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Tag: Justice

  • Intimidation and Abuses Fuel Fears of Prince Harry Charity Investigation “Whitewash”

    Two Baka men from a community who were evicted to make way for Odzala-Kokoua National Park. Many people in the village have been beaten or abused by park rangers. “We are afraid that if park rangers see us in the forest they will beat us.” © Survival Campaigners have voiced concerns that an investigation into […]

  • The Very Definition of Tyranny: A Dictatorship Disguised as Democracy

    The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. —James Madison Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, […]

  • Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins)

    Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins)

    If voting could ever really change anything, it’d be illegal. — Thorne, Land of the Blind (2006) After months of handwringing and mud-slinging and fear-mongering, the votes have finally been cast and the outcome has been decided: the Deep State has won. Despite the billions spent to create the illusion of choice culminating in the […]

  • Russia threatens EU country with racism lawsuit

    Russia threatens EU country with racism lawsuit

    Closeup of the Latvian flag hanging above the AB dam in Riga – stock photo © Getty Images Russia has threatened to file a lawsuit against Latvia in the UN International Court of Justice for allegedly racially discriminating against its Russian-speaking population, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced on Wednesday. Ethnic Russians make up nearly a […]

  • The EU’s Legal Stance on Goods from Israel’s Illegal Settlements

    Never let it be said that the European Union, whose officials self-advertise as staunch defenders of international law, that some bending can take place.  Take, for instance, the recent revelations in The Intercept about legal advice sent to the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on July 22 on how to respond to the International […]

  • The Meekness of the Australia’s Anti-Corruption Body

    The warning signs of the Australian National Anti-Corruption Commission’s ineffectiveness were there from the start. The enacting legislation that brought it into existence, for instance, limit public hearings to “exceptional circumstances”, a reminder that the authorities are not exactly happy to let that large expanse of riffraff known as the public know how power functions […]

  • The Deep State’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working

    The Deep State’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working

    The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable… — H.L. Mencken, “Le Contrat Social” in Prejudices: Third Series […]

  • A Question for Women

    Dr. Frances Conley, 83, died recently. She was a professor at Stanford and one of the country’s only female neurosurgeons in the 1990s. For decades she dealt with male colleagues fondling her, propositioning her, and calling her “hon,” among other demeaning behavior—even in the operating room. She felt it was the cost of success in […]

  • Does Your Feminism Include Palestine?

    Women’s Marches are being planned across the country ahead of Election Day to “show the strength of our feminist movement.” However, curiously missing from the talking points around the strength of the feminist movement is the women of Palestine – who have endured the brutality of anti-feminist policies for decades under the illegal occupation by […]

  • NEW: Portal for Tracking Genocidal Incitement Against Palestinians

    For the last year, since October 7, Law For Palestine has been documenting genocidal incitement against Palestinians by Israeli government officials, military personnel, and public figures. We partnered with them to launch a new portal to house this crucial data, which they regularly update as a resource for legal action, advocacy, and ensuring justice for the […]

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