Mike Hall
@mikefhall.bsky.social
Writer, editor and ceramic artist living and working on Garigal land (Scotland Island, Sydney, Australia.)
"He now looks more like Old Mother Hubbard with a bare policy cupboard, desperately seeking to shore up the hard right vote ..."
Uncertainty and pessimism abound. Will fear be enough to push Dutton into office?
The Liberal leader goes into this election presenting a particularly bleak worldview. Whether voters are in step with that view remains to be seen.
theconversation.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"He now looks more like Old Mother Hubbard with a bare policy cupboard, desperately seeking to shore up the hard right vote ..."
All power to you @marcelias.bsky.social People everywhere must urge their governments to oppose Trump and his acolytes and strengthen democracy wherever they can.
Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall.
I will never bow down.
I will never bow down.
March 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
All power to you @marcelias.bsky.social People everywhere must urge their governments to oppose Trump and his acolytes and strengthen democracy wherever they can.
Reposted by Mike Hall
This essay, mentioned by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in his latest article, is chillingly relevant. Written in 2017, it is the warning we all downplayed back then. An unbearable depiction of the hatred for nature, vulnerability & femininity that has taken over in the US aeon.co/essays/the-m...
The macho, violent culture of Italian fascism was prophetic | Aeon Essays
The glamour, bullying and violence of the libertarian alt-Right has a direct political ancestor, and it’s not Nazi Germany
aeon.co
March 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This essay, mentioned by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in his latest article, is chillingly relevant. Written in 2017, it is the warning we all downplayed back then. An unbearable depiction of the hatred for nature, vulnerability & femininity that has taken over in the US aeon.co/essays/the-m...