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A long, but a coherent and encompassing analysis

Reimagining anti-racism

Corrosion and capture

The march of fascism

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It was fuelled by years of Tory & Labour support for anti-immigration policies

Traders sell safety and violence

Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense. —George Bernard Shaw

 

'Who are we? What has become of us?’

Why has a power such as France, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, for so long behaved as the silent accomplice or the broom wagon of a ‘rogue state’ such as Israel? —Serge Halimi et Pierre Lambert, Le Monde Diplomatique, translated from the French, August 2025

'Not to weep or laugh, but understand'

An analysis of 5,000 headlines from leading German media outlets since October 7

The overlap shows that hostility to asylum seekers is not only about domestic pressures , but also about wider ideological battles that extend far beyond Britain’s borders.

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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. — William Blake

I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family. —Albert Einstein

Convergence?

Stephen John Goldthorp There's absolutely no guarantees that Putin will stop his warmongering afterwards. Ned Ma Stephen John Goldthorp  you need to explain why. Stephen John Goldthorp Ned Ma  I already have under the reply to Edward Iley who beat you to that question. Suffice to say. Putin's demands are geared towards making future invasions even easier. Not towards Peace. Putin's previous record gives doubt that anything he says can be trusted. But he has sunk serious investment into trying to conquer Ukraine and failing. Ned Ma Stephen John Goldthorp  “Putin's demands are geared towards making future invasions even easier.” You haven't explained why. Why did Putin invade Ukraine and why doesn't want 'peace'? Stephen John Goldthorp Ned Ma  why is hard, maybe Putin isn't as smart as he thinks he is or as smart as everyone else makes him out to be. Putin doesn't seem to be able to form trusting relationships either on a personal level or with oth...

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