If satirists tried to produce a caricature of legislation designed to steal from the poor to give to the rich, they couldn’t have done much better than the “big, beautiful bill” that the US House of Representatives passed by one vote on 22 May.
Today, many Jews are breaking with Zionism under the pressure of events in Gaza. This has also happened in the past. Indeed, anti-Zionism has been a crucial part of the Jewish radical tradition since the late 19th century.
The Liberal Party has historically been the preferred party of the capitalists. Currently, though, the capitalists and their representatives are despairing of the party.
For the second time, in spite of notoriously censorious defamation laws, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been confirmed to be a war criminal.
Senior officials in the Israeli government are increasingly open about the genocide they have been carrying out, and the endgame they believe to be within their reach.