Funny how national governments consider that the sale of golden passports to dodgy rich people is a strictly national competence, but regularizing migrants who are working for a living is not.

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Twenty-two EU leaders have raised “serious concern” that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s migration policies are undermining the security of the bloc’s borders.

It's notable that when Belarus/Russia did this to Poland, other EU countries didn't respond by blaming Poland. They blamed Belarus/Russia. No mystery why Europe's governing conservatives are blaming the EU's only leftist prime minister.

“LFI-affiliated MPs continue to dominate the Labour cabinet. On the issue of Palestine, Sackman’s re-appointment sends a loud signal to those who thought Burnham might change course.” www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Burnham re-appoints former Israeli Supreme Court clerk as justice minister

Burnham's re-appointment of Sarah Sackman as justice minister sends a loud signal to those who thought he might change course on Palestine.

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“West Bank settler violence is at an all-time high, while the Israeli military launches a “wide-scale military operation” ordered by Benjamin Netanyahu. Settlers and soldiers alike are storming towns and attacking dozens of Palestinians.” The #genocide continues! open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

🚨TODAY, 1pm ET: ‘Settler Terrorism’ in West Bank – LIVE Q&A

Join Mehdi for a LIVE Town Hall with Diana Buttu, Jasper Nathaniel, & Fadi Quran to break down the ‘all-time high’ settler violence in the West Bank. Tune in at 1pm ET.

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“We just don’t know enough about the markets to govern the technology [AI] or tell whether we’re in an economy-shaking bubble. We’re in a weird and confused netherworld, of guesses and spin, organized by gamblers. That’s no way to run an economy.” open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

Monopoly Round-Up: Are Big AI Firms Cooking the Books?

If we're going to dump trillions into AI, it's time to audit the books of the big AI companies to see how the business actually works. That's how New Dealers would have done it.

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“The CofA has ludicrously ruled that, for 85 year old grannies to be jailed as terrorists for holding a placard, falls within the ‘Wide margin of appreciation’ to be given to Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood in judging what is necessary for ‘national security’.” www.patreon.com/CraigMurray/...

The Hard Right Packing of the UK Supreme Court | Craig Murray

Unlike the USA, where it is obsessively watched, the UK has no political culture of scrutinising the political composition of its Supreme Co

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Outrageous! And clearly no change under Burnham and the disgraceful Mahmoud Home Secretary. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’

After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain

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“There is little in the UK constitution that would stop a determined and considered assault on the checks and balances to raw executive power. One day we shall look back at the current period and ask: why was not more done to anticipate what was to come?” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Can we safeguard our constitution before the next general election?

We have time, but not that much time, to make changes before any incoming radically illiberal government

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“An important chapter in any would-be autocrat’s playbook is fixing the next election. It seems Trump is hard at work on this one.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton Ash

American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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A pair of legal experts sounded the alarm over how the Trump administration plans to use a secret terrorist court.

Secret Trump court alarms legal experts fearful of 'fast and loose' terrorist designations

A pair of legal experts sounded the alarm over how the Trump administration plans to use a secret terrorist court.During a recent podcast episode, former FBI counterterrorism agent Frank Figliuzzi and lawyer and former FBI special agent Asha Rangappa detailed how President Donald Trump and his admin...

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Nederlandse premier Rob Jetten vaart mee op Canal Pride Amsterdam: "Liefde is liefde, wees lekker jezelf" vrtnws.be/p.oL18M5l4Q?t=178... @vrtnws.be

Nederlandse premier Rob Jetten vaart mee op Canal Pride Amsterdam: "Liefde is liefde, wees lekker jezelf"

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“If Trump directed his tech giants to switch off your country's MS365 or to brick your phones, or to killswitch your John Deere tractors your country would effectively cease to exist. If ‘digital sovereignty’ means anything, it means doing something about *this*!” pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/d...

“England and Wales’s prisons are a total disgrace. Timpson was the first justice minister in 15 years prepared to handle them. Now he has gone. Although he said it had been an ‘honour’ to serve in the government, it is reasonable to assume he resigned in disgust.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Will Burnham fix our barbaric prisons – or cave to rightwing populism? The answer is a tragedy | Simon Jenkins

England and Wales’s prisons are overcrowded, drug-infested and barbaric. Labour has halted a once-in-a-generation effort to change that sorry state, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Another marvellous article by my friend Jaap Harskamp. This quote reminds me of a saying of my aunt Alie: “Bitter ist es, das Brot der Fremde zu essen”. She used to say: “genadebroot smaakt zuur”. www.newyorkalmanack.com/2026/07/manh...

One example of a general problem: censorship by algorithm: “7amleh, the Arab Center for Social Media Advancement, gathered more than 3,500 documented cases of Meta restricting Palestinian content over the past five years, on platforms including Facebook and Instagram.” www.972mag.com/wp-content/t...

“The global war that is being fought right now is between the rest of the world and Trump and his backers and Putin and his oligarchs. They are not fighting for land. Their aim is to destroy the rules-based order so that they are free to plunder wherever they want.” open.substack.com/pub/chadbour...

The Third World War Is Here

And it's not what you think

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Amid an alleged ceasefire, Israel continues massacring Palestinians and stealing land in Gaza. The ongoing violence is not accidental: it is a political necessity for any Israeli government in power. mondoweiss.net/2026/07/why-...

Why Israel needs to continue its genocidal war on Gaza

Amid an alleged ceasefire, Israel continues massacring Palestinians and stealing land in Gaza. The ongoing violence is not accidental: it is a political necessity for any Israeli government in power.

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“Terwijl Israël in Gaza, op de Westelijke Jordaanoever en in Oost-Jeruzalem doorgaat met geweld, bezetting en kolonisering, wordt in Nederland gedaan alsof die staat & zijn leger gewoon onderdeel kunnen zijn van herdenkingen, debatten en publieke instellingen. … /2 mailchi.mp/rightsforum/...

“The new anti-protest laws have been accompanied by that age-old trick, traditionally associated with fascist regimes, of smearing leftwing dissidents as terrorists.” In the USA, the UK, Germany and elsewhere. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot

The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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“It is clear that Israel and the US have been digging for dirt – and apparently ready to fabricate such dirt – on any #ICC chief prosecutor who tries to hold them to account for their crimes.” open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

With Karim Khan's dismissal, the elimination of the war crimes court is near-complete

Millions of people around the world will now find themselves even more exposed to the criminal actions of predatory states. Unlike Khan's accuser, they are unlikely to ever get their day in court

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“American-style right-wing evangelicalism is being imported into Britain, where it is finding an audience among movements seeking to redefine British identity through religion. This movement distorts the teachings of Christianity for political ends.” It it is vile! bylinetimes.com/2026/07/29/t...

Tommy Robinson's Temple: The Christian Conference Uniting Preachers from the Far-Right Fringe

Organisers of the "Make Great Britain Christian Again" conference include preachers linked to far-right rallies, prompting warnings that faith is being used to provide moral cover for nationalist poli...

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💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water back into public ownership. Add your name:

Het Poolse Grondwettelijk Hof heeft zich uitgesproken tegen de erkenning van in het buitenland gesloten huwelijken tussen personen van hetzelfde geslacht. Deze erkenning zou niet in overeenstemming zijn met de grondwet, die het huwelijk definieert als een verbond tussen man en vrouw.

‘Huwelijk is verbond tussen man en vrouw’: Pools Grondwettelijk Hof schiet erkenning in buitenland gesloten homohuwelijken af

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“Defend Our Juries wants to highlight the absurdity of the #PalestineAction ban: Palestine Action disbanded the night before proscription took effect and never had a membership structure, so declaring membership is factually meaningless.” bylinetimes.com/2026/07/28/a...

Andy Burnham Faces 'First Test' Over Palestine Action Ban This Week

Defend Our Juries is urging supporters to escalate from simple placard offences to charges carrying up to 14 years in prison, in a direct challenge to Andy Burnham's new Government

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“As a country, [the UK is] addicted to the pathetically deluded idea that by locking up more and more people for ever lengthier periods of time, we are solving anything.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/la...

We’re addicted to locking people up—but it doesn’t make us safer

Does Andy Burnham have the attention span, the will and the courage to tackle a collapsing justice system?

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Great article! “The EU can't control what Apple or Google do. But the EU can *absolutely* decide whether Trump's companies can use *Europe's courts* to destroy *European companies* that defend the privacy and economic integrity of the *European people*.” pluralistic.net/2026/07/27/e...

Can’t they convert the bloody killing drones they all love so much into wildfire fighting/water dropping machines? Why do states love war more than life support?

Toen er in 1963 in Elten miljoenen werden verdiend aan een grenscorrectie

Toen er in 1963 in Elten miljoenen werden verdiend aan een grenscorrectie

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Am Tag nach dem Anschlag kommt die Community zu einer großen Mahnwache am Brandenburger Tor zusammen. Ein Gefühl, das eint: nicht einschüchtern lassen.

Anschlag auf Berliner CSD: Tränen, Trauer und Widerstand

Am Tag nach dem Anschlag kommt die Community zu einer großen Mahnwache am Brandenburger Tor zusammen. Ein Gefühl, das eint: nicht einschüchtern lassen.

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