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Donald Trump has unleashed weeks of savage bombing of Iran, threatening “death, fire and fury” as the regime refuses to capitulate.

The post Albanese joins Trump’s war in Iran—time to break the US alliance first appeared on Solidarity Online.

The Minns government in NSW is attempting to ban the phrase “Globalise the Intifada”, with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan also saying she hopes to prosecute people using it.

The post Why we need to defy ban on Globalise the Intifada first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Two protesters in Queensland were arrested for using the slogan “From the River to the Sea” at a rally on 11 March—the day new laws that ban the phrase came into effect. One of them now faces charges which carry the threat of two years’ jail.

The post Defiance needed to new laws meant to silence Palestine solidarity first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Supporters of Palestine were banned from this year’s Mardi Gras parade and thrown off floats by police, continuing the climate of repression created by NSW Premier Chris Minns’ anti-protest laws.

The post Palestine supporters assaulted and kicked out of Mardi Gras first appeared on Solidarity Online.

One Nation is surfing a wave of anger and disillusionment with the major parties. Much of that momentum is fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis—but the party is also fomenting Islamophobia to harden up its supporters.

The post Labor fans Islamophobia as One Nation surges first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Oil and war makes for a devastating combination

The post Revisiting the Environmental Ruin of the First Gulf War appeared first on Nautilus.

The 21 March state election in South Australia sees a confident Labor government likely to increase its majority. It is also the first major test of whether Pauline Hanson’s racist One Nation can replace a weak Liberal Party as the dominant force on the right.

The post One Nation a threat as right-wing Labor dominates in SA election first appeared on Solidarity Online.

The first contested election for Australia’s biggest blue-collar union, the United Workers Union, has become the focus of an intense debate about the way forward for the union.

The post Which way forward for the UWU? ‘We need to take control of our union’ first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Solidarity spoke with United Workers Union members about the current union election

The post UWU members speak out on what’s at stake in the union election first appeared on Solidarity Online.

The first meeting of Donald Trump’s Gaza “Board of Peace” was held on 19 February. It was a sickening gathering of war criminals and plunderers, meeting to discuss their nightmarish plans for a post-war Gaza.

The post Trump’s plans for Gaza—occupy and plunder first appeared on Solidarity Online.

It's likely to damage your health the least

The post If You’re Going to Drink, Make It This Kind of Alcohol appeared first on Nautilus.

What happens in our brain when we fail to live up to our morals

The post Is This Where Morality Lives in the Brain? appeared first on Nautilus.

In Korea and Japan, humanoid machines aren’t rivals but partners

The post What the US Could Learn From Asia’s Robot Revolution appeared first on Nautilus.

I’m as surprised as you are. I have no idea how this happened, and I’m scared. My entire life has been flipped on its head, and I don’t see any way to stop what’s coming. Why, God, and why me?

It started innocently enough. I became interested in playing the prediction market game after a friend of mine made thousands of dollars betting on single mothers being evicted from their homes, and then turned those thousands into millions by buying stakes in the United States to not meet its 2025 climate goal of reducing CO2 emissions. It was free money, as I saw it. If someone dropped a hundred-dollar bill on the ground on their way to beat up stray dogs, would you pick it up?

Underground Artists is an ongoing comic by Ali Fitzgerald (Hungover Bear & Friends) that follows woodland creatures as they create art and search out whimsy in a bleak forest.

We all want longevity without compromising on quality of life. This 87-year-old achieves both with a daily running habit

- by Aeon Video

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As the 18th-century war between mechanism and romanticism returns, we face a new question: can we build artificial souls?

- by Peter Wolfendale

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The academy’s oversight board records show leaders dismantling DEI to align with Trump directives. Critics warn the military is becoming “a Christian nationalist praetorian guard.”

The post Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith” appeared first on The Intercept.

When Nigel Farage insists that Reform UK is ‘the party of workers’, this is more than just a rhetorical flourish. It is a conscious attempt to present the far right as the only political outlet for the working class, at a time when they are drastically under-represented in parliament. This claim has resonated across the […]