Why “purging immigrants” doesn’t fix working-class wages—it’s a wealth story, not a race story.
I joined New Zealand’s student-led “School Strike 4 Climate” in Wellington. The movement’s demands have evolved from narrow climate asks toward linking climate justice with broader political education and youth voter enrollment.
The White House’s official website is hosting deportation-themed arcade games—fascism makes cruelty a spectacle.
Trump’s social media post depicting US “territories” was a colonial confession—he sees Guam, Puerto Rico, CNMI, Washington DC, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia all as US colonial holdings…plus a jab claiming the Strait of Hormuz as American territory.
The Economist magazine had embarrassing coverage of Australia’s Pacific security agreements, which are asymmetric “protectorate” deals that expand Australian sub-imperial influence and destabilize the region more than any Chinese military presence does.
A new chart shows that ICE raid-heavy states have seen the slowest wage growth...and that requires a little explainer about fascism, counter-revolution, and who benefits from ethnonationalism (oligarchs!). Labor’s declining share of national income—not immigration—is driving economic insecurity.
Non-sequitur: Hulu’s Furious might be the best show on streaming right now.
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