pr0gr3sive

Everything and anything that involves forward thinking

[Landlords Are Parasites @notoslumlords]

Considering rental demand is expected to grow with more falling off the mortgage cliff, it's political suicide not to properly address the rental crisis and the growing population of homelessness.
#HousingCrisis
#auspol
#RentalCrisis

[pr0gr3sive @pr0gr3sive]

@marquelawyers Pretty much..
#auspol

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

Let this sink in:

“There is a very real prospect that the first Australian to be jailed over alleged #WarCrimes in Afghanistan will be the whistleblower, not the perpetrators.”
https://t.co/afkEC5vkJw

[Kelley B. Vlahos @KelleyBVlahos]

#JulianAssange passes one thousand days in Belmarsh maximum security prison.
He's just not the 'right' kind of journalist, I guess. https://t.co/2ufOwzupum

[Fine Hats @finehats1]

This is how the Australian government treats people with disabilities:
#PovertyIsAPolicyChoice
#DisabilityRights

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

The source of a happy life is within us. Troublemakers in many parts of the world are often quite well-educated, so it is not just education that we need. What we need is to pay attention to inner values.

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

@aid_taz dw, they use it multiple times in the exchange

[Landlords Are Parasites @notoslumlords]

Podcast from 2021 is still relevant :

'public housing is on state rations..'

#HousingCrisis
#auspol

https://t.co/9SNShpK6B3

Thank you @tunde_garcia for sharing this 👇

[marquelawyers @marquelawyers]

We pay his salary

[Landlords Are Parasites @notoslumlords]

'Survey respondents were overwhelmingly in favour of increasing the construction of public housing, limiting sudden rent increases, and tax reform to better balance the interests of owner-occupiers and housing investors.'

#HousingCrisis
#auspol

https://t.co/LZa3xVsqNg

[Landlords Are Parasites @notoslumlords]

Landlords complaining that they didn't get as much media attention because their stories weren't as 'sad' as the stories of tenants.
#auspol
#housingCrisis
#affordablehousing

[marquelawyers @marquelawyers]

Mark Latham is unfit to serve as a member of parliament and should resign. That is not a partisan view, it is the only acceptable consequence of his consciously chosen actions. There is no place in public service for a person who expresses destructive bigotry as he has today.

[Landlords Are Parasites @notoslumlords]

Should the government seize properties for public housing of notorious landlords who constantly breach tenant protections?
#HousingCrisis
#affordablehousing
#auspol

[Landlords Are Parasites @notoslumlords]

An exodus of landlords selling their properties would lower the price of housing for government to purchase at a low cost price.

It would also make way for more owner occupiers who are taking up space in the rental market.
#HousingCrisis
#auspol

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Empire-Funded Think Tanks Are Not Valid Sources

It is never acceptable for journalists to cite think tanks funded by governments and the military industrial complex as sources of information or expertise on matters of national security or foreign affairs.
https://t.co/wohNf5Ri1J

[pr0gr3sive @pr0gr3sive]

Australia = Cannon Fodder
#auspol
#WW3

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

It's not a defence partnership because it's got nothing to do with defence, and it's not a defence partnership because it is not a "partnership". It's the US empire driving Australia to its doom, to nobody's benefit but the US empire.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Stop talking about AUKUS as a "defence partnership". It's got nothing to do with "defence". You don't need long-range submarines to defend Australia's easily-defended shores, you need long-range submarines to attack China. Anyone who doubts this hasn't been paying attention.

[marquelawyers @marquelawyers]

Look, if you find yourself having to explain why there were Nazis at your rally and they were cheering you, you're pushing shit uphill aren't you

[pr0gr3sive @pr0gr3sive]

Rising inequality will erode the entire system eventually as the #CostOfLivingCrisis continues.

[pr0gr3sive @pr0gr3sive]

Governments have got really good at sabotaging protests. The army was recently trained to contain domestic protests. New approaches needed.

#NoWar

[Chris @stofsk]

@Griptread Protests aren't enough. Things like general strikes and direct actions are. I can't remember what if anything was proposed back then beyond protests but we've seen that protests alone don't accomplish anything.