How have things changed over the past millennium?
In the 11th century, it was the church which declared the crusade. In the 21st century, it is the Trump administration which is embarking on a self-declared crusade, while the pope opposes it.
Talk about more Catholic than the pope.
#pope #Trump
What happened to Tunisia's inspiring experiment with democracy and freedom?
In this essay, I try to find answers. I also reflect on this fascinating country that inspired the world but was largely forgotten once Tunisians had overthrown dictator Zineddine Ben Ali.
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"Rebooting a system whose financial architecture has imploded might prove impossible on the timescale required to prevent mass starvation."
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social delivers a chilling warning about the insecurity of our corporate-run food supply chain.
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Iran's targeting of its neighbours is like the kid being bullied who lashes out against the weaker kids in the playground.
Iran's belligerent behaviour will stir up even greater distrust of the Islamic republic and could spark a region-wide conflict if the Gulf states retaliate.
#IranWar
After the fasting comes the feasting.
A happy Eid to everyone celebrating. Here's to a world of joy and peace instead of war and misery.
#Eid #Ramadan #EidMubarak
The US-Israel war against Iran is the latest demonstration that the entire 'clash of civilisations' theory clashes with reality.
#Iran #IranWar
The Epstein Files are fuelling antisemitic tropes that the Israeli tail wags the American dog.
But the reality is very different and conspiracy theories distract attention away from the real forces pushing the Middle East towards catastrophe.
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Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said that his country's bombardment of southern Beirut would make the area “look like Khan Younis”.
The fanatics in the Israeli (and US) government appear hellbent on flattening the Middle East.
#Lebanon #Israel #IsraelIranWar
Khamenei and the ayatollahs are reprehensible tyrants but the Israeli and United States governments don't care about the plight of the Iranian people. This war will NOT liberate the Iranian people.
It has been four long years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with no realistic and just end in sight. The era of "forever" wars has crept onto European soil and Ukrainians are paying a heavy price for Russian imperial greed.
What's the cure for ignorance?
Do you want to become a famous and rich author in a few simple steps?
Then, this is not for you.
If you're curious to learn about my experience of becoming an (un)successful author, then I invite you to read about my meandering journey.
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Right-wing bigots are up in arms that Ramadan lights have been switched on in London.
But why can't a minority share its festive joy with neighbours? It's not like they're forcing non-Muslims to fast or convert at the point of a sword.
#Ramadan kareem to all, including bigots.
For there to be an invasion, you need an invading army. Immigrants to Europe and America possess no such force.
For there to be colonisation, you need a colonising power that imposes an alien system. Immigrants to Europe and America possess no such power and live by local laws.
Four years on, the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine shows no signs of ending or retreating. Meanwhile, ordinary Ukrainians, who are experiencing an extremely cold winter with much of the country's energy infrastructure knocked out, continue to suffer due to the whims of a land-grabbing major power
While Davos fixated on geopolitical threats, the elite gathering ignored the elephant in the room: extreme wealth inequality
This fuels many conflicts between and within countries, as well as the climate and ecological emergencies.
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#RuleOfTheRich
In just a single year, Donald Trump has been the most successful US president ever... in undermining democracy, overturning the global order and blowing up the western alliance.
Donald Trump is the "isolationist" president in everything... except warmongering, imperialist expansionism, the exportation of radical right-wing politics, financial shakedowns and the bullying of countries that disagree.
White supremacists deride "wokeism" and critical theory yet have appropriated and twisted the language of post-colonialism and anti-imperialism. They fantasise that they are an oppressed indigenous group resisting invasion and undergoing cultural and physical erasure.
The irony is breath-taking.
Almost everyone Gaza is cold, hungry and traumatised.
Israel's latest decision to exclude 37 international aid organisations from Gaza is an act of exceeding cruelty and will amplify already impossible living conditions and ultimately cost lives.
With the great powers flexing their 💪 and swinging their 🍆 like it's the 19th century, the UN resembles the beleaguered League of Nations.
We need international law that applies to the powerful, not just the weak. And this time we need it before a global conflict breaks out.
#Venezuela
What do Venezuela and Iraq have in common?
They were both oil-rich dictatorships that the US illegally attacked on the pretext of a non-existent phantom threat and supposedly to bring them freedom.
Let's hope Venezuela does not end up like Iraq.
Last year kicked off with Donald Trump's return to the White House, with disastrous consequences.
This year begins with Trump ordering the invasion of a sovereign state and the kidnapping of its leader.
Trump is no president of peace and is a warmongering interventionist.
#Venezuela
The controversial Alaa Abd El-Fattah tweets are bigoted and shocking but he has expressed regret over them.
Moreover, he is not an anti-white Islamist but a secular ex-prisoner of conscience.
Finally, nobody should be stripped of their citizenship for expressing opinions.
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating.
At a time of rising antisemitism, remember Jesus was a Jew.
At a time of rising anti-migrant sentiment, remember Jesus was a refugee.
And don't forget that in Jesus's homeland, Palestinians continue to live under extreme subjugation.
I have a confession to make: the Islamisation of America and Europe runs deeper than even the far right suspects.
Here, I expose five big ways in which Islam has (not) influenced the West.
Trigger warning: Read this at your own peril.
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This is an image, quite literally, of love overpowering hatred, of common humanity winning over narrow tribalism.
I applaud Ahmad al-Ahmad for putting his life on the line to save the lives of others.
The world desperately needs more Ahmad al-Ahmads.
#bondibeach
Hanukkah should be about joy but it turned into grief in Australia.
The cold-blooded murder of Jews celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi beach is a horrendous act of antisemitism.
My heart goes out to the victims and survivors.
#BondiBeach
Congratulations to the people of Syria on the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime.
I hope not only that Syria manages to rebuild but that it builds back better, constructing a society that is free, fair and prosperous.
#Syria
It is ironic that four countries in Europe are pulling out of next year's Eurovision song contest so that one country outside Europe can participate.
It is the height of hypocrisy that the European Broadcasting Union allows Israel to participate while excluding Russia.
