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The oil industry is big there.

You gotta take it slow sometimes ;)

Some people want to deworm slowly.

This, she says, “is where organisation is still the big missing piece – organisation on the ground”. She points to Polanski’s success in boosting the British Greens’ membership, to the point where it has reportedly surpassed that of the centrist Liberal Democrats and even the “natural party of government”, the Conservatives. (On her trip, Swarbrick also met the two leading figures behind Your Party, Jeremy Corbyn and left-wing firebrand Zarah Sultana, but is unsurprisingly more guarded about those encounters, noting only that the nascent party’s internal fighting is “rough as guts”.)

In New Zealand as elsewhere, it tends to be centre-left Labour and Democratic parties that have the strongest ground game. So could the Greens really surpass them? “Over time, yes,” Swarbrick says. One central task is “building coalitions” with faith groups, community organisations and the union movement, although the latter’s historical ties to Labour means any relationship with the Greens “will look different”.

The task for politicians, as she sees it, is to “think beyond electoral cycles” and generate public trust by being less opportunistic. “People, when you talk to them on the ground, don’t just want politicians to turn up when it’s election year and times are easy and they’re cutting ribbons. They want you to turn up when they’re having a bad day and stuff is hard. That process of constant accountability – that is where you build trust.”

Garbage cruel industry needs to fall alongside fur.

Get lost petty little man.

Elect a nazi and expect the world to unite against you.

Looks like we need to buy the jets from Sweden 🇸🇪

Still is healthier than Beef.

Hopefully the next NDP leader is effective and returns to the socialist roots.

This is also happening in the most educated state in the union.

I buy my electronics from Taiwan and South Korea!

Isn’t Die Linke Zionist though?

This year, state legislatures considered a record-setting 616 anti-LGBTQ bills at least.

In Oklahoma, trans kids lost access to healthcare.

At the national level, the Trump administration cut the LGBTQ youth suicide hotline just weeks after Pride Month, despite a recent study by The Trevor Project finding that 39% of LGBTQ young people seriously considered suicide in the past year, more than 1 in 10 actually did attempt suicide and 90% of queer youth said political attacks on LGBTQ people directly harmed their overall well-being.

While these numbers reveal an urgent crisis, there are silver linings. Last year, 91% of anti-LGBTQ bills were defeated. Countless kids marched in the No Kings protest. Parents are organizing. And allies are popping up in unexpected places.

According to a Trevor Project survey, about a fifth of LGBTQ young people have participated in protests, a sign that civic engagement is surging. LGBTQ people continue to be among the most active groups in public resistance. Richard Rockman’s poem reminds us to stay active, engaged and hopeful.

Even as so many LGBTQ youth struggle, change is coming. More people in Gen Z identify as LGBTQ than any other living generation.

Too many countries enable Russia's stupidity.

More blood on the hands of the tyrant Putin.

Alaska the big state is not enough for these repulsive criminals.

I want to see Linux desktop usage above 6%. Elbows up 🇨🇦

Their democracy has strong caps on political contributions for provincial elections, so there’s less shenanigans with politicians playing around with taxpayer money.

The services such as vehicle insurance, telecom, power is the cheapest in all of Canada.

Quebec has nice ports, more accountability and cheaper cost of living for the workers.