A photo I will share with my daughters - an incredibly talented person who confronted and was not intimidated by a misogynistic, white, male of the old guard, who is of total insignificance.

Allies are done waiting for America to grow up From gold reserves to arms contracts, Europe is systematically reducing its exposure to US capriciousness.

www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the USA became the failed state it already is

The UK is letting the US use UK military bases in its war on Iran – without parliamentary approval. The UK must uphold international law and end its support for this illegal war.
secure.waronwant.org/page/187860/...

#FreePalestine
#freeLebanon
Defund disarm and dismantle this sadistic society of Israel.
They are shitstains on humanity.

Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%

We have to get over this unfounded belief that business does stuff better and that CEO’s are somehow gurus who can take their knowledge into every field. It’s the ultimate in believing that money acquisition is always the aim. Let’s not live money above people.

The EU must not wait till Israel starts executing Palestinians It must cancel the EU-Israel Association Agreement immediately over Israeli violations of the human rights clause.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

It sickens me to see Westn govts align themselves with an apartheid white colonial-settler genocidal regime aka Israel.
Where are the diplomatic protests & expulsions, eco sanctions & isolation of a rogue state?
Oh I forgot Zionists are white Palestinans are brown!

AOC seems to be the only Democrat willing to say Trump is a danger. Where are the white male elders of the Democrats?
Surely their strategy isn't silence allowing Trump & co to self-implode.
In life or death situations if Goliath shows weakness, David doesn't remain silent. He goes for the jugular.

As warnings mount over Trump, Cuba pays the price A renewed US oil embargo on Cuba is deepening hardship on the island, reflecting a long-standing pattern of intervention driven as much by ideology as strategy.

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It's ironic that an 'evil' communist, & 'other' culture has a smarter population, healthier population & a more compassionate society b/c of absent neo-liberal overlords than the beacon of democracy & capitalism & by default the entire Westn 'white' neo-liberal govts

Israeli army to launch criminal investigation after soldier strikes Jesus statue in Lebanon Netanyahu says ‘harsh disciplinary action’ will be taken after IDF confirms sledgehammer photo is authentic

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Explain why Westn govts & majority of US Christians support USrael?
I ask not b/c of the Jesus assault but b/c USrael has destroyed 2K yrs of history & the assoc cultures in Gaza, Lebanon & Syria.

Still the West does nothing

War crimes, Crimes Against Humanity!

I got asked what it actually was like being in Gaza amidst genocide:

Insider confirms US worked with Al Qaeda to fight the Syrian government New insider claims revive long-standing questions about whether US policy in Syria involved working with extremist groups – and what that means for how the war is understood.

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We hitch our defence to AUKUS & duplicitous USrael
We're just transactional pawns for USrael in ME

How can Europe trust US?
They're as hegemonic as Russia
How can we trust US in the Asia region?
They're no more honest than our frenemy China

FFS Aust polies wake-up!

Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: What happened in Palestine on April 17, 1971? Nearly 10,000 men, women and children are held in Israeli prisons, a third without charge or trial.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Wong, Albo, Minns & pro-Israeli Zionists have the temerity, audacity, effrontary & arrogance to say Israel is a democracy, not an apartheid regime & is a rules based legal system
What bullshit
Israel is a failed democracy, an apartheid state & discriminates on race

The IMF refuses to name the cause of this global chaos. It starts with ‘Donald’ and ends in ‘Trump’ | Greg Jericho The International Monetary Fund remains stuck in a situation where the biggest concern about inflation is wages

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Qld's Crisafulli, NSW's pro-zionist Minns & SA's Malinauskas want to proscribe 'Global Intifada' & 'FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA PALISTINE WILL BE FREE'

But say NOTHING when Netanyahu invokes Amalek & Smotrich announces a GREATER ISRAEL.
Let's proscribe 1 Sam 15:3 & Gen 15:18-21?

Genocide! Hypocrisy!

Italy Suspends Defense Cooperation Agreement with Israel Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Tuesday that Italy is suspending its defense cooperation agreement with Israel. This comes after Israeli forces fired warning shots at an Ita...

www.democracynow.org/2026/4/15/he...

The IMF refuses to name the cause of this global chaos. It starts with ‘Donald’ and ends in ‘Trump’ | Greg Jericho The International Monetary Fund remains stuck in a situation where the biggest concern about inflation is wages

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Another example of how neo-liberal capitalism subjugates the worker & left-leaning govts have sold their souls to corporate satans in the name of high profits & wage slavery.
FFS, tax the fucking rich & corporates & give the ppl a break from neoliberal evils

Trump’s Orban Fantasy COLLAPSES: Hungary Rejects MAGA Authoritarianism | Jimmy Kimmel YouTube video by American Is In The Heart Life

youtube.com/watch?v=wXRU...
An excellent monologue by Kimmel. Worth listening too.

Israel is trying to change Jerusalem’s religious identity Israel is destroying the Status Quo to establish full control over Muslim and Christian religious life at holy sites.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Jewish lobby groups are well-organised, well-resourced & defend Netanyahu believing ME crisis is due to Hamas
Israel uses Holocaust as defence for actions
But H is no excuse for historical amnesia & Zionism's cleansing of Paln culture
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Identity, influence and division – Australia’s Jewish community in a time of tension Amid rising tensions and a national inquiry into antisemitism, understanding the complexity of Australia’s Jewish community is essential to any serious conversation about social cohesion.

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Instead of antisemitism RC we should have a "lobby" RC?
eg. Jewish community is small in #s but "large in terms of organisational capacity & vociferous in the public square"
cf. NDIS & Centrelink ppl are greater in #s but are too poor & too lowly to "lobby" Govts

What actually is ‘civilisation’? The dark and loaded history behind Trump’s threat against Iran The concept of ‘civilisation’ emerged in the 18th century – and it has been cursed from the very start.

theconversation.com/what-actuall...
A society that uses paramilitary to intimidate its ppl, has no health safety net so ppl die b/c they can't afford medical expenses, ruled by a cabal of gangsters controlled by religious 'nuts' & attacks, unprovoked, sovereign states can't be 'civilised' can it DT?

What Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli right really mean when they invoke ‘Greater Israel’ | Daniel Levy The concept is about much more than acquiring territory, it is also about Netanyahu’s desire for Israel to become a regional superpower, says Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is not antisemitic to claim Israel & NOT Iran are the real danger to a safe world. Their reach & there openly illegal expansionist policy prove this. Yet the West & our government in particular has fallen, lock step, in time with right-wing & genocidal Zionism

Trump's Totally UNHINGED Easter Weekend, “Ultimatum” for Iran & Hospitalization Rumors YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

youtu.be/n1vAr-GV_0M

Why is it a talk-show host can say more truths about Trump and his danger to the world than Penny Wong or Albo? Surely those sycophants can see the facts! Trump is dangerously incompetent and Netanyahu more maleficent than the Iranian leadership or North Korea's Kim

This is why I gave up nearly 2 decades of NYT subscription. It is supposedly "left" of centre but is controlled by millionaires &/or billionaires, so it is no longer trustworthy.

“Torture & Genocide”: Francesca Albanese Denounces Israeli Abuse of Palestinians United Nations expert Francesca Albanese’s latest report warns that Israel is systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale that “suggests collective vengeance and destructive intent” and that “tor...

www.democracynow.org/2026/3/26/al...

I feel sorry that this brave voice for humanity has the same surname as Aust's PM

For her I use the full name, shouted out loud, ALBANESE

For him I use the diminutive whispered softly, albo

She's a towering figure of humanity, he's a cowering dog of US-rael

Do Israel, Iran and Hezbollah think we're stupid? In Israel, Iran, and Lebanon, Our Safety Is Being Sacrificed for the Whims of Power-hungry Leaders Who Feed Us Visions of Victory, Thinking We Won't Notice That We're No Closer to Peace

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
This Haaretz article is a good read esp this para:
I'd like to think that we have more in common with each other than we do with the people trapping us in forever wars; all we want to do is live, and we're not stupid enough to believe that any of us are truly winning.

IMAGE OF A DEFIANT PENGUIN WITH THE WORDS: THE ONLY THING THAT ‘TRICKLES DOWN’ FROM THE RICH IS THEIR CONTEMPT FOR US.

The fact that Zelensky has not told so many people to fuck off who more than deserved it over the years it is a testament to his character, patience and leadership. He never gives up trying to placate and persuade people no matter how ignorant & insufferable they are. I could never do it. Few could.