The Cold War was as much an economic as a military war. In many ways, the West, especially Ronald Reagan, broke the Soviet Union by engaging in an expensive arms race that the Communists just couldn’t win. Marxist economics kept the Soviet empire on the brink of collapse for
In September 2019, Freedomain Host Stefan Molyneux and “Hoaxed” Director Jon du Toit travelled to Hong Kong to explore the anti-Communist movement. The result is a powerful new documentary entitled “Hong Kong: Fight for Freedom!” From facing down tear gas during a protest march to interviewing the author of
While everyone in New Zealand is losing their mind over a drawing that refers to the measles epidemic very few are having a hard look at who actually bears some responsibility for the measles outbreak. The fact that the PM of Samoa Tuilaepa Sailele was not vaccinated himself until this
IINZ After numerous anti-Israel letters to the editor were published in The Press during April/May 2019, co-director of The Israel Institute of New Zealand, Dr David Cumin, wrote in to provide balance and facts on some of the issues. Mr Minto took particular issue with the statement
COP25 – Madrid. Global Carbon Tax Law Has Serious Consequences for Canada and Democracy COP25 – Madrid. After rioting and civil unrest in Chile, the intended location of COP-25, Madrid, Spain agreed to take on the challenge of hosting some 20,000 climate change bureaucrats for the 25th meeting of the
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During Ben Shapiro’s infamous BBC interview, interviewer Andrew Neill expressed horrified disdain at Shapiro’s past opinion that Israelis build things, while Hamas “bomb crap and live in open sewage”. But for all Neill’s arch disapproval, Shapiro is right. Almost literally: Hamas are boasting about pulling up Israeli-
This is what happens when a nation’s citizens are disarmed, and the government decides what you can say in private and public. Imagine if these real Journalists at the Epoch times had handguns. Notice the police in drag brazenly walk in and not even hide the fact that they
Iran’s funding of rebel groups to destabilise the Middle East is well known but Majid Rafizadeh writing for Gatestone says the Iranian government wants Trump out for another reason. They do not want him to get a second term and are acting to “influence public opinion in the US,
After months of investigating the international law regarding Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, aka the West Bank, the Trump administration has concluded that Jewish settlements in Judea & Samaria do not go against international law. Pompeo: “It is indeed better late than never. Settlement in Judea and Samaria does
Information Extract from an article written by Patrick Buchanan When the wildfires of California broke out across the Golden State, many were the causes given. Negligence by campers. Falling power lines. Arson. A dried-out land. Climate change. Failure to manage forests, prune trees and clear debris, leaving fuel for
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating coined the phrase “relevance deprivation syndrome” to describe former politicians who imagine that the world hangs on their every utterance. He would be wise to consider that that applies to him as much as anyone else. He might also care to ponder the phrase
Investigation: Why is China on the move in the South Pacific? | 60 Minutes Australia A special 60 Minutes investigation revealing China’s soft invasion of Australia’s island neighbours.
David Cumin IINZ The United Nations just passed eight resolutions against Israel and zero against any other country. New Zealand participated in this bullying again, voting for seven and abstaining on one. In contrast, traditional allies Australia voted for only one of the eight, Canada did not vote for any,
At The BFD we’ve been warning for months that anti-Semitism is undergoing a horrifying resurgence in the West – and that it’s mostly rearing its ugly head on the left of politics. No-one is foolish enough to deny, of course, that anti-Semitism is a persistent, festering
‘Yellow Vests’ protesters took to the streets of Paris on Saturday as the first anniversary since the demonstrations began on November 18 last year approaches. Demonstrators marched under police supervision from Porte de Clichy to Place de la Bataille de Stalingrad, carrying French flags and anti-Macron posters, chanting slogans
