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Nobody in this video correctly calculates geometric decay, the annualized rate of the periodic tax would be roughly 0.62% and over 70 years about 35.2% rather than 42%, less than the lifetime inheritance rate of 40%
This is a significant ruling. A Swiss court has acquitted five Palestine solidarity activists, annulled their fines, recognised the reality of genocide in Palestine, and affirmed that peaceful civil disobedience is protected by freedom of expression. At a time when support for Palestinian rights is increasingly criminalised across parts of Europe, this judgment is a reminder that defending human rights and demanding compliance with international law are not crimes. Democracy is measured not by how it treats conformity, but by how it treats dissent.
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Crazy that this is getting barely any coverage. This year’s European Press Prize was just awarded to an investigative report by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. It is entitled “What the Wounds Tell” and in it the journalists Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra document the cases of 114 children in Gaza under the age of 15 who were struck by a single bullet to the head or chest. Almost all of them died or were left severely disabled. They chose to document only the cases of boys and girls under the age of 15 (though often much younger: aged 3, 4 or 7) because these are children who can be immediately identified as such. “A single bullet in these parts of the body is a clear indication that these children were deliberately targeted“, the two journalists write.
This is the article: https://t.co/YkZrpqBWBQ
Again and again, the Bank of England is run by conservative economists, systematically defending the status-quo and wielding veto power over transformative ambitions.
“The political task of today is building a level of working class self organisation where people feel confident enough that they can change the way their workplace is ran.”
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Burnham's stance on proportional representation is more useful to the Greens than the seat in Makerfield. It's better for them not to contest it. A split left-liberal vote -- the result being a reform gain -- is the worst possible scenario.
It may not be fully appreciated that the UK is not only seeing unprecedented treatment of direct action protestors as “terrorists”, but a lawyer representing them is himself being prosecuted for his remarks in court.
Here his fellow lawyers explain what is happening and express solidarity. A crucial case for justice and the rule of law in the UK.