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Hungary has banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which essentially means Pride. Today over 500,000 people in Budapest turned up for a Pride march and told the government to: 'Fuck off!'.

#Pride2025 #Hungary #Budapest

The wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output.

In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at least $33.9tn in real terms, which the charity said was “enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over”.

https://www.dumptheguardian.com/news/2025/jun/26/billionaires-wealth-oxfam-report

Billionaires' wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world's richest 1% 'enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over', charity says

So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names

From the Los Angeles Tenant's Union:

For the kidnapped, for the detained, for the children whose parents are missing, for those who cannot work and for those who cannot pay rent the city must come to a stop!

‼️JOIN OUR COMMUNITY STRIKE TUESDAY JULY 1st, IF THERE IS NO PEACE FOR THE PEOPLE WE’LL SHUT THE CITY DOWN!

Join your LATU local in action!
We call on our members and supporters: don’t go to work, don’t take public transportation and do not do business. Join on the ground efforts in your neighborhood.

🚨ICE OUT OF LA! NOT ONE MORE DEPORTATION AND NOT ONE MORE EVICTION!

For the kidnapped, for the detained, for the children whose parents are missing, for those who cannot work and for those who cannot pay rent the city must come to a stop!

!ÚNETE A NUESTRA PARO ECONÓMICO COMUNITARIO EL MARTES 1 DE JULIO, ¡SI NO HAY PAZ PARA EL PUEBLO, PÁREMOS LA CIUDAD!

¡Únete a tu LATU local en acción!
Hacemos un llamado a nuestros miembros y simpatizantes: no vayan a trabajar, no tomen el transporte público y no hagan negocios. Únete a los esfuerzos de lucha en tu vecindario.

🚨ICE FUERA DE LOS ÁNGELES! ¡NI UNA DEPORTACIÓN MÁS Y NI UN DESALOJO MÁS!

The Democratic machine threw everything they had—billionaire endorsements, NYT op-eds, a deluge of corporate cash, and the full weight of washed-up politicians like Andrew Cuomo, Bill Clinton, and Michael Bloomberg—at Zohran Mamdani. And he still won. Big.

They can either learn from him and become the party for working people, or continue to suffer at 26% approval rating. Here's what Mamdani's win can mean for American politics:
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/mamdani-wins-with-the-many-over-the

Mamdani Wins With the Many Over the Money

What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for the Democratic Party—and the Country

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
This has been like this or a while now... it's now a chasm.

How can you defend Iran with stories like this of a woman 5 months pregnant, arrested on suspicion of a civil violation, forced to sleep in shackles on a dungeon floor with cockroaches, denied access to reproductive healthcare, & suffered a stillbirth, which she was forced to deliver in front of prison guards. Horrific.

WAIT. Did I say Iran? I meant this happened in Louisiana this week to Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus, whose fiancee is a US citizen and she had no criminal record. #ThisIsAmerica

#OtD 24 Jun 1943 a battle broke out within the segregated US military in the British village of Bamber Bridge. White military police opened fire on Black service personnel after they were unhappy about local residents supporting Black troops. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7894/battle-of-bamber-bridge
Working Class History

At least 610 Iranians have been killed and 4,746 others wounded as a result of 12 days of Israeli strikes.

971 people remain hospitalised, while 687 underwent surgery.

Thirteen children are among those killed, with the youngest a two-month-old, as are 49 women, including two who were pregnant.

Five healthcare workers have been killed and 20 others are wounded. Seven hospitals have been damaged, as were six emergency response bases, four clinics and nine ambulances.

#Iran
#casualties
#news

In America, out of nearly 11,000 child sex offenders, 5 were trans.
89 were politicians.
301 were police officers.
578 were ordained priests.
807 were family members.
https://www.whoismakingnews.com/#who-are-the-real-predators

Tracking News Reporting of Sex Crimes Against Minors

Who's Making News