X's Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks theverge.com/2024/4/11/2412…

gender roles in 2024 look nothing like they did in 1024. why on earth would human brains be hard coded to like “toy trucks” vs “barbies” when our brains don’t even have especially specialised structures for reading and writing - phenomena developed over thousands of years?

German School Rescinds Job Offer to Jewish Philosopher over Her Criticism of Israel democracynow.org/2024/4/11/head…

'Only 'Hindu workers' should apply' because the 'Israeli government fears the potential for pro-Palestine solidarity among Muslim Indian workers.' A remarkable Boston Review essay on Indian migrants replacing Palestinians in Israel, a modern-day indenture bostonreview.net/articles/labor…

#OtD 12 Apr 1943 young Walter Mayer was jailed by a Nazi court in Düsseldorf for looting and being a member of the anti-fascist Edelweiss Pirates. Fortunately he later escaped a concentration camp. This is our podcast about the group, including Walter: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-ede…

Israel's 'investigation' into the killing of seven WCK aid workers in Gaza was led by the CEO of the company that supplied the murder weapon.

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

#OtD 12 Apr 1918 Bolshevik forces attacked 26 anarchist centres in Moscow, as the anarchists were growing in the area. At least 40 anarchists were killed by Cheka forces, and about 500 were arrested and jailed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12538/…

Excellent from Rokhaya Diallo as always:

What has 20 years of banning headscarves done for France?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I choose to interpret this as a critique of capitalism and consumerism.

My tweets from yesterday got reported as 'hateful,' which feels very on the nose.

MEDIA STATEMENT:
PROTECT PROTEST

MALS urges Vic govt to shift Victoria Police culture to ensure people can safely exercise the #RightToProtest & protect people from harm caused by police who routinely use excessive force against protesters.

More here: mals.au/2024/04/12/med…

New article on the roots of the mainstreaming of far right politics:

Really existing liberalism, the bulwark fantasy, and the enabling of reactionary, far right politics

Open access in CONSTELLATIONS

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Please chip in to support the family of Tahmid Nurullah, West Sydney sick cunt, photographer (at ladstreet on insta) and very staunch antifascist.

gofund.me/e4fadf4b

I’ve launched a new set of prints on my website and will be donating all the profits to the gofundme to support tahmid’s family until their goal is met. Please buy a print if you can afford it. ironmonkeyphotography.com.au/prints

🚨Warren Mundine's $10m mining IPO has collapsed, with investors shunning the 'minerals exploration' company that has never earned a cent or conducted a single drill. Mundine's 500,000 shares and 2m options now worthless...
theklaxon.com.au/5ctb

We lost a staunch comrade and wonderful human this week. Please give a little to support his family. X

gofund.me/197efac6

Exclusive: Police and shipping operators are bracing for parts of the city and the Port of Melbourne – Australia’s busiest port – to be shut down on Monday as part of a global protest over Israel’s continued military assaults in Gaza
theage.com.au/national/roads…

'bad news for skiers'

Former AFL champion Carl Ditterich appears before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court charged with historical child sex offences relating to one victim in 1985.

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