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Absorbing the revelations in the book Regime Change by journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, I posed a question to my American…
By now, editors at the New York Times and producers at CNN are surely squirming over what to do about Dr. Hussam…
A new report details how the Israeli government is covertly and illicitly trying to influence public affairs in Canada. While countries regularly…
Mentally Unstable Ordinarily, July 4 would be a time to celebrate the virtues of America. But whatever virtues we once possessed, Donald…
The Canary has been debanked by Lloyds. Despite banking with them for almost a decade they are currently withholding a substantial amount of our…
Adam Johnsonās new book, How to Sell a Genocide, is going to piss off a lot of liberals, and especially Democrats. In…
Introduction In March 2022, cinema-goers across India watched in tense silence as a young Hindu woman sobbed hysterically on screen, recounting graphic…
At a moment when Gazaās journalists urgently need international protection and the solidarity of journalists and press freedom organizations worldwideāfor their courage,…
Newly released documents reveal the inner workings of Labour Together and its role in covertly undermining Jeremy Corbynās leadership of the Labour…
What makes the current age feel particularly unnerving, even desperate, is that peopleās apolitical pleasures and pastimes are colonized to an unprecedented…
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