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Did Nancy Pelosi Accelerate Chinese-Russian Military Cooperation With Her Taiwan Visit?

China had warned of “serious consequences” in the lead-up to the visit but has avoided any significant military escalation so far. By John P. Ruehl Following the chaotic U.S. departure from Afghanistan in August 2021 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

A Four-Week Festival of Double Standards

Hypocrisy & Outright Lying by Nuclear-armed States By Jackie Cabasso (IDN) — The 10th NPT Review Conference didn’t fail because it couldn’t produce a final document. It failed because the nuclear-armed states haven’t made good on their fundamental nuclear disarmament…

Is the Indian film industry moving backwards in the face of #MeToo?

In the last five years, the Indian film industry has observed a resurgence of the alpha-male hero. One would have imagined change to happen following the successful #MeToo movement that started in Hollywood and trickled down to India as well…

Joe Biden Could Have Gone a Lot Further on Student Loans

The president’s loan forgiveness plan is narrow and paltry—and his administration’s preparation to fend off outraged criticism from both sides of the aisle speaks volumes. By Sonali Kolhatkar President Joe Biden has just launched a plan to forgive a portion…

Mowing the grass in Gaza

On Friday, August 5th, Israel launched another attack on Gaza Strip that lasted for 3 days until a cease-fire agreement on August 7th as part of Israel’s strategy of “mowing the grass” in Gaza Strip. Israel initiated the attack on…

The U. S. political left is killing itself

After receiving feedback from a previous article titled “US: Guns Have to Go,” I would like to clarify a few points for my friends from the political left who feel that the fight against discrimination and class strangle has to…

Five years of Rohingya refugee crisis between Bangladesh-Myanmar

by Samina Akhter Myanmar’s violent ethnic cleansing program, which forcibly forced roughly a million Rohingya Muslims into Bangladeshi refugee camps, marks its fifth anniversary on Thursday (August 25). During the past five years, the population of refugees has increased.  Some…

Against advertising that denigrates the image of Peruvian women

In a previous article, I commented that the poor use of the image of women in Peruvian advertising is a field that has not yet been studied sufficiently well in Peru, although there are approaches from the communication sciences, the…

Tradition vs Modernity? Humans vs Animals? The truth behind the violations of animal rights

At this point, unless you have been living under a rock over the past years, animal exploitation is a popular subject, but not in a good way. Music, real documentaries and news channels helped bring more public awareness. Still, animal…

It’s time for the trial of racism against the Mapuche people; Gloria Naveillan could be stripped of her parliamentary immunity

In Chile, law 20609 condemns discrimination, whether by virtue of race, ethnicity or gender identity, yet this law has not been widely applied or presented as an argument, let alone met the victims’ need for justice. In the case of…

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