Last month Prime Minister Paul Keating launched a “trade and cultural promotion” with Indonesia. Surrounded by businessmen and representatives of the arts, Keating made an … A voice that shames those who are silent on TimorRead more
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The Reckoning of The Turkish-Saudi Rivalry
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Massive Protests as Brazil’s Covid-19 Death Toll Tops 500,000
As Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll surpassed 500,000 on Saturday, at least hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of more than 400 cities … Massive Protests as Brazil’s Covid-19 Death Toll Tops 500,000Read more
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Abolition Amendment to Scrap US Constitution’s ‘Slavery Clause’
Backed by a coalition of dozens of human rights organizations, Democratic lawmakers on Friday reintroduced legislation to do away with the constitutional loophole which has … Abolition Amendment to Scrap US Constitution’s ‘Slavery Clause’Read more
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Labour claims its actions are lawful while it bombs Iraq
“All governments are liars,” wrote the great American muckraker I F Stone, “and nothing they say should be believed.” He exaggerated, although not by much. … Labour claims its actions are lawful while it bombs IraqRead more
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Colonialism Is Conquest of Land, Labour Exploitation, Oppression – All at Once
In my review of Mahmood Mamdani’s new book, Neither Settler nor Native – The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities, I questioned two dichotomies used … Colonialism Is Conquest of Land, Labour Exploitation, Oppression – All at OnceRead more
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The new digital push in agriculture raises serious concerns
On April 13, 2021, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft Corporation to start a … The new digital push in agriculture raises serious concernsRead more
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Turkey, which has killed 30,000 Kurds, has now invaded northern Iraq
This month, two extraordinary men came to London and spoke about a silent holocaust, and not a word of what they said was reported. Denis … Turkey, which has killed 30,000 Kurds, has now invaded northern IraqRead more
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The West has its reasons for validating Israel’s violence; human rights are not an issue
Richard Falk, professor of international relations at Cornell, once wrote that western foreign policy was formulated “through a self-righteous, one-way moral/legal screen [with] positive images … The West has its reasons for validating Israel’s violence; human rights are not an issueRead more
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Juneteenth and the Second American Revolution
Last Thursday, US President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing June 19, “Juneteenth,” as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United … Juneteenth and the Second American RevolutionRead more