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International Legal Rulings Are Helping Block Arms to Israel

The International Court of Justice’s ruling to prevent genocide in Gaza has triggered cutoffs and legal challenges to military cooperation with Israel. Despite its many problems, international lawmaking is hurting Israel’s ability to wage brutal war.

the ICJ ruling has had notable real-world ripple effects on global military support for Israel’s war. This is true even if it still falls far short of what we would ideally expect to see in a world where international law truly reigned supreme.

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Don’t expect much – with climate disasters you will largely be on your own – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Who saved us during the GFC disaster? It wasn’t Morrison he was yelling “Nope Nope Nope” along with Abbott and encouraging inhumanity while politicizing Ethnicism, Racism and stopping boats

The Australia Institute has a popular proposal that suggests taxing the fossil fuel sector to fund an emergency body that will have the capability to support Australians wracked by the succession of crises we face. That is certainly an important idea that must be discussed. The sector has prevented us from transitioning to renewables back in the 20th century when we could have done so with little pain; the time has come to make them compensate us for the suffering that has only just begun.

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Old Dog Thought- Stuck in a Time Warp on Steroids; Australia’s Free Press is about as Free as Pravda and the LNP want it that way

Fighting Fake News with Real; 7/3/22; Help the government won’t, Putin, Zelensky;

As U.S. Blames China for Coronavirus Pandemic, Rest of the World Asks for Help

HANGZHOU, March 17, 2020 -- Staff load medical materials raised by Zhejiang Province for Italy at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 17, 2020. A team of 12 medical experts from east China's Zhejiang Province with nine tonnes of medical materials will be sent to Italy by the Chinese government to aid the anti-coronavirus fight on the Apennine Peninsula. Zhejiang so far has sent a total of 35.4 tonnes of medical supplies and commonly used drugs to Italy. (Photo by Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Zheng Mengyu via Getty Images)

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They’re not ‘cold hard bludgers’: Ice users on welfare need support not shame

Calling incarcerated ice users on welfare ‘cold hard bludgers’ is tantamount to blaming the mentally ill for being too unwell to work.

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Buddy Franklin’s role in the never-ending battle against mental illness

As stigma is reduced and knowledge increased, it is vital that more clinical and other resources be made available.

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