Josh Bornstein

Robert Reich It’s Time to Roast Starbucks | Robert Reich

I stand with unionized Starbucks workers, who are on strike across the country right now for better wages and working conditions.

Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.

She was a model, I was on drugs. We were in love, but our marriage didn’t last The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando talks about some of the most important women in his life, and why he once spent eight months celibate.

All I can say is that his wife must be a saint.

The controversy engulfing the #BBC underscores the powerful forces that seek to undermine public broadcasting & that have also weakened the ABC. Pandering to those forces never works.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.

The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.

'The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.'

The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning

- by Arash Azizi

#Iran #women #rights

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Une idée whose temps est venu.

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WTAF

The world has been witnessing the dreadful toll of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Trump’s ceasefire agreement has little resolution for lasting peace.

‘Any agreement that doesn’t include Palestinians is not a plan for lasting and genuine peace in the region.’

@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol #gaza

Legend

Has Portland been conquered already ?

Cancel culture is a source of censorship, no ? First there is pressure to censor and then a decision to censor.

More power to your arm Karen

Trump donor Larry Ellison’s Oracle will oversee TikTok’s algorithm.

His media company owns CBS News and is plotting a bid for Warner Bros., which owns CNN.

When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

For those who argue the Right has just discovered cancel culture, there are 2 words to consider: Anthony Fauci.

Absolutely. Corporations wield an extraordinary censorship power.

more corporate cancel culture

Should anti-semitism be exceptionalised or should we combat all forms of racism together? Hear diverse community leaders discuss racism; antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel; and Palestinian rights. Fellowship/supper will follow the Q&A.

Brisbane Folk: come along and hear from Executive Committee member, Bart Shteinman at this event we're pleased to co-host! events.humanitix.com/should-anti-...

Ordinary People knocked my sox off.

No-one was MAKING staff go to this session. If anyone felt unsafe hearing about children’s health during war, they could have just …. chosen not to attend.
It was obviously cancelled to ensure NO-ONE would talk about it.

‘Like a Mad Max movie’: How hot it will really get in ‘unliveable Australia’ Parts of Australia would become unliveable if Australia’s temperatures rise by three degrees.

“More than 20 million Australians in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide could swelter through deadly heatwaves of more than 44 degrees stretching across 1.72 million square kilometres if temperatures rise by 3 degrees.”

www.smh.com.au/environment/...

“Calling people a fascist is dangerous, violent rhetoric.” ...

Here's a compilation of Trump doing precisely that:

ht: @micaherfan.com

That’s a big call. Always dangerous to underestimate his idiocy.

Judges and barristers in England and Wales who bully and harass junior colleagues benefit from a 'culture of impunity' and a complaints system that penalises victims, a damning review has found. on.ft.com/4mP2Rdf

RIP Budgies

Once more for the commuter set.

Failure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy says At a Gold Coast conference, Jillian Segal declined to address the presence of neo-Nazis at Sunday’s anti-immigration marches

Being the Special Envoy for Antisemitism and refusing to address nazis is like being the Special Envoy for Black Lung Disease refusing to address coal. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The closest Mr. Mamdani gets to socialism is his belief in treating people more equitably.

My favorite sentence in the New York Times explainer on Mamdani and socialism.

So is it true that Trump is trying to fire someone for ‘making misleading statements’?

Labor’s housing ‘help’ risks backfiring on homeowners Nationalising the first buyer LMI market could cut competition and put upward pressure on premiums for investors and first buyers not eligible for the scheme.

Does this work?

www.afr.com/policy/econo...

Point Cook MP calls for greater staff representation on university councils.
State MPs like Mathew Hilakari are backing NTEU’s campaign for improved university governance in Victoria.
Find out more and how to support change at our unis: betterunis.nteu.au
#highereducation #auspol #HigherEd