In Orwell’s 1984, the telescreen is a device which not only blasts non-stop propaganda, it allows the Party to monitor its members, all day, every day. For instance, when Winston Smith fails to join in the prescribed exercises properly, the instructor’s voice blares from the screen: “6079 Smith
22nd July 2021 Following on from previous pieces on Covid in Myanmar, we see how the people of Myanmar have to be creative in transporting and disposing of bodies. It really is getting beyond surreal in Myanmar. All this is happening in the monsoon, which makes everything difficult and uncomfortable.
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. Today’s multi-country condemnation of cyber-attacks by Chinese state-sponsored agencies was a sign of increasing frustration at recent behaviour. But it also masks the real
Chris Hattingh fee.org Chris Hattingh is Project Manager at the Free Market Foundation. He has an MPhil in Business Ethics from Stellenbosch University. He is the author of published articles on consumer rights, economic freedom, inequality and individual freedom. After more than a year of enterprise-killing lockdowns, and a
Geoffrey Miller democracyproject.nz 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. New Zealand joined Western allies on Monday by issuing a statement that called out alleged Chinese state involvement in hacking.
20th July 2021 Following on from previous pieces on Covid in Myanmar, the following piece from Frontier gives a human perspective on how it is impacting people. With hospitals in Myanmar empty of pro-democracy medical staff and coronavirus cases surging nationwide, volunteers are going house-to-house to collect the fast-rising number
Over 18 months since the Chinese virus first ’emerged’ in Wuhan, one thing is abundantly clear: they will never let us be free, if they can help it. “They” are the unholy alliance of governments, public health bureaucrats and the mainstream media, all marching in lockstep with the Chinese Communist
Perry Trotter The Advocate Newsletter Israel Institute of New Zealand The UN’s 2001 World Conference Against Racism, held in Durban, South Africa was ostensibly convened to discuss opposition to racism. In reality, it descended into a hatefest targeting one particular people group – the Jews. Following the 2001 inaugural conference,
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18th July 2021 Warning WARNING – SOME READERS MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING PICTURES DISTRESSING. Following on from yesterday’s piece on Covid in Myanmar, it is becoming clear that the junta are weaponizing Covid to further impose control and punishment on the population. This wasn’t helped by the arrest of
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz 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. Saturday’s special virtual APEC summit was so modest in its aims that
17th July 2021 With the near destruction of formal health services in Myanmar and the increase in infections of Covid, there is a disaster of epic proportions looming on the horizon. As with everything in Myanmar the accuracy of data and reports leaves a lot to be desired. Where possible
China is turning the South China Sea into a world of shit. Literally. Figuratively, of course, China has been stirring up a shit-storm in the South China Sea for years, trying to claim the disputed territory for itself. China has laid claim to isolated reefs, atolls and sandbars, declaring them
CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org The ultimate goal of every totalitarian system is to establish complete control over society and every individual within it in order to achieve ideological uniformity and eliminate any and all deviation from it. This goal can never be achieved, of course, but it is the raison
16th July 2021 The incarceration of journalists continues, which helps to explain some of the difficulty in getting reports from Myanmar. The military is trying to put a stranglehold on the flow of information from the country and is repressing as much of the media as it possibly can. Nearly
