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Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime
On February 20, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an earlier draft resolution which would have demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.” The intrigues that led to the scrapping of what was meant to be a binding […]
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Wang Yi Met with Putin
This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • Wang Yi met with Putin • Provinces to employ more people • Guangzhou to set up high-tech support fund • 40 years of Chinese medical team in Uganda The post Wang Yi Met with Putin first appeared on Dissident Voice.
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Ukraine: One Year of War on Top of 30 Years of Conflict Escalation
Introduction: 1 year of violence on top of 30 years of conflict: Too much wrong thinking The world’s focus is on the war. On February 24, it is one year since Russia launched its so-called special military operation. Much more important is to focus on the underlying conflicts – because there exists no war or […]
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DeSantis as Gradgrind
Florida’s Governor DeSantis educational scheme that students need to learn the facts and nothing but the facts is likely to make teaching and learning in Florida more challenging than ever before. DeSantis’ “fact only” pedagogy mirrors that of Thomas Gradgrind, a character in Dickens’ Hard Times who sustained the Victorian status quo by teaching students […]
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“America is Not a Racist Country”
Though it has been argued that the so-called American dream is long dead, Nikki Haley is proof that the dream is still alive. Unfortunately, the ‘dream’ is hers alone. Until recently, a close confidante of former US President Donald Trump and his pro-Israel circle, Haley wants to be the next United States president. On February […]
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The 20th Anniversary of the Sociocide of Iraq by Bush-Cheney
I wrote the following column ten years ago. Note the absence of any accountability or regret by Bush, Cheney and their co-war criminals. Ten years ago [now 20 years ago, on March 19, 2003] George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, as war criminals, launched the sociocide of the people of Iraq – replete with embedded […]
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The True Test of a Civilisation Is the Absence of Anxiety About Health
Children play in the Rostock housing development, which, like all housing developments in the DDR, was required to include large open spaces for children. Credit: Jürgen Sindermann,Wikimedia Commons / German Federal Archive. A few years ago, a minor medical problem took me to the Hospital Alemán-Nicaragüense in Nicaragua’s capital, Managua. While I was being treated, I […]
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“That Paper Is Dead”
On 21 February 2023, climate scientist Professor Bill McGuire issued a stark warning: ‘Remember this date. First rationing of food in UK due to extreme weather. Things will only get worse as climate breakdown bites ever harder.’ This was in response to the news that British supermarkets are rationing fresh produce, including tomatoes, cucumbers and […]
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Vulnerable Chinese, Vulnerable Americans
These days there is a lot of discussion in the media about Chinese aggression in a wide range of areas, and the assumption is that this has huge implications for global security. Such a one-sided discussion can only lead to heightened tension and a greater possibility of misunderstandings leading to a devastating war. In order […]
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