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Thu, 07/08/2025 - 07:46

If you’ve spent any time at all on TikTok recently, you’ll have seen plenty of videos from young people despairing about life in the UK. Videos with captions like ‘Why is everything so expensive?’, ‘Why is rent so high?’, ‘Why can’t I get a doctor’s appointment?’ are going viral every day. With no clear answers, […]

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Thu, 07/08/2025 - 04:42

The Grayzone visits the family of Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, a severely malnourished toddler living in a Gaza City tent, who has become a symbol of the Israeli-imposed famine sweeping the besieged territory. After Mohammed appeared on the front page of the New York Times and several other major papers, Israeli propagandists accused the media of misinformation, claiming his pre-existing muscular condition explained away the hunger crisis. We spoke to his mother, Hedaya, to get the full story. We also spoke […]

The post VIDEO: Meet the symbol of Gaza’s famine – and target of Israel’s propagandists first appeared on The Grayzone.

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Thu, 07/08/2025 - 03:00

Kasey —

From the moment I first saw you, I knew my life was about to change. You were beautiful—also intelligent, funny, and kind. Not long after we met, I knew I wanted to spend my life with you. Let me know if you’d like these opening lines to be warmer or more emotional. Do you want me to personalize them in some way?

I love your confidence, your resilience, and your openness to new experiences. Do you remember when we moved in together and spent that whole first weekend building furniture? This is an example of an anecdote you could include. Should I suggest a different meaningful experience you and Kasey might have shared?

As a couple, we have been through the highest highs and the lowest lows—some very low lows. While I’d be happy to include the details of your infidelity here, it might be better to reference the episode subtly—she will know what you mean. Kasey, you have taught me everything I know about commitment and forgiveness. Thanks to you, I know what true devotion looks like. How’s that? If you’d like, I can rewrite this to more directly reference the incident with Kasey’s sister.

Created
Thu, 07/08/2025 - 02:02
We live in an unequal society where inequality is increasing in many areas, especially regarding income and wealth. The differences in living conditions for different groups, in terms of class, ethnicity, and gender, are unacceptably large. In the world of education, family background still has a significant impact on pupils’ performance, and it becomes even […]
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Wed, 06/08/2025 - 22:40

The two-day strike in Queensland following the High Court decision upholding Administration was fantastic. But with no similar response anywhere else in the country the Administration has moved quickly to tighten its grip on the union.

The post Administration tightens grip but it’s not too late to defend the CFMEU first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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Wed, 06/08/2025 - 22:40

NT Coroner Elizabeth Armitage’s report lays bare the “entrenched, systemic and structural racism” at the heart of the NT Police including “normalised” usage of racist, violent language that paints Aboriginal people as subhuman.

The post Kumanjayi Walker inquest exposes systemic racism in NT police first appeared on Solidarity Online.