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Palestinians Didn’t Need This NAZA Film – But I Still Want It Seen
Why the testimony of those inside the machinery of violence still matters General Opinion | September 2026 I found the post by Daniel Mate below important in triggering a useful discussion on the plight of the indegenous people of occupied Palestine. Their voices have been significantly suppressed by the weight of the whole apartheid machinery… Continue reading
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Why Pedro Sánchez’s speech named the three forces destroying international law, and why the silence that followed indicts everyone who clapped
Why Pedro Sánchez’s speech named the three forces destroying international law, and why the silence that followed indicts everyone who clapped General Article | September 2026 Pedro Sánchez walked to the United Nations podium on Wednesday holding a small blue booklet, and he held it up so the hall could see it clearly, and the… Continue reading
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Jurisdiction and Impunity
By attacking the ICC, the United States is undermining the international legal order that it has historically used to legitimise its own interventions The International Criminal Court, established by the Rome Statute in 1998 and operational since 2002, represents the most ambitious effort in history to create a permanent international tribunal capable of prosecuting genocide,… Continue reading
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The Rules-Based Order Was Never Meant to Apply to Its Architects
From Venezuela’s Oil to Gaza’s Children: The Empire’s Hypocrisy Laid Bare The United States and its allies have constructed an elaborate framework of international rules, norms, and institutions designed to govern the behaviour of nations. Yet the architects of this system have consistently exempted themselves from the very rules they impose on others. The theft… Continue reading
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The Memorandum of Convenience
Why the US-Iran MOU Represents Another Chapter in a Longstanding Pattern of Strategic Deception The June 2026 Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran has been presented to the world as a diplomatic breakthrough. According to the 14-point text, the agreement commits both parties to the immediate and permanent termination of military operations… Continue reading
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The State of Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist
States Have No Right to Exist: How Great Powers Weaponise Legal Ignorance to Immunise Preferred Governments from Accountability Academic Analysis | 11 June 2026 (A link to a general version of the article is at the bottom) The question of whether Israel has a right to exist is routinely posed in Western political discourse as… Continue reading
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The Strategic Mis-use of Memory in U.S.-Iran Relations
Why the persistent invocation of 1979 continues to justify sanctions, strikes, and systemic escalation The enduring American narrative surrounding the 1979 embassy seizure functions not as historical record but as strategic instrument, and its continued deployment marks a structural refusal to acknowledge the limits of American power in the post-imperial Middle East. That refusal has… Continue reading
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Israel Operates As a Law Unto Itself
Repeated incidents involving UN personnel highlight a persistent tension between operational conduct, strategic imperatives, and the uneven application of international law. The argument that Israel operates as a law unto itself in its dealings with the United Nations and its personnel rests on a pattern of conduct that critics contend is neither incidental nor episodic,… Continue reading
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“I Cannot Be Part of This”: UN Diplomat Resigns, Warns of Possible Nuclear Threat to Tehran
Mohamad Safa abandons 12-year career, accusing UN insiders of preparing for catastrophic action while Iran remains compliant with international law “The UN is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran”, said Mohamad Safa, a Lebanese diplomat and human rights advocate. Mohamad Safa, a representative of the Patriotic Vision Alliance at the United Nations, has… Continue reading
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Assassination as The New License to Kill Without Accountability
Targeted killing, the normalization of extrajudicial force and the collapse of ethical limits For decades, the United States has moved along a continuum from covert assassination plots during the Cold War to the open normalisation of “targeted killing” as an instrument of state policy. In the current war involving Iran, that evolution appears to be… Continue reading
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