Russell Brand is on a mission to save the world. Since his impassioned advocacy for revolution in an interview with journalist Jeremy Paxman in October last year, Brand has waged, in his own inimitable style, a battle against the ruling class in the name of a peaceful, loving and β above all β a βfunβ revolution.
Stephen Norris
After attending the national day of action on climate change, organised by GetUp on November 17, Sally Rawsthorne wrote in the that βfringe dwellersβ like the Socialist Alliance and the ΒιΆΉΣ³» Weekly participating in the rally βdoes climate action a disserviceβ.
Anyone with even superficial experience with how aged people are treated would be disgusted and outraged by the standards of most nursing homes, a result of neoliberal policies in Australia.
An investigation by ABC TVβs Lateline on July 15 found many elderly people living in aged care facilities are grossly neglected. Advocacy groups have called it βa national human rights emergencyβ.
The issue typically gets mentioned in the media only when a spectacle is involved, like a fire in a nursing home that costs lives.