'The workers had written “Murderers, get out of the port” on the container and voiced their solidarity with the Palestinian people, chanting slogans such as “Freedom for Palestine”.' www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241018-gre...
Late last night a group of dock workers and union members at the Port of Piraeus stopped a container filled with bullets bound for Israel from being loaded onto a...
If you want a break, I can recommend this from the authors of The Expanse. A band of human scientists are captured by high-tech shrimp-like alien invaders - who have ruled the stars for eons, and whom they will will somehow destroy. Well written, emotionally literate, engaging. Vol 1 of a trilogy.
If a continent is a large landmass separate (or almost separate) from other landmasses, there are 6 of them. There is no Europe separate from Asia, and the only reason for treating this bit of land as qualitatively different from India, China etc is racism.
Fascinating and surprising stats here - as of the last few years, young UK women are slightly more likely to be working than young men, and earn slightly more. www.ft.com/content/1760...
Men’s education deficit is increasingly becoming an employment, earnings and outcomes gap, with significant repercussions
Fascinating - for those in early 20s, more women go to uni than men, slightly more women work, British women without a degree even earn bit more than men without. Growing number of men aren't in education, work, or looking for work, mostly due to long-term health issues. www.ft.com/content/1760...
Men’s education deficit is increasingly becoming an employment, earnings and outcomes gap, with significant repercussions
Farage begins the hard slog, so far avoided, of making Reform into an actual political party. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK is overhauling the way the party is run to give members more say at its annual conference.
Labour got £4m election funding from Cayman Islands-registered hedge fund with holdings in fossil polluters, arms manufacturers and private health companies, including far right Peter Thiel's Palantir. www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-gi...
Quadrature’s donation is noteworthy not just for being Labour’s largest-ever, but for its timing ahead of election
'He has become linchpin of a de facto alliance between Macronism and the far right.' Romaric Godin on the meaning of Michael Barnier: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Michel Barnier and Macronism.
A response to Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", with various resonances. clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
