Holyrude Season 4 Ep 10

Notes 2: New York heralds the New Realism

Kathy O’Connor on Mamdani’s victory. It is an occupational hazard for anyone interested in American politics to become overwhelmed by rhetoric. The national conversation is so often conducted in italics and capital letters—TREASON, LOW-IQ, DEEP STATE—that the essential banality of governance, the stuff that determines whether your rent goes up or your subway runs on […]

Unite was right to pull out of Pride Glasgow because of its ‘commercialisation’

On 16 August, Unite the union issued a statement on why it “is not taking part in Pride Glasgow“. The statement came just 24 hours before the event, held on 17 August. As reported by the BBC, Unite’s Scottish LGBT+ committee said it did not agree with charging organisations to take part in the demonstration. In […]

Áurea Carolina speaks out: “Brazil has become an even more threatening country for those who fight for their rights.”

Interview of Áurea Carolina by Nathália Urban (@UrbanNathalia) The world is aware of the absurdity and outbursts of Jair Bolsonaro’s government, but perhaps people do not know that many of their mistaken decisions are facing strong resistance, mainly in the Chamber of Deputies. One of the main voices of this resistance is Deputy Áurea Carolina, […]