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February 2017
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1 February 2017, by
Gauging Politics From Fiction
David Ayer’s film «Suicide Squad», which broke box office records, was portrayed by critics as “two hours of soul-sickening confusion and sensory damage.” Its heroes (read: villains) have nothing (…) -
1 February 2017, by
“The Only Problem is the People…”
If the Tamils were ever to threaten secession, they would have nowhere to go but the Ocean, and even if they were to swim across, the Sri Lankans won’t have them! What’s a little bull between (…) -
1 February 2017, by
Climate Change in Trump Times
It may be a pure coincidence that the inauguration of Donald Trump is taking place at the same time as the world’s most respected climate monitoring scientific organisations are reporting that (…) -
1 February 2017, by
Peace is a Process
Two days of talks over the war in Syria ended this week in Astana, Kazakhstan. Iran, Russia and Turkey were the main powers at the table. Kazakhstan was a perfect location for the talks, since it (…) -
1 February 2017, by
Trump Is Carpet-Bombing U.S. Foreign Policy
Already Trump is super-charging U.S. militarism, gutting diplomacy, and punishing the victims of wars Washington started. Very soon, Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order (…) -
1 February 2017, by
The Dangers Of White Supremacy And Xenophobia
Before shutting down my computer after a long Sunday, I read the news. News I did not imagine I would ever read, although, looking back, it was months and years in the making and clear signs were (…) -
1 February 2017, by
Fight the Muslim Ban - Trump’s Not Welcome Here!
In the mid-1800’s, Ireland was ravaged by a famine that killed millions over a 5 year period. More than one million Irish men, women and children boarded “coffin ships” in which they made their (…)
