Some kind of US attack on Iran seems to be imminent. Iran hasn’t been out of the news for weeks, since protests erupted and the resulting crackdown by the regime began. But what exactly has been happening in Iran?
Have you illegally invaded another country and waged war? Do you stand convicted of war crimes? Is there an outstanding warrant for your arrest? Or are you just an entrepreneur looking for development opportunities in a post-genocide landscape?
“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning
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The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in Venezuela. But the situation appears to be
So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third day of the new year. Essentially, US
On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The previous post was more focused on the
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a
At this time, there are no doubt scores of World War I articles and expositions being published right now. But I also want to talk about one of the more famous cultural homages to the First World War – the fourth and final series of the classic British series Blackadder;
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In 2008 or 2009, the BBC made a documentary on life inside Libya: I remember it because I watched it at the time of its broadcast. Up until the beginning of 2011, that video was available on You Tube. Once the international community had made up its mind – after
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In December 2021 – just a few weeks before the Russian military incursion into Ukraine – something incredibly interesting happened. A United Nations resolution was presented, its purpose being to condemn Nazism or the ‘glorification of Nazism’. Only two countries voted AGAINST the resolution. Guess which ones? It was the
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Do you ever get the feeling that our collective destiny
You might’ve heard announcements this week that the mysterious Shroud
A strange object is in our Solar System and is
Even days after the event, there is still no footage
Berta Cáceres was one of Honduras’s leading indigenous activists and
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Modern cinema sometimes feels like a revolving door, with films
This is going to be nothing like as long-winded as
I don’t quite get some of the online hate for
Someone asked me the other day why I’ve been so
There’s something undeniably magical about that cultural institution of the
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Music
The news that broke yesterday that Mark Lanegan had died
As a little kid, one of my very first musical
A few weeks ago it was the 30th anniversary of
I remember the first time I started paying attention to
I’m not the only one who’s sad to hear that