Ordinary New Zealanders and Australians have little idea about the momentous changes coming our way. For a couple of centuries we have been outposts of a Western empire that is losing its dominance of the region. Instead of having open national discussions about how our countries should respond to the rise of China, India and Continue reading »
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If the interim government formed after the departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holds a fair election, the people will find out if political Islam is a dispensation they wish to vote for. [This article was written on 7 August, four days before Skeikh Hasina’s remarks about what she believes is US involvement in her Continue reading »
Breaking this cynical cycle requires getting honest about Biden and Harris’s roles in this blood-soaked charade.
The post The U.S.-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Just Buying More Time for Israel’s Genocide appeared first on The Intercept.
Progressives and moderates came together to support Kamala Harris by largely ignoring the most pressing moral issue of our time.
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It’s not just “Uncommitted” activists who are pressuring Kamala Harris on Gaza policy. Her own delegates are speaking out.
The post Democrats Attacked a Muslim Woman for Protesting Biden’s Speech. She’s a Harris Delegate. appeared first on The Intercept.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came under fire from her closest allies on the left — including a fellow Squad member — after a raucous reception at the DNC.
The post Ilhan Omar Takes Swipe at AOC for Praising Kamala Harris’s Gaza Ceasefire Push appeared first on The Intercept.
“Everything begins with a dream” – Rumi This dream stays with me as we observe more days this week in which the decisions of various leaderships, who seem never to meet each other, kill other people and their children; destroying homes and communities. Through the UN Secretary General there is to be a UN Summit Continue reading »
Israelis blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dragging them into endless war — and are at a loss for how to carve a way out.
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Is China mired in economic misery while bogged down by old habits- or very successfully developing its exceptional manufacturing prowess as it expands and consolidates its influence across the Global South (and well beyond)? Never mind any apparent contradiction, one leading global weekly answers yes and yes to these two questions. As the Third Plenum Continue reading »
Israel and Zionists try to confuse the public by conflating Judaism with Zionism; they commit their crimes and hide behind the Jewish people. Palestinians, on the other hand, distinguish between Jews, Judaism and Zionism and hold the Zionists responsible for the crimes they commit against them, not the Jews. While the Zionists say, “Every Jew Continue reading »