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Erling Braut Haaland might seem like an especially showy millionaire footballer. He’s also the product of Norway’s inclusive, publicly funded model of kids’ and youth football — a system the United States can still only dream of.

The SpaceX IPO made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire — and exposed the hollowness of the claim that the stock market has been democratized. Nearly 90% of stocks are owned by the wealthiest 10%, and that skew is only getting more extreme.

Keir Starmer marketed himself as a human rights lawyer who stood up for the downtrodden. As Britain’s prime minister, he showed nothing but contempt for human rights law, and he now leaves behind a disgraceful record of authoritarian policies.

Experiments with a shorter workweek have shown that working fewer hours improves worker well-being and productivity. But we can’t expect employers to implement this transformative change of their own volition.

Part 2 of 'The Drift"

Part 2 of 'The Drift"

Life Along the EACOP Route in Northern Tanzania

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by Franklin Frederick

Julian Barnes and the Princess of Asturias Award Or Literature in the Service of the Empire   On the 10th of this month, the Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that its 2026 Literature Prize had been awarded to the British writer Julian Barnes. As stated on its website, the “Princess of Asturias Foundation is a private, non-profit organization whose aims are to contribute to the appreciation and promotion of all scientific, cultural and humanistic values that constitute universal heritage, as well as to strengthen the existing ties between the Principality of Asturias and the title traditionally held by the heirs […]

by Andrew Lee

n May 21, activists with the Philadelphia chapter of the youth-led environmental justice group Sunrise Movement began a protracted hunger strike, vowing to starve themselves until Mayor Cherelle Parker committed to spending an extraordinary $1.19 billion municipal budget surplus on community programs. They were demanding investments in renewable energy alongside demands not traditionally associated with the environmental justice movement, including affordable housing, food justice, and increased funding for rec centers and public libraries.

Join us on August 6th at the gates of the Livermore Lab to declare "Nuclear Abolition or Extinction? The Choice is Yours" to commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 

The post ¡Reserve la Fecha! Acto de Conmemoración de Hiroshima el 6 de Agosto en las Puertas del Laboratorio de Livermore appeared first on Tri Valley CAREs.

Regulator should not discount future wilder weather in relation to nuclear safety

The Left argues that workers deserve the fruits of their own labor, while the Right says that some workers contribute much more than others and so deserve higher pay. But that claim overlooks the dependence of individual contributions on collective labor.

Every time our economic system generates another crash, the state is on hand with public money to bail out private losses. It’s time we stopped seeing bailouts as individual episodes and recognized them as a core feature of contemporary capitalism.

Starmer Goes. Burnham Arrives. Labourism is Unchanging. But the left outside Labour has no lever to pull here

Starmer Goes. Burnham Arrives. Labourism is Unchanging. But the left outside Labour has no lever to pull here

Today, Playing For Change, a global project known for bringing together musicians from different countries in collaborative videos, released the song “Acontecer,” an international call to protect the Amazon, Indigenous peoples, and the planet.

The post Playing For Change Brings Together Manu Chao and Alexandre Carlo in a Song for the Amazon first appeared on Amazon Watch.

On 20 June, the Stop the War Coalition is hosting a major International Conference Against War in London. Back in January, the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign wrote to Lindsey German, Convenor of StW, stressing that any credible discussion on the war must include those directly affected by Russia’s unprovoked invasion — particularly Ukrainian trade unionists and … Continue reading OPEN LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI‑WAR CONFERENCE IN LONDON

The amendment that Makerfield makes necessary

The amendment that Makerfield makes necessary

by Manuel Casal Lodeiro

A hypothetical solar or nuclear future, at current energy usage rates, would require more minerals or uranium than can realistically be extracted. Recycling would help, but there are also limits to recycling. In the end, the main solution to our energy and climate problems must be to find a way to use less,