Russia's Forced Conscription in Occupied Ukraine Alexey Strelnikov | Oleksandr Kunyzkyj04/19/2025 Forcibly conscripting soldiers to fight for an occupying power is a war crime. DW spoke with human rights activists and Ukrainians about how residents ...

Genocide Watch focuses on conscription by Russia
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Flyer for an online event by the Holocaust Educational Foundation titled “Alternatives to Academia in Holocaust Studies,” aimed at graduate students. Event date: May 14, 11am–1pm EST. Registration required.

I know not every PhD wants to stay in academia, but it’s also troubling that institutions now offer more and more ‘alternatives to academia’ workshops for their recent graduates simply because there are no jobs left. Why not also push for systemic change and a society that values knowledge?

Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs Remains brought to Britain as part of colonialism, such as Egyptian mummies, should be repatriated, a report says

This is long overdue.

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The beauty of the arrest quota, as Stalin figured out during the Great Purge, is that it empowers the secret police to first arrest people arbitrarily, then retroactively concoct some random justification for it.

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Intention or function, an old and perhaps timeless debate.
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Educational Resources – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools This section features educational resources on different topics related to Nazism and the Holocaust. Each resource draws upon original primary sources from The Wiener Holocaust Library’s archive. It…

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The Big Question: should Australia consider bringing back conscription? As global conflicts continue to escalate and questions are raised about Australia's ability to defend itself amid a growing risk of war in the Indo-Pacific region, 'Contact' posed the question to UQ e...

Australia would bandwagon with other 5 eyes governments in catching up with the current global "national service" reintroduction trend. For more...
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The UK has been the USA’s ‘Airstrip One’ (Orwell) for over 80 years. Britain without US bases, a demand of the antinuclear movement since the 1950s, would be a very different country.

Opinion | M. Gessen: ‘Trump Is Building a Mafia State’ “Nice university you got there. Shame if something happened to it.”

This is specifically about universities. It is very important to see how fascists and authoritarians in other countries have attacked them. And to think, as Gessen does here, about constructive responses.
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