatives. We’ve inherited sky-high waiting lists, and homeownership is a distant dream for millions. But the […]

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Mon, 02/06/2025 - 10:00

We’re pleased to announce that the publication of Tribune will continue under the stewardship of Mohamed Ali Harrath, Chairman of E Media Group (parent company of Islam Channel) and veteran of the UK media scene.  The owner, Tribune Media Group, is supported by an editorial advisory board composed of longstanding socialists and trade unionists, including […]

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Mon, 02/06/2025 - 07:45

Believe it or not, I had a transcendent experience at this year’s Border Security Expo, the annual event that brings Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) together with private industry. I hesitate to describe it that way, though, because I was on the exhibition hall floor and instantly found myself in the very heart of the U.S. border-industrial complex. It was early April and I was surrounded by the latest surveillance equipment — camera systems, drones, robodogs — from about 225 companies (a record number for such an event) displaying their wares at that Phoenix Convention Center. Many of the people there seemed all too excited that Donald Trump was once again president. You might... Read more

Source: Upside-Down World appeared first on TomDispatch.com.

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Sun, 01/06/2025 - 13:00

Momentum is growing behind a campaign for Justice for Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man from Yuendumu killed by police in the Coles supermarket in Mparntwe-Alice Springs on Tuesday.

The post Demands for justice after another Aboriginal death at police hands in Alice Springs first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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Sun, 01/06/2025 - 03:53
Unemployed, I spent a week in April digging a small pond in our back yard. At the time, it was a distraction. Now it is… actually, a different sort of distraction. Because although it’s not a very big pond — about 3 meters by 2, maximum depth about 70 cm — it has very quickly […]
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Sat, 31/05/2025 - 19:16
Pluralism i alla ära. Debatten ska vara fri, inom de politiska partierna. Men reda borde ändå råda. Rena rama dumheter får gärna rangeras ut. Som när Adrian Pabst i tidskriften Tiden skriver att ”yttrandefriheten förutsätter möjligheten av en gemensam strävan efter objektiv moralisk och metafysisk sanning” … Eller när Socialdemokraterna lägger sig kloss inpå Tidöregeringens […]