I’ve noticed a lot of angry comments underneath my posts these past few days, which bizarrely mention the words “Islam” and “Muslims” completely out of the blue. “Why don’t you turn your attention sometimes to the genocidal intent of the radical Muslims, or does that...
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Secessionist Pantomime: Israel Recognises Somaliland
For a country so upset about recognition being afforded to people under their thumb and control, the Israelis have decided to get into the state recognition business with festive aplomb. Africa’s Somaliland presented itself as a suitable candidate, an entity that...
Iran Faces New Round of Protests
DV coeditor Faramarz Farbod joined a panel on AnewZ.tv (Baku, Azerbaijan) on 31 December, the 3rd day of protests in Iran — now in its sixth day — to discuss the evolving situation. The post Iran Faces New Round of Protests first appeared on Dissident Voice.
The Impending US Colonial Administration over Gaza, Palestine
Behind the diplomatic language of ‘reconstruction’ and ‘stabilisation’, a new colonial framework for Gaza is being assembled. The following is why the latest Security Council resolution matters and what it sets in motion. On 17 November, the UN Security Council...
“Self-Hating Jew, Kapo, What About Hamas?”
Zionists have attempted to teach me the following: 1) Because I am Jewish, all Palestinians clamor and scheme to have me erased from the Earth. 2) There is no such entity as the Palestinian people. Damn convenient: The people you are perpetrating a genocide upon do...
Reflections on a Neoliberal Ne’er-do-well’s Road to Redemption
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates ‘In the bad old days when I was embroiled in the business of churning out MBAs from capitalist ‘sausage’ factories masquerading as places of ‘higher education’ (business schools that were “the engine rooms of...
A Tale of Colliding World Views
In December, documents were released asserting two radically different political perspectives. They could not be more different. On December 4, under the President of the United States’ Seal, the White House published the administration’s 2025 National Security...
Trump’s Hosting of Kennedy Center Honors Tanks
While Donald Trump has long treated ratings as a personal scorecard, his turn as host of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors delivered a result he has conspicuously avoided addressing: the lowest viewership in the history of the broadcast. While its clear that the...
The U.S. Airstrike in Nigeria Confirms why the U.S African Command (AFRICOM) Must be Shut Down
If it was not clear before the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Christmas Day bombing of its Sokoto state, that Nigeria is not a sovereign African nation but is instead a neo-colonial state with a Western puppet government, it should be crystal clear now. The...
Spyware and Murder: The NSO Group, Governments, and Khashoggi
The efforts to hold the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate in October 2018 continue. In his complex connubial life, the slain scribbler can now count, not only on efforts made by...
The Teacher’s Burden
Teachers have always been society’s most underestimated heroes. They carry the emotional, intellectual, and social development of entire generations—yet they work inside systems that often value credentials more than contribution, compliance more than creativity, and...
Artificial Intelligence, Global Inequality, and the Colonial Machinery of Capital
Artificial intelligence is often presented as a universal breakthrough — a tool that will democratize knowledge, expand opportunity, and usher in a new era of human progress. But AI does not emerge in a vacuum. It is built inside a global order shaped by conquest,...