…..Damn, didn’t the men learn anything when women chose to do this back in the 70’s?…..schools, shops, banks….and Iceland’s famous swimming pools shut down…..to push for an end to unequal pay….and gender-based violence….the country awoke to all-male news teams announcing shutdowns across the country….public transport delays….hospitals understaffed and hotel rooms uncleaned….trade unions, the strike’s main organizers called on women and nonbinary people to refuse pay and unpaid work….including chores….and 90% of the country’s workers belong to a union…..even Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir said she wasn’t going to work….and expected other women in her cabinet would do the same…..with around a population of 380,000…..Iceland has been ranked as the world’s most gender-equal country 14 years in a row….by the World Economic Forum….90% of women refused to work, clean and look after children on October 24, 1975…..in 1976 Iceland passed a law guaranteeing equal rights irrespective of gender….and here’s a twist in the plot…..the work essential to Iceland’s tourism-dominated economy…..depends heavily on immigrants…..who on the whole….work longer hours and take home the lowest salaries…..around 22% of the female workforce is foreign born…..and foreign women are more vulnerable….hopefully this strike will change that.
THE BEER HALL PUTSCH: HITLER’S FAILED FIRST ATTEMPT AT SEIZING POWER IN GERMANY…..If this sounds familiar….at least you’re part of the few…..who pay attention.…Hitler’s event unfolded over two days in Germany…..Trump’s unfolded on January 6th for one day…..one coup attempt was orchestrated by Hitler and his National Socialist German Worker’s party…..or the Nazi Party…..Trump’s attempt was organized by him…..his followers and his cohorts within the Republican Party…..or the wanna be new Nazi Party….the putch in itself was a failure…..and Hitler served sometime in prison….it’s long term implications were profound…..Trump’s attempted coup failed…..there’s a chance he might serve time in prison….and its long-term implication will be profound…..now let’s talk about the rise of the Nazi Party…..and the rising power of the Republican Party…..when Hitler recognized the potential of a power grab…..he began to rally his supporters….Trump is doing the same…..the Nazi Party’s paramilitary wing grew in strength…..MAGA and White supremist groups are growing in strengths and numbers….paramilitary presence on the streets increased and clashes with left-wing groups became more frequent…..the same with Trump supporters….Hitler believed the government was weak and that a determined push could topple it….especially if he had support from key figure within the Bavarian government….Trump thinks the same….and he has the support of key figures within the government….in Königsplatz in Munich, Germany…..there is the NS Dokumentationszentrum…..it displays the rise of the Nazi Party’s plan to gain power…..the exact same playbook Trump used…..to win the White House presidential seat….and this is what I find absolutely hilarious……
TRUMP TELLS SUPPORTERS: “DON’T WORRY ABOUT VOTING ON ELECTION DAY”……Monday at a Derry, New Hampshire campaign rally…..during his speech he told them he would have plenty of votes…..enough that instead of voting…..his fans should “Get out there and watch those voters”….. “You don’t have to vote, don’t worry about voting, we got plenty of votes”….honestly, I hope this is the first time they actually listen to this fool….don’t vote for him….please.
QUEER AFGHANS CRY FOR HELP UNDER TALIBAN RULE….Many are citing private prisons, torture and death…..the LGBTQ+ Afghan activists accuse the United Nations of remaining silent…..as they face a widespread and systematic crime against humanity….the Taliban instituted an immediate return to Sharia Law when they regained power in 2021….. “For homosexuals there can only be two punishments….either stoning…..or he must stand behind a wall that will fall down on him”…..homosexuality is nothing new within the Arab world….so, what’s the problem?….check the history…..since the Taliban took over…..members of the LGBTQ+ community have mysteriously disappeared, have been killed, arrested…..tortured and sexually assaulted in prison….excuse me, but doesn’t that fall under the category of a homosexual act?…..anyway,….many have been stoned to death in distant provinces….and in worst cases….sexually exploited….and it’s sad to say that a large number of the community lost their lives…..due to suicide….including lesbians and transgender women…..who were forced into marriage….against their will…..and the world has remained silent.
AUSTRALIANS VOTE DOWN REFERENDUM TO RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS GROUPS IN CONSTITUTION…..Ah Australia….the perfect ideal country for serial killers….because you will never find the body…..anyway,…..well what did you expect?….them to recognize, apologize and pay reparations to a group of people they so brutally abused over a span of…..centuries?…..that ain’t happening….Indigenous groups called for a “Week of Silence”….to protest what one campaigner called….the gut-wrenching outcome of a referendum….that would have formally recognized Indigenous Australians in the country’s constitution….and create a body to advise the government on politics that affect them….let’s just say Aboriginal and move on ok?……large populations of Aboriginal people voted overwhelmingly for the referendum….but nationwide….60.4% of voters sided with a “NO” campaign….that relied on misleading the public on how the new policies would be implemented…..the Central Land Council and the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress nailed it….. “People who have only been on this continent for 235 years…..would refuse to recognize those whose home this land has been for 60,000 years….is beyond reason….putting the question of whether Indigenous people should be legally recognized to vote….within a mostly settler population….as if Indigenous Right are optional….is so callous in the first place.”
ISRAEL CALLS ON UN CHIEF TO RESIGN AFTER CALL FOR CEASEFIRE WITH HAMAS….And that’s a bad idea……why?…..what made me laugh…..was when I heard the representative for Israel in the United Nations called…..Hamas the “New Nazis”…..I seriously do not understand that comparison.