Price shocks in essentials must be buffered before they ripple through the economy and rip apart our societies. Have governments learned their lesson or will they let the fossil fuel price shock unleash another round of windfall profits and inflation? Link: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/o...

I was watching something on Trump's Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) which made me wonder about it's link to Vascular Dementia (VaD) and suprise, surprise the two are directly linked 'representing a spectrum of cognitive decline caused by brain blood vessel damage'...

Vulture funds pushed Ukraine into paying them 2x more than other lenders. As a result, those lenders now want more and are threatening legal action to get it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The war on Iran likely brings a new oil price shock and windfall profits. So, who stands to win? Our research shows: Last time around (2022), the US reaped the largest fossil fuel profits of any country ($377bn). 50% went to the top 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵

“A regime that relies on the repression and murder of its own people to retain power is without legitimacy,” Albanese said." It's that #Iran or the #US @AlboMP? Labor matching Australia into another illegal war, murdering civilians as collateral damage.

If you've got family stuck in Dubai or anywhere, I wouldn't rely on the Australian government to get people out. We really don't have a good track record in this kind of consular services. #auspol #Iran

Regime change my arse, this is simply a continuation of US-Israeli foreign policy in the Middle East in the past 50+years: produce regional volatility and fragility. theconversation.com/massive-us-a...

There's also this www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/913654...

I was at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the University Sector focusing on #UOW yesterday. The picture that emerged was not pretty: michaelwest.com.au/icac-investi...

Given a plastic bottle lasts at least 450, years, this analysis from ny fab colleague Babet de Groot is depressing but important. www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

"What's remarkable about AUKUS is it was signed up without even a formal cabinet brief. "It was signed up without any kind of serious scrutiny, either from within Defence or within the Parliament." -Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol

At the Wollongong library for a talk by Alexander Brown on the cool history of the peace movement in #Wollongong. #NoNukes #NoWar

This piece from my friend Ali is spot on. You've really also got to wonder what the ALP were thinking with the politics here, the approach was always just going to create them headache. michaelwest.com.au/a-trinity-of...

Penny Wong, 2003: "I say suspicion is not enough. To justify going to war we need more than suspicion. What sort of world would we live in if suspicion alone was justification for participation in unilateral military action outside the auspices of the UN? "

Wow @australianlabor.bsky.social a breach of international law and this is your response. Next time you say 'rules based international order', I think the only response is (to borrow from Python): 'You... tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms!' #auapol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Just watched the doco No Other Land, put on by the Refugee Action Collective Illawarra. Even though I know the Israeli government is committing human rights abuses everyday, it was harrowing - but still please watch it. supportmasaferyatta.com

US withdrawal from #FfD4 meeting was because they reject an active UN role in development but also refuse to expand resources in the #WorldBank and #IMF. Further evidence that staying in the Bank/Fund was about closing developmental space for the #GlobalSouth 1/2 usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-t...

Reading Samir Amin (1979): remains relevant to the #FfD4 conference today. Third World demands for a New International Economic Order have clear logic: an 'increase in raw material prices, reinforced by a reduction of debt and more favourable terms for the transfer of technologies.' #NIEO

The $500 B lost to global tax abuse every year means that much is lost in healthcare, education & other essential services. Governments at #FFD4 have a chance to reform the financial architecture & ensure a more equal world through debt, tax, climate, & gender justice.

Sam Nicholls' paper on the strategic imaginaries of the New International Economic Order - also part of our forthcoming Special Issue in the #NIEO - is currently top of the DiP most read for the year list. Yeah Sam!

Please consider signing this petition calling for an enquiry into #AUKUS #auspol nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...

There's talk that #Albo's sweetener for the Trump (mal)Administration will be a US east coast submarine base in #Wollongong. Be honest with us @australianlabor.bsky.social and be prepared for a fight, #noplaceforanuclearbase www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

2025 needs to be a big year for debt justice. Signing this Caritas petition is a small way to add your voice to the campaign. turndebtintohope.caritas.org