Scarlett Reads 🌏⚛️
@scarlettreads.bsky.social
Historian, policy nerd, anti-fascist, eco-socialist, animal lover, First Nations & 🏳️🌈 ally. Keeping a watching brief on the dismantling of secular democracy in the US and the warning signs for Australia.
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FORCE EVACUATION AND SMASH THE CAMPS
A report from inside Gaza
seymourhersh.substack.com
“(T)he Israelis are not following the logic of war; they are following the logic of genocide”. Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize winning international journalist, describes what is behind the destruction currently taking place in #Gaza #FreePalestine
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Big story from us: How the media manufactured Hamas’ praise of Anthony Albanese www.lamestream.com.au/did-hamas-re...
How the media manufactured Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese
First of all, here's what we have for you this week:
* Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps.
* The curious case of Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese — By Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell
* T...
www.lamestream.com.au
August 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Big story from us: How the media manufactured Hamas’ praise of Anthony Albanese www.lamestream.com.au/did-hamas-re...
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Here's me.
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it - The Shot
Capitalism and democracy, despite what you’ve been led to believe, are not the same thing. Capitalism eats democracy if unsupervised.
theshot.net.au
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Here's me.
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
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GOP Senators and House members are scared of being murdered by Trump supporters if they don’t support Trump. This is fascism in America. My latest:
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
www.vanityfair.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
GOP Senators and House members are scared of being murdered by Trump supporters if they don’t support Trump. This is fascism in America. My latest:
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Here’s another troubling development in the US. The Trump/Musk regime is now moving on the National Archives.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history.
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
February 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Here’s another troubling development in the US. The Trump/Musk regime is now moving on the National Archives.
Here’s the history of the ideology underpinning the actions of the Trump/Musk regime and the Project 2025 policies. When you know the rationale, it makes a kind of horrible sense.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Here’s the history of the ideology underpinning the actions of the Trump/Musk regime and the Project 2025 policies. When you know the rationale, it makes a kind of horrible sense.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
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Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe
Autogolpe
What’s really happening beneath the Musk/Trump chaos
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe
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All in plain sight.
Please share this image with your friends, family, colleagues - in your messaging groups, on your FB!
There's nothing we can do about the US, but there's a lot we can do to make sure it doesn't happen to us - especially in an election year. Time to step up! #auspol
Please share this image with your friends, family, colleagues - in your messaging groups, on your FB!
There's nothing we can do about the US, but there's a lot we can do to make sure it doesn't happen to us - especially in an election year. Time to step up! #auspol
February 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
All in plain sight.
Please share this image with your friends, family, colleagues - in your messaging groups, on your FB!
There's nothing we can do about the US, but there's a lot we can do to make sure it doesn't happen to us - especially in an election year. Time to step up! #auspol
Please share this image with your friends, family, colleagues - in your messaging groups, on your FB!
There's nothing we can do about the US, but there's a lot we can do to make sure it doesn't happen to us - especially in an election year. Time to step up! #auspol
If ever you were in any doubt about who sponsors the #LNP, watch this video from @friendlyjordies.bsky.social. #Dutton admits he wants to ‘turbocharge’ the mining industry, defund the Environmental Defenders Office & limit challenges to decisions. #auspol bsky.app/profile/slap...
@friendlyjo
@friendlyjo
#LNPNeverAgain #TemuTrump #GinaDutton #Dutton #auspol
latest Peter Dutton leak courtesy of @friendlyjordies
latest Peter Dutton leak courtesy of @friendlyjordies
February 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
If ever you were in any doubt about who sponsors the #LNP, watch this video from @friendlyjordies.bsky.social. #Dutton admits he wants to ‘turbocharge’ the mining industry, defund the Environmental Defenders Office & limit challenges to decisions. #auspol bsky.app/profile/slap...
@friendlyjo
@friendlyjo
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Beware the Gaslight: A Voter's Checklist for Political Manipulation.
How to Recognise and Resist Deceptive Political Tactics and avoid ‘Trump Australian Style’
#auspol
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
How to Recognise and Resist Deceptive Political Tactics and avoid ‘Trump Australian Style’
#auspol
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
Beware the Gaslight: A Voter's Checklist for Political Manipulation
How to Recognise and Resist Deceptive Political Tactics and avoid ‘Trump Australian Style’
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Beware the Gaslight: A Voter's Checklist for Political Manipulation.
How to Recognise and Resist Deceptive Political Tactics and avoid ‘Trump Australian Style’
#auspol
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
How to Recognise and Resist Deceptive Political Tactics and avoid ‘Trump Australian Style’
#auspol
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
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Australian voters,
Coles and Woolworths have joined forces with Kmart and Costco to publicly support the ARA's application to the Fair Work Commission to scrap overtime, evening and weekend penalty rates, and work breaks. If this goes through it will be used as a precedent everywhere. #AusVotes2025
Coles and Woolworths have joined forces with Kmart and Costco to publicly support the ARA's application to the Fair Work Commission to scrap overtime, evening and weekend penalty rates, and work breaks. If this goes through it will be used as a precedent everywhere. #AusVotes2025
January 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Australian voters,
Coles and Woolworths have joined forces with Kmart and Costco to publicly support the ARA's application to the Fair Work Commission to scrap overtime, evening and weekend penalty rates, and work breaks. If this goes through it will be used as a precedent everywhere. #AusVotes2025
Coles and Woolworths have joined forces with Kmart and Costco to publicly support the ARA's application to the Fair Work Commission to scrap overtime, evening and weekend penalty rates, and work breaks. If this goes through it will be used as a precedent everywhere. #AusVotes2025
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Especially but not only if you have a Qld postcode, please consider supporting this.
For many trans young people, gender affirming care is life-changing, and often life-saving, healthcare.
But the Queensland government is blocking improvements and slashing funding from the Queensland Children's Gender Service (QCGS).
Sign the petition to fight back:
trans.au/campaigns/pr...
But the Queensland government is blocking improvements and slashing funding from the Queensland Children's Gender Service (QCGS).
Sign the petition to fight back:
trans.au/campaigns/pr...
Protect Trans Youth Health in Queensland
The Queensland Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic was found by an independent review to provide a high standard of care that’s consistent with international guidelines. The review made 25 recommendatio...
trans.au
January 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Especially but not only if you have a Qld postcode, please consider supporting this.
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Trump just took 500 Marines on standby to help with escalating California wildfires and sent them to the border instead, where migrant crossings have been at the lowest level they’ve been in years since July. Unbelievable.
And apparently armed, which is new. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
And apparently armed, which is new. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
January 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trump just took 500 Marines on standby to help with escalating California wildfires and sent them to the border instead, where migrant crossings have been at the lowest level they’ve been in years since July. Unbelievable.
And apparently armed, which is new. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
And apparently armed, which is new. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
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“Trump hasn’t just killed the OECD’s weak tax reforms, he’s effectively threatening to scrap everything built over the last century and to take the world back to ‘robber baron’-era tax policies."
Fantastic analysis from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social taxjustice.net/press/trump-...
Fantastic analysis from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social taxjustice.net/press/trump-...
Trump demands countries surrender tax sovereignty at economic gunpoint | Tax Justice Network
US President Donald Trump has signalled plans to question the right of any country to tax American multinational corporations and is threatening to take countermeasures against countries that do not, ...
taxjustice.net
January 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“Trump hasn’t just killed the OECD’s weak tax reforms, he’s effectively threatening to scrap everything built over the last century and to take the world back to ‘robber baron’-era tax policies."
Fantastic analysis from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social taxjustice.net/press/trump-...
Fantastic analysis from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social taxjustice.net/press/trump-...
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I am a (climate) scientist AND a speculative fiction writer and I can tell you that our future is already clear
Institute of Actuaries report forecasts 25% GDP fall and 2 billion dead if 2C breached by 2050 (it could be as soon as 2034)
Then it get really bad
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Institute of Actuaries report forecasts 25% GDP fall and 2 billion dead if 2C breached by 2050 (it could be as soon as 2034)
Then it get really bad
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Scientists can help governments plan for the future. But don’t forget sci-fi writers: we can do it too | Emma Newman
Our job is to imagine scenarios from the impact of the climate crisis to the rise of AI – and decision-makers need our help, says Emma Newman
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I am a (climate) scientist AND a speculative fiction writer and I can tell you that our future is already clear
Institute of Actuaries report forecasts 25% GDP fall and 2 billion dead if 2C breached by 2050 (it could be as soon as 2034)
Then it get really bad
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Institute of Actuaries report forecasts 25% GDP fall and 2 billion dead if 2C breached by 2050 (it could be as soon as 2034)
Then it get really bad
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Markets are acting as if Trump won't do tariffs; this complacency makes it likely that he will open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Voodoo Trade Policy Comes to America
What to expect when you’re expecting tariffs
open.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Markets are acting as if Trump won't do tariffs; this complacency makes it likely that he will open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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This will get almost no attention. It fucking should though.
The combustion of coal, oil and gas is killing one of the most remarkable and important places on the planet before our eyes, and most people are looking away instead.
The combustion of coal, oil and gas is killing one of the most remarkable and important places on the planet before our eyes, and most people are looking away instead.
‘Catastrophic’: Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds
More than 40% of individual corals monitored around One Tree Island reef bleached by heat stress and damaged by flesh-eating disease
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This will get almost no attention. It fucking should though.
The combustion of coal, oil and gas is killing one of the most remarkable and important places on the planet before our eyes, and most people are looking away instead.
The combustion of coal, oil and gas is killing one of the most remarkable and important places on the planet before our eyes, and most people are looking away instead.
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Indy Eye focuses on the big issues https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/indy-eye-focuses-on-the-big-issues,19357?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed #auspol
Indy Eye focuses on the big issues
IA's new video series, Indy Eye, has launched to much acclaim and we'd like to remind you to keep your own eye out for new episodes!
independentaustralia.net
January 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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No bones about it: the LNP are the Australian fascist movement.
January 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
No bones about it: the LNP are the Australian fascist movement.
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We all have to keep speaking up. Especially with facts. I find these 2 links handy: tinyurl.com/LNPcorrupt and tinyurl.com/PeterDutton1
A short history of LNP corruption: When too much just isn’t enough : New Politics
It’s hard to keep a tab on the current deluge of corruption coming out of federal politics, and barely a day goes by where there [>>>]
tinyurl.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We all have to keep speaking up. Especially with facts. I find these 2 links handy: tinyurl.com/LNPcorrupt and tinyurl.com/PeterDutton1
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So it's dangerous for China to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps.
But it's okay for America's billionaires to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps.
Do I have this right?
But it's okay for America's billionaires to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps.
Do I have this right?
January 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So it's dangerous for China to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps.
But it's okay for America's billionaires to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps.
Do I have this right?
But it's okay for America's billionaires to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps.
Do I have this right?
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State Capture in Australia. By Democracy Now. Easy read.
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australiandemocracy.org.au/statecapture
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australiandemocracy.org.au/statecapture
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January 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
State Capture in Australia. By Democracy Now. Easy read.
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australiandemocracy.org.au/statecapture
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australiandemocracy.org.au/statecapture
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf – January 2025 https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ecosocialist-bookshelf-january-2025 #auspol
Ecosocialist Bookshelf – January 2025
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books on capitalist ecology myths, petroleum industry lies, forests, cities, incipient fascism, agribusiness and disease.
www.greenleft.org.au
January 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Ecosocialist Bookshelf – January 2025 https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ecosocialist-bookshelf-january-2025 #auspol
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More than 20 per cent of all climate and environment protests in Australia involve arrests, more than three times the global average.
Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.”
This is what #StateCapture looks like.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.”
This is what #StateCapture looks like.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters
A new study shows more than 20 per cent of climate and environment protests in Australia lead to arrests, more than in the UK, Norway, and the United States.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2024 at 2:44 AM
More than 20 per cent of all climate and environment protests in Australia involve arrests, more than three times the global average.
Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.”
This is what #StateCapture looks like.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.”
This is what #StateCapture looks like.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
A disturbing article from @lucyham.bsky.social on the extent to which Australia is being influenced by US-based disinformation campaigns orchestrated by the fossil fuel industry. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Inbox | Substack
open.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A disturbing article from @lucyham.bsky.social on the extent to which Australia is being influenced by US-based disinformation campaigns orchestrated by the fossil fuel industry. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...