The pogrom that wasnât
On November 6 and 7, fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv rampaged through Amsterdam ahead of a match between their team and the Dutch football club Ajax.…
It is time to support Pacific Ocean stewards
Last month, Mexico and the United States experienced yet another devastating hurricane. In 12 hours, Hurricane Milton went from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm â the most…
Facing genocide while disabled
The genocide in Gaza is a mass disabling event.More than 400 days of Israeli air strikes and constant ground invasions on heavily populated areas have left more than 22,500 people…
On genocide, Trump will be no different from Biden
If a Pulitzer Prize was handed out for the (unintentionally) funniest, stitch-inducing headline drafted by a âmajorâ news organisation in 2024, then The New York Times â which craves such…
Itâs time for G20 to take the initiative to help build a fairer world
Our world is in a spiral of crises. While conventional threats, such as famine, drought, civil war and genocide, continue to loom over humanity in many parts of the world,…
Access to climate education is a matter of justice
In his poem The Right to Dream (1995), Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano imagines âhow the world will be in 2025â. He dreams of a better future where there is respect…
A Muslim perspective on abortion: Beyond âpro-choiceâ and âpro-lifeâ
A recent âpro-choiceâ billboard campaign in Chicago, designed by a progressive âreproductive health and justiceâ charity for Muslims, has reignited a complex conversation on abortion rights within the Muslim American…
Lebanese Australians reminded of past wars as Israel attacks Lebanon again
Melbourne, Australia â Israelâs devastating bombing of Lebanon has reverberated around the world, reaching as far as the suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne.In Sydneyâs Bankstown neighbourhood and Coburg in Melbourne,…
Democrats, next time try fighting for the working class
A week before the election, my dad was visiting and talked to me about his gut feeling that former President Donald Trump might win. He was clear about his choice…
Zambiaâs Kariba Dam crisis is one of inequality
As discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku over how to finance climate action remain gridlocked, Southern Africans are learning that some ârenewable energyâ might not be…
Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance
Donald Trumpâs re-election as president of the United States marks a shift in US policy â from the Joe Biden administrationâs hypocritical denial of American complicity in Zionist genocide, war…
COP 29: Developed economies must learn to prioritise lives over profits
The flash floods that overwhelmed Spainâs eastern Valencia region two weeks ago were the deadliest natural disaster in the countryâs living memory.The Spanish government responded to the tragedy with the…