Bruce Springstein wrote & recorded a song about Minnesota’s battle against tyranny: Streets Of Minneapolis. “Our city’s heart and soul persists / Through broken glass and bloody tears / On the streets of Minneapolis.”
Singer says song is in response to ‘state terror’ visiting city, painting image of unrest due to ‘King Trump’s private army’
Bruce Springsteen has released a new song dedicated to Minnesota’s largest city as a response to “the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis” and the recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in the city.
In a message shared on social media, Springsteen explained: “I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free.”
Continue reading...The prime minister cannot wish away the contradictions between upholding democratic values and pursuing commercial interests with Beijing
It has been clear for many years that China’s status as a second global superpower poses challenges to the world’s democracies. Donald Trump’s marauding behaviour as president of the first-placed superpower makes those challenges more acute. In the past, the UK’s relationship with Beijing has been anchored, and sometimes dictated, by the alliance with Washington. Mr Trump’s contempt for former allies, expressed as sabotage of Nato and a scattergun imposition of tariffs, scrambles the old strategic calculus.
This is an ominous backdrop for Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to Beijing. The prime minister is trying to perform a difficult balancing act, looking for commercial opportunity in a growing powerhouse while protecting national security from an authoritarian behemoth.
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Continue reading...The worrying rise of Christian nationalism should be top of a crowded in-tray for Sarah Mullally as she takes up her role
Before the St Paul’s Cathedral service that confirmed her on Wednesday as the first female archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally repeated a proverb that has become something of a personal mantra: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” In an Anglican communion that remains bitterly divided, rancorous and unsure of its public role, an invitation to partnership and collaboration hit the right note. The formidable task now for Dame Sarah will be to provide the leadership to make it happen.
As a state-educated former NHS worker who rose to become England’s chief nursing officer, the 106th occupant of St Augustine’s chair is a very different proposition to Justin Welby, her Old Etonian predecessor. But many of the challenges she confronts remain the same. Her immediate priority must be to end the cycle of failure in dealing with historical abuse in the church, which has led to a collapse of trust in parishes and ultimately forced Mr Welby’s resignation.
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Continue reading...NIEUWEGEIN (ANP) - Ferry Weertman en Ranomi Kromowidjojo zijn toegetreden tot de International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF). Daarmee behoren de voormalige zwemmers tot een select gezelschap Nederlanders dat deze internationale erkenning ontvangt. Maarten van der Weijden, Monique Wildschut, Irene van der Laan en Judith van Berkel gingen hen voor.
Toelating tot de ISHOF is voorbehouden aan sporters met een uitzonderlijke internationale staat van dienst. Daarbij wordt vooral gekeken naar prestaties op het hoogste niveau, met olympische titels, wereldrecords en internationale medailles als belangrijkste maatstaven.
Weertman won in 2016 goud op de 10 kilometer openwaterzwemmen tijdens de Spelen in Rio de Janeiro. Kromowidjojo won tijdens de Spelen van Londen 2012 goud op zowel de 50 als 100 meter vrije slag. Daarnaast veroverde ze zilver met de estafetteploeg. Eerder won Kromowidjojo al olympisch goud met de vrouwenestafette op de 4x100 meter vrije slag tijdens de Spelen van Beijing in 2008.
Weertman en Kromowidjojo zijn in 2022 met elkaar getrouwd.
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