The New Dark Age
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Sardines
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oh man I was way into it. was disappointed they didn't keep it going.
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CBS, the newest subsidiary of Fox News and Breitbart. Disgusting and exactly in line with the fascist playbook.
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Since the Bondi shooting there has been a real push from the right wing in this country to silence criticism of the state of Israel. The Israeli state has a strong influence here and runs several front organisations that advocate for their apartheid state and continued genocide in Gaza. It is typical for any talking head that opposes Israeli occupation and brutality on TV to be met with a number of official complaints, it is a strategy that has been employed for years to silence any dissent and criticism of Israel. This pressure led to a writer and academic being banned from the Adelaide Writers Week, the reaction was swift some `180 writers withdrew from the festival out of solidarity and the festival has now been itself cancelled. Here is some of the fallout
her resignation letter in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...g-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
And an interview with the woman at the centre of it all
her resignation letter in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...g-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
And an interview with the woman at the centre of it all
Red
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MAHA?
The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services.
Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion. NPR wasn't able to independently confirm the scale of the grant cancellation. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) didn't respond to a request for clarification.
"We are definitely looking at severe loss of front-line capacity," said Andrew Kessler, head of Slingshot Solutions, a consultancy firm that works with mental health and addiction groups nationwide. "[Programs] may have to shut their doors tomorrow."
Kessler said he has reviewed numerous grant termination letters from "Salt Lake City to El Paso to Detroit, all over the country."
Ryan Hampton, the founder of Mobilize Recovery, a national advocacy nonprofit for people in and seeking recovery, told NPR his group lost roughly $500,000 "overnight."
"Waking up to nearly $2 billion in grant cancellations means front-line providers are forced to cease overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, and peer recovery services immediately, leaving our communities defenseless against a raging crisis," Hampton said. "This cruelty will be measured in lives lost, as recovery centers shutter and the safety net we built is slashed overnight. We are witnessing the dismantling of our recovery infrastructure in real-time, and the administration will have blood on its hands for every preventable death that follows."
Copies of the letter sent to two different organizations and reviewed by NPR signal that SAMHSA officials no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities.
www.theguardian.com
The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services.
Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion. NPR wasn't able to independently confirm the scale of the grant cancellation. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) didn't respond to a request for clarification.
"We are definitely looking at severe loss of front-line capacity," said Andrew Kessler, head of Slingshot Solutions, a consultancy firm that works with mental health and addiction groups nationwide. "[Programs] may have to shut their doors tomorrow."
Kessler said he has reviewed numerous grant termination letters from "Salt Lake City to El Paso to Detroit, all over the country."
Ryan Hampton, the founder of Mobilize Recovery, a national advocacy nonprofit for people in and seeking recovery, told NPR his group lost roughly $500,000 "overnight."
"Waking up to nearly $2 billion in grant cancellations means front-line providers are forced to cease overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, and peer recovery services immediately, leaving our communities defenseless against a raging crisis," Hampton said. "This cruelty will be measured in lives lost, as recovery centers shutter and the safety net we built is slashed overnight. We are witnessing the dismantling of our recovery infrastructure in real-time, and the administration will have blood on its hands for every preventable death that follows."
Copies of the letter sent to two different organizations and reviewed by NPR signal that SAMHSA officials no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities.
‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to $1.9bn for substance use and mental health
Funding to end immediately for up to 2,800 grantees of US agency that serves thousands seeking help and in recovery
www.theguardian.com