I have only ever known Julian Assange in detention. For nine years now, I have visited him in England bearing Australian news and solidarity. To Ellingham Hall I brought music and chocolate, to the Ecuadorian embassy I brought flannel shirts, Rake, Wizz Fizz and eucalyptus leaves, but to Belmarsh prison you can bring nothing—not a gift, not a book, not a piece of paper.
EU politics
Branco Milanovic: How I lost my past
“There is an almost daily and active rewriting of history to which many people from Eastern Europe participate: some because they do have such memories, some because they force themselves (often successfully) to believe that […]
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Food crisis: Europe burns equivalent of 15 million loaves of bread every day in cars
Europe’s biofuels lobby is pushing for more crop burning despite collapse in supplies of key grains from Ukraine and Russia and impending global food crisis Read Here CC BY 3.0
Climate Crisis
Global Energy Monitor: Coal mine methane emissions exceed those from oil or gas
The world’s coal mines emit 52.3 million tonnes of methane per year, according to a new report by Global Energy Monitor (GEM), which is greater than annual emissions from oil (39 million tonnes) or gas […]
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