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I stand with Greenland
I never thought I’d wake up one day and feel the need to publicly take a position on Greenland. And yet here we are – living in an era where the President of the United […]
Year: 2026
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Shared Borders, Shared Futures
By Niu Honglin Peace doesn’t always fall apart because of distant rivals. Peace breaks down because neighbours stop talking. Borders are challenged, and trust chipped away. Small disagreements fester and become permanent. In a world […]
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A Shameful Sham: The US Justice Department, Fake Cartels and Maduro
The Trump administration is increasingly resembling a government previously abominated by the current US president as entangling, bumbling, and prone to fantasies. President George W. Bush was well versed in baseless existential threats stemming from […]
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Ghosts in the Machine: How Data Manipulation Builds Your Reality
Dedicated to my time with the then ‘Bureau of Criminal Intelligence – Victoria Police’ where I took my first baby steps in the field of Intelligence and the verification of data and field experience. Introduction: […]
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Labor’s Bondi Backflip: When Fear Trumps Justice
Anthony Albanese didn’t choose a Royal Commission into the Bondi massacre, but he was bullied into it. The real scandal isn’t his surrender, but the cynical machinery that left him no other option. When political […]
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“President of the World” is not a joke – it’s a warning
Apparently, a Republican has referred to Donald Trump as the “president of the world.” The remark has circulated widely enough to be waved away as hyperbole, trolling, or the sort of rhetorical excess we’ve all […]
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Justice Vs Power
Can the ideal of justice, where all people are afforded the same justice, to live under the same laws and societal standards be achieved when the is existing order empowers some but denies equality at […]
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Why Haven’t Cafe Owners Called For A Royal Commission?
Two things that have particularly interested me are words and numbers. I guess this is understandable given how much our society is obsessed with the same things. However, I’ve always been fascinated by the ambiguity […]
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Confronting Genocide with Civil Disobedience: The Pine Gap Protests and Gaza
While the secret signals and surveillance facility at Pine Gap in Northern Australia, officially named the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG) is billed as a joint affair between Australia and the United States, it […]
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Why Term Limits for Politicians Could Reset Democracy
By Denis Hay Description Why term limits for politicians could end career politics in Australia, break the two-party grip, and restore democratic accountability and public purpose. Introduction: When Politics Becomes a Career, Democracy Suffers Across […]
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Regime Change in Venezuela: American Justice as “Supreme International Crime”
By Dr Dan Steinbock On Saturday, the Trump administration captured the incumbent president of Venezuela. It is its latest violation, a “supreme international crime” as Nuremberg prosecutors would put it. In a military operation, Venezuela’s […]
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When a lie is treated as a policy disagreement
By Peter Brown When President Trump claims that Venezuela “stole” its 300 billion barrels of oil from the United States, he is not expressing a controversial opinion or offering a debatable interpretation of history. […]
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The unprecedented kidnapping of Maduro
By Isidoros Karderinis The unprecedented kidnapping in the world annals, in the manner in which it took place, of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro constitutes not only a military intervention in a sovereign and independent country […]
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Clarke & Dawe – “UNSLEEPEN™”
(Bright, cheery corporate music. Neutral set. Everything beige.) Dawe: Good evening. Tonight we’re pleased to announce an important update to the English language. Clarke: Yes. Following an extensive review, the word “woke” has been removed. […]
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The Clown and The Court: How the Neoliberal System Manufactures Weak Leadership CLASSIFICATION – Political Systems Analysis / Leadership Audit
Executive Summary This investigation identifies a recurring and systemic pattern in contemporary Western democracies: the rise of leaders characterised not by vision or courage, but by a specific brand of malleable, risk-averse, and transactional managerialism. […]