Robin Barton

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Deprived of their unions, the working people could be driven to work longer and harder for less and less money, so that those who subsidized and ran fascism could grow richer.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda

If they call themselves again the bulwarks of liberal Western values in the Middle East, opposing hordes of Muslims who blow up statues of Buddha in Afghanistan or smash the Roman ruins of Palmyra, just show them this video.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-soldier-filmed-smashing-jesus-statue-lebanon

Israeli soldier filmed smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon

Viral image sparks outrage, including among US conservatives increasingly condemning Israeli actions in the region

Middle East Eye

Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar announces that he would arrest 'Netanyahu' if he enters Hungary, stressing that the Hungry remains a member of the International Criminal Court and that any person subject to an ICC arrest warrant must be detained upon entering its territory.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Netanyahu

Young women have been shamed for decades for not having babies under the right circumstances. Now they are waiting. "What is actually scaring the right is that young women, by taking responsibility, are building real power in the world." -Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2026/04/20/maga-wants-more-teen-births-it-wont-work/
MAGA wants teen births. It won't work

Teen birth rates are at historic lows — and young women want to keep it that way

Salon.com

A lenticular cloud lit up at sunset at the Perito Morena Glacier in Argentina. Taken on Good Friday in 2019 by Barry Butler , it's called the "Halo Effect".

#Photo #Photography #Photographer

#OnThisDay, 20 Apr 1902, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie refine radium chlorine. The discovery leads to Marie being the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

The committee had planned to only award the Nobel to Pierre and Henri. Committee member and Swedish mathematician Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler alerted Pierre Curie to the plan. Pierre insisted Marie also receive the prize.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomenInSTEM #NobelWomen #Histodons

We don't institute reasonable gun laws so that our children aren't shot in school.

We don't prosecute billionaire pedophiles when they rape children.

So don't tell me that mass internet surveillance is "for the children."

America doesn't give a fuck about the children.

The Israeli army is the “most degenerate on earth” ~Francesca Albanese

"Its practices have crossed all red lines & violated international law.... I've seen enough to say it with absolute certainty: the Israeli army is the most degenerate army.”

"Albanese has been subjected to a widespread incitement campaign & direct death threats since submitting an official report accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260420-un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-israeli-army-most-degenerate-on-earth/

#USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #news #racism .

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese: Israeli army “most degenerate on earth”

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese described the Israeli occupation army as “the most degenerate army on earth,” stating that its practices have crossed all red lines and violated internation…

Middle East Monitor

»When Peter #Thiel said, “I no longer believe that #freedom and #democracy are compatible,” he wasn’t talking about your freedom. He was talking about his own. You don’t exist.«

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/?gift=7cjjyPZIuS21UKXXq4Z-JNg5WJmVwq9FbLl-9yvqo1Y

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat

For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.

The Atlantic