Dark Jester The new hate speech legislation is up for debate with public consultation over the proposal. My concern is how this particular legislation could potentially be weaponised by the Chinese Communist Party to suppress criticism and dissent, because the ambiguity of the ‘incitement to hatred’ clauses means the definition
Colin Rubenstein aijac.org.au There has always been a large degree of unreality in the distorted way Israel’s most unhinged critics have portrayed the Jewish state. Yet this unreality has arguably never been so apparent as it should be to all now, following last month’s installation of
The fall of British health secretary Matt Hancock is more than just another sordid saga of political dirty dalliance. Largely overlooked in the righteous furore is the shadowy role of spying by Chinese telcos. Make no mistake: Hancock thoroughly deserved the bollocking he’s got. At the same time that
29th June 2021 The many deaths viewed as collateral damage often go unreported. Below is a poignant picture of a much-loved citizen who died because of a lack of access to medical care. Swe died unexpectedly last week, one of many collateral victims of the coup. Swe was unable to
When China’s “wolf warrior” diplomats huff and puff and denounce their critics, it all comes across to Western ears as just so much shrill hypocrisy. After all – China, lambasting America for human rights abuses? China, calling other countries “thin-skinned” and “hysterical”? Much of it is certainly calculated righteous indignation
Lauren Chen rt.com Lauren Chen is a political and social commentator. She began as a YouTuber, and has since gained millions of views on the platform and hundreds of thousands of followers. Many Canadians consider their country to be a free one, but unfortunately the Trudeau government is moving
27th June 2021 Four people’s defence forces announced today that they will work together towards defeating the Junta. They are the PDFs from Kyaukse, Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway and will share technology and information. Meanwhile, the justice system in Myanmar gets ever more brutal. At least 64 Myanmar citizens
Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker. This month’s formation of a new coalition government in Israel may be a chance for New Zealand to reset – or at
Adam Simpson University of South Australia Nicholas Farrelly University of Tasmania Dr Adam Simpson is Senior Lecturer in International Studies in Justice & Society, University of South Australia. He has held a 6-month Visiting Research Fellowship at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, and Visiting Scholar positions at
23rd June 2021 The resistance to the Junta grows. In Sagaing region, 1,000 civilian defenders took on troops deployed in a base and then had the nerve to ambush reinforcements sent to relieve the base. At least 30 junta troops were reportedly killed during two shootouts with civilian resistance
Let’s admit it: the UN is no longer fit for purpose and should be abandoned. The last remaining shreds of the UN’s relevance evaporated in the 1990s with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Since then, the UN has been little more than the plaything of despots, meddling
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22nd June 2021 The resistance is getting stronger. In Mandalay, anti-junta cells are in operation but are having to deal with informants. The way the conflicts are developing there will be an increase in bodies floating down the Irrawaddy river. A Mandalay civilian resistance group fighting against the military regime
Why are so many on the left sympathetic to a totalitarian, genocidal dictatorship, over their own democratic nations? Because the left secretly yearn for totalitarianism – and despise democracy. In Nick Cohen’s What’s Left, he recounts that, even after the Chamberlain government had been jolted out of its appeasement
