politics

Facing more than a dozen questions about her views on the NSA leaker, Gabbard held her ground at her DNI confirmation hearing.

The post Tulsi Gabbard Refused to Back Down on Edward Snowden. It Could Tank Her Nomination. appeared first on The Intercept.

Australian Opposition leader, Gina Rinehart, has been heard telling colleagues that she views Coalition Senator, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the best Senator that money can buy. ”Gina is a big fan of Jacinta and was so happy when her lap dog,... Read More ›

Challenging the narrative: Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada was freed and deported by Switzerland, Abby Martin speaks of youth seeing world issues as they are not as mainstream media portray them. Saffrin Duggan will run the Canberra Marathon to raise funds for her husband and Humzah Yousaf takes on Michael Gove over his suggestion Continue reading »

Of the two billion voters who set out to vote across 60 countries last year, 33 percent were from the Commonwealth, a 56-member union with 2.7 billion citizens. In 2024, demands for democracy and human rights characterised elections worldwide. But many voters within the Commonwealth faced more dangerous political environments, where peaceful resistance was met Continue reading »

For the second year running, lies have emerged as the primary risk facing humanity, in the Global Risks Survey 2024-25 conducted by the World Economic Forum of 900 experts worldwide. Disinformation and misinformation are now deemed more dangerous, in the short run (next two years), than violent climate events, wars and societal disintegration. Even over Continue reading »

Return to the hell of conflict or forward to peace and security? Just when the world was hopeful that the war of genocide was coming to an end, the Israeli government launched a new round of violence, destruction and bloodshed against Palestinians in the West Bank. Israelis often talk about their quest for security and Continue reading »

The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

The post Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party appeared first on The Intercept.

In late February 2022, I was walking on a street in Irkutsk (in the middle of Russian Siberia) when I met a former female student of mine who had just come from her work office. She was upset by the invasion of Ukraine but even more so by the attitude of some women in the Continue reading »

Humphrey McQueen (Pearls and Irritations, ‘The lucky Aborigines’ 26 January 2025), has reminded us of John Howard’s opinion that “the luckiest thing that happened to this country was being colonised by the British. Not that they were perfect by any means, but they were infinitely more successful and beneficent than other European colonisers.” Really? Infinitely Continue reading »

In his address to the National Press Club on 24 January 2025, Prime Minister Albanese reflected on his Government’s decision announced a year earlier to change “the tax plan we inherited from the Morrison Government to make it better and fairer”. It is likely to be a major selling point in the coming Federal election. Continue reading »