"Poor countries are not 'under-developed', they are over-exploited."

—Michael Parenti

Poverty is not a lifestyle choice.
Poverty is a policy choice.

On the 20th anniversary of this terrible event, it is still well worth watching this excellent account that I helped with - just to remind ourselves of the staggering power of tsunamis

youtu.be/3YOf44bNzw4

Yikes...a £2bn black hole in the Chancellor's benefit plans says the I paper. Surely this record should be getting boring by now. But how else will the media keep the public sucked into the disinformation and just plain lies, on whatever subject, not just how gvt spends? ..../

"What’s happening in Gaza is the shame of the century.”

"It is simply inconceivable that a degrowth production and distribution system can be compatible with a capitalist economy where private profit-seeking dominates resource allocation and investment decisions.
Thinking that the world's financial markets, where .../

billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62231

I am afraid that the best of times, albeit never really good, are over for the world as we normalize genocide and disgusting reichwing harshness as it permeates society. This isn't a political statement as much as a critique of society and the social fabric that kept it even moderately together.

I'm sorry, but the tone of this piece is nonsense

There is no 'good news' when it comes to #climate breakdown

1.5C is dead in the water, staying this side of 2C is likely practically impossible, the FF sector is expanding, and we face climate cataclysm

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"......if we had to name the country currently closest to the model of fiat socialism we would undoubtedly have to name Belarus, since despite the nuances we have pointed out (the interest rate policy and the job guarantee) it is a country that.../

carlosgarcahernndez.substack.com/p/praise-to-...

No change from @UKLabour

And no evidence of any consideration of a public transport plan that provides cheap, clean and reliable trains and buses, that gets cars off the road, and makes everyone's lives better

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...