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Charlie McInnes
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Eternal optimist challenged every day by the climate crisis. Heart places the banks of the Bolong River.
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And this is not scholarly but it draws on the history of the term "carbon footprint" while focusing on the class dynamics and communications challenges that intersect the concept of "individual action."

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We Need To Talk About The Carbon Footprints Of The Rich | NOEMA
Dramatically unequal consumption lies at the heart of the climate crisis.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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'Australian doctor Nada Abu Alrub reports from Al Aqsa Hospital in Gaza: “I had to leave my colleagues knowing that they’ll either be kidnapped or killed”.' (1/2)
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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More detail here on the NPC cancellation of a journalist who was booked to speak about Gaza.
Incredible how badly our cultural institutions have failed us.
Exclusive: National Press Club cancelled Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for being “in favour” of Palestine
Correspondence obtained by Lamestream shows the NPC confirmed Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him due to "balance".
www.lamestream.com.au
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses ... but that is not the story. What happened here was Israel … continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an entire population in front of our very eyes.”
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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"Under international law, states have a legal obligation to prevent and to stop a genocide from happening.

That means ending complicity, applying real pressure and ending arms transfers. We are not seeing that, we are not even seeing the bare minimum from our governments."
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM