Anyone that has read chunks of Marx’s Capital will know that he often explicitly and not trivially implicitly draws on data and evidence gathered and published in reports by select committees of the British Parliament. Most of these reports he draws on were written before the great expansions of the franchise, and so are effectively produced […]
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The pornography industry is dominated by companies presenting a veneer of corporate respectability while thriving off exploitation. Iain Overton introduces his four part investigation
Trump’s actions—from defunding USAID to attacking NATO and imposing tariffs on America's closest allies—are eroding the mechanisms that have sustained American hegemony for decades.
The post Foreign Policy Reset: Trump’s Trade Wars Push US Allies Into Open Rebellion appeared first on MintPress News.
The Conservative leader outlined five policies to fix the immigration system. Nick Beales explains how far off the mark she is
“I like thinking about the cut in film as a kiss. It brings things together.”
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I met Martine Syms at a microscopic art gallery in Los Angeles’s Chinatown in 2012. We’d both been invited to give presentations to an audience so small we were essentially performing for each other, and although I can’t remember what either of our talks was about, Martine’s slides had a deep purple background—her signature color—and featured an elegant font I’d never seen before (a year later, the font, Lydian, was everywhere). At the time, she was calling herself “a conceptual entrepreneur.” Thinking about it now, I’m not sure if she meant she was an entrepreneur only conceptually, or that she sold ideas. Both might have been true, but neither quite encompasses the artist she was then, and has since become.
Get familiar with it and stop it The Musk-Trump administration is not looking to reduction-in-force its way to cutting $2 trillion from the federal budget. That’s a smokescreen. What they’re attempting, says Paul Krugman, is an autogolpe, a self-coup. And with “the full support of every Republican in the House and the Senate.” “The federal work force is no larger now than it was under Dwight Eisenhower,” writes the economist. Laying off federal workers doesn’t even put a dent in $2 trillion. So why do it? It’s an attempt to capture the government wholesale. It’s a purge. Pure and simple. Throw out the old. Indescriminately. Bring in the newer, truer believers. Even if some Trump babies get tossed out with the bathwater. Republicans have long been willing to scarifice their own so long as they believe far more on the left will die a swift political death. * Krugman writes: Musk-Trumpocracy’s illegal shutdown of USAID should be seen through this lens. Musk clearly hates the idea of helping people in need: just look at the rage he has expressed over the philanthropy of MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife.
In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.
The post Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die” appeared first on The Intercept.
Steven Moffat is now the best ambassador for Doctor Who since he doesn't have to worry about running the show anymore (and he's hilarious).
Okay, I need to be quiet because I’m just outside his office. You can probably hear him through the door right now. He’s selling sketchy supplemental health insurance plans to senior citizens by phone using his talking buttons. It’s insane.
Here, walk with me because he’s demanding a double Puppychino latte. He insists I make it at home because he hates the waste of nonreusable cups. “HOME (pause) MADE, (pause) HOME (pause) PUPPY (pause) AIR MILK (pause) MOM,” he ordered with his buttons.
Trump's Gaza plan 'does not come out of the blue' argues Nafeez Ahmed, it is 'part and parcel of a broader white supremacist agenda'
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Democrats struggle to counter Trump’s renewed agenda.
The post Why Are Dems Surprised? appeared first on The Intercept.
Real estate developers are running a dark-money campaign to overturn new housing rules — and ignore basic laws of nature.
Benjamin Kingsmore Central banks do a lot of things: they implement monetary policy, regulate financial institutions, manage payment systems and analyse economic developments. Many of their tasks are crucial to the functioning of a modern economy. And to make all this happen in practice, armies of unseen officials do the necessary implementing, regulating, managing and … Continue reading Central banks, big and small
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February 7th, 2025: Hello everyone and welcome Two organisations representing Arab migrants in Australia have slammed ABC managing director David Anderson over his refusal to acknowledge the existence of a Lebanese race during the ongoing Federal Court trial between broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf and the national broadcaster. The Australian Lebanese Association said on Friday Anderson’s statement was “deeply disappointing” and harmed social cohesion. Continue reading »
Fresh off the back of Donald Trump’s latest attacks on gender affirming care, the anti-trans right in Australia is on the offensive. The post Labor fails to stand up to Queensland’s attack on trans rights: fight to overturn the ban first appeared on Solidarity Online. It’s not the first time the Trump administration has imposed sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). Independent journalist Richard Medhurst has been detained by Austrian police and intelligence services. The late John Pilger reminds us what Julian Assange uncovered about media, while Juice Media pulls the rug from under Dutton’s nuclear plans. Another week Continue reading »
It is with a heavy heart that we admit Spines for Senators (S4S) has failed in its mission to provide invertebrate lawmakers with the transformational surgeries they so desperately need. To be blunt, we weren’t fully prepared for the challenges presented by these feckless losers. We thought some of them (one of them?) wanted to be better. How wrong we were. They voted unanimously to install Marco Rubio (one of our organization’s many lost causes) as secretary of state. They passed the Laken Riley Act. Amy Klobuchar is still—still!—talking about finding common ground and working together with the party that plunged our country into a constitutional crisis. | ||