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Since the end of World War II there there have been many wars, including some fairly long conflicts which ran on for years. Trump’s definition: Forever wars. The first was the Korean War which was […]

How Automated Control Systems Are Reshaping Democracy, Human Rights, and the Right to Dissent A Research Paper by dedicated to the victims of automated injustice – from the streets of Memphis to the rubble of […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has produced precisely the kind of strategic blowback that earlier Israeli and American war-gaming had warned against. So, why the escalation? Iran has not collapsed, while […]

The term “antisemitism” is now so commonly used as an accusation as to be placed beyond questioning. This is particularly so in countries claiming some protections for free speech or lawful assembly. Use that term […]

The modern fact-checking movement launched 25 years ago but is now in retreat – just as it’s needed more than ever. Ned Watt and Michelle Riedlinger report… For society and democracy to function we used […]

Continued from Part 1 Recap Throughout my life, I have encountered a wide range of speeches, both effective and ineffective. This particular speech, however, did not stand out. It was nothing to Bragg about. I […]

Introduction There is a difference between a regulator receiving a complaint and a regulator doing something about it. There is also a difference between a shareholder making allegations about a company and a former company […]

A construction of stairs heading down to a beach near where I live was being crafted by a man whose name I recognised from a previous life. I introduced myself and he remembered me and […]

Cost-of-living pressures, terror attacks, widening inequality and financial crises – it’s no wonder Australians are angry. Yet danger lies in scapegoating, writes Professor Alan Gamlen. We are living through an age of disruption. The postwar […]

One Nation MP David Farley is shaping up to be a man of integrity – something unusual in One Nation. After his chat on Insiders with David Speers it seems Mr Farley has a much […]

The conflict with Iran continues to deliver its mean shocks to an increasingly doddering US imperium. Depleted munitions, depleted stocks of goodwill and, it would seem, a disruption in resupplying warships operating in the Middle […]

By Chen Ziqi  Member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are navigating a common challenge: how to continue economic development and improve living standards while protecting the environment. To address this challenge, they are […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock The recent school shootings are a tip of an iceberg of a vast private-security industry, Filipinos recruited into foreign wars, expanding U.S. military access and rising defense expenditure. These converging phenomena […]

By James Moore Every few days the governor of Texas opens his phone and shares a little scripture with the rest of us. Proverbs, mostly. Some Isaiah when he is feeling expansive. The verses arrive […]

For as long as I can remember, there has been one subject almost guaranteed to bring out the worst in some Australians. Aborigines. Write about Aboriginal history, Aboriginal disadvantage, land rights, deaths in custody, the […]