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.
Climate Crisis
ABC News: 2023 on track to be world’s hottest year on record, temperatures exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for first time
This year is now almost certain to become Earth’s warmest on record after a hot July and August saw global temperatures reach the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Read HERE
EU politics
Fortune: Ex-Deutsche Bank, Nomura Officials Get Jail Time in Monte dei Paschi Collusion Case
How could this have happened? On the other, this ain’t over until…. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The lame progressive obsession with meaningless aggregates
“It continues to amaze me how lame some progressive politicians are. They think it is clever to skewer the conservatives on matters pertaining to deficits or public debt ratios. But the reality is that all […]
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