In the last few days, mass youth protests, dubbed the “Gen-Z revolution”, exploded on the streets of Nepal, forcing a political crisis and the resignation of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli.
Even if tariffs don’t have the catastrophic effects—like COVID-era empty store shelves and price gouging—that many predicted, they will still contribute to a slowing economy, higher prices and potentially mass lay-offs.
After decades of hegemony, the two-state solution is no longer considered a viable or desirable solution to the decades-long oppression of the Palestinians among pro-Palestine activists in Australia. This is an extremely positive development.
OnlyFans is the same as any other porn platform or brothel: it enables a small minority of mostly men to get rich from the exploitation of women. What’s remarkable, though, is not that another business is making money from sexism, but that so few progressives are interested in criticising it.
Politicians and newspaper editors are trying to convince us that the March for Australia rallies on 31 August were not far-right mobilisations by racist dogs, but decent folk motivated by legitimate concerns, who just happened to be duped by Nazis.
