The miners’ strike of 1984-5 pitted the Thatcher government and the National Coal Board against Arthur Scargill’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), in a battle for the future of Britain’s coal-mining industry, and, by proxy, the entire direction of the country’s political economy. The NUM was probably the most male-dominated of any trade union in […]
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The death toll in Gaza reaches 10,000 after a month of Israel’s brutal air and ground attacks.
The post Netanyahu’s Savage Game: Mass Killing Palestinians, Exploiting Israeli Grief appeared first on The Intercept.
Israel’s horrifying assault is targeting the entire population of Gaza. Every day brings more sickening war crimes and atrocities.
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US President Joe Biden has given Israel’s murderous rampage in Gaza his full and absolute backing.
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Union solidarity with Palestine has exploded as anger grows over Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the Labor government's support for Israel.
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From Kerala to Cairo, people are taking on their own governments in the fight for Palestinian lives in Gaza.
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The overall number of U.S. veterans is steadily declining, as more of those who served in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War pass away. But the number of women veterans continues to rise.
Right-wing groups are mobilising against offshore wind projects, holding rallies in Wollongong and Port Stephens on the NSW coast against plans for nearby projects.
The post Unions stand up to right-wing campaign against offshore wind first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The confusion that surrounded the Yes campaign for the Voice to parliament has turned into some despair among the official Yes campaigners in the aftermath of the referendum’s defeat.
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Anthony Albanese and the Australian government back the US and Israel as junior partners in bullying and exploiting the world, argues David Glanz.
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Tax prep companies claim a government-run direct-file system would be expensive — but it could cost less than the federal subsidies going to the industry.
Francesca Diluiso, Barbara Annicchiarico and Marco Carli While climate change is often seen as a long-term concern, climate mitigation policies can have different short-term effects, since they affect the transmission mechanism of conventional macroeconomic shocks. In a new working paper, we show that cap-and-trade schemes lead to lower volatility in GDP and financial variables, and … Continue reading Beyond emissions: the interplay of macroprudential regulation and climate policy
NHS doctor David Oliver explores how the Conservatives' NHS policies left it in a dire state and unable to cope with the pandemic
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November 8th, 2023: Anyway like I've said it's never too late to be the first pe We all know that civilization is in collapse due to climate change, environmental degradation and over-use of resources. The classic graph (which doesn’t even take into account climate change) is this one.
Not pretty, and this blog tends to write about such topics a lot. But it’s not all bad. Let’s run thru that. The solidarity for Palestine across the Middle East needs to feed into a revolt to bring down the corrupt regimes that collaborate with imperialism. The post Revolution in the Arab world the key to Palestinian liberation first appeared on Solidarity Online. Yesterday (November 7, 2023), the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its policy rate target for the 12th time since May 2022 by 0.25 points to 4.35 per cent. It was an unnecessary increase, just like the eleven increases that preceded it. And, from my perspective it represents a broken policy model. The RBA policies are…
Maybe… That case about whether domestic abusers should be allowed to carry guns was argued today: About 40 minutes into Tuesday’s Supreme Court argument asking whether a federal law prohibiting domestic abusers from owning guns is unconstitutional, Chief Justice John Roberts asked J. Matthew Wright, the lawyer arguing against the law, a question that no attorney ever wants to hear. “You don’t have any doubt that your client is a dangerous person, do you?” the Chief asked Wright. There is, indeed, very little doubt that Wright’s client, Zackey Rahimi, is a very dangerous man. A Texas court determined that Rahimi “has committed family violence” and that he “represents a credible threat to the physical safety” of his ex-girlfriend or other members of her family. If anything, that’s a massive understatement. Rahimi allegedly hit his ex-girlfriend in a parking lot, and then fired a gun at a bystander who witnessed the fight. He then allegedly called the ex-girlfriend and threatened to shoot her if she told anyone that he’d assaulted her.
And nobody seems to be able to rein him in. It’s obvious most Republicans don’t want to. Here’s a good analysis of where we are with Trump and his legal problems from Stephen Collinson at CNN: The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial despairingly pressed the ex-president’s lawyer: “I beseech you to control him if you can.” Judge Arthur Engoron’s plea reflected his frustration at an incorrigible witness who boasted Monday about his piles of cash, aimed scathing political attacks and spouted uniquely illogical logic. But Engoron, who is presiding over the New York trial, also put his finger on a deeper question that will define a singular political figure’s place in history. And the answer, as always, was no, Trump cannot be controlled. No mere lawyer could impose the kind of discipline that two-and-a-half centuries of constitutional checks and balances could not provide during Trump’s time in office or since.
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