Cautious optimism is the mood of the day as Hamas and Fatah reach a deal to hold general elections in Palestine. After 15 years, Palestine’s two largest political factions- Hamas and Fatah- have reached a deal to hold general elections, providing a welcome ray of optimism to a nation that has endured an almost unthinkable […]
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Notable political cartoonist Stella Perrett sets out a defence of the Danish children’s cartoon ‘John Willy-Man’. I’ve already defended this Danish TV children’s cartoon on Spinster and had some pushback – but no abuse – yet. As a defender of Free Speech I am happy to argue my point. I am a political cartoonist in […]
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A genocide prevention expert lays out her thoughts after examining the activity of the far right on Parler. 1: Expose the Lies Without Feeding Persecution Narratives People believe, many quite genuinely, that they are freedom fighters defending the constitution against an evil, global cabal of elites who also comprise the deep state in America. The […]
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Medium’s continued censorship of gender critical voices has struck one man’s story of his journey from TRA to gender critical. Read it here. Part 1: Growing Up Gay As a child growing up in the eighties, I first realised I was “a bit different” at about the age of ten, when I had my first […]
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As humans we have the power to affect the lives of entire species of animals. What moral responsibilities do we have towards them? Animals cannot be held morally responsible for their actions. However, that does not mean that they don’t have moral worth. In fact, it is reasonable to infer that we, as rational beings, […]
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The paranoia among India’s Hindu Right about ‘Love Jihad’ reflects age old patriarchal notions of women as the property of men. The planter class which had entrusted its wives and daughters to male slaves when the masters went off to fight the Civil War was now in near hysterics over the slightest interaction between white […]
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