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Criminals at Large: The Iraq War Twenty Years On

The arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for Russian President Vladimir Putin came at an opportune moment. It was, if nothing else, a feeble distraction over the misdeeds and crimes of other leaders current and former. Russia, not being an ICC member...

Spent Matters: The AUKUS Nuclear Waste Problem

When Australia – vassal be thy name – assumed responsibilities for not only throwing money at both US and British shipbuilders, lending up territory and naval facilities for war like a gambling drunk, and essentially asking its officials to commit seppuku for the...

The Causes of Dogmatism

The Causes of Dogmatism

Orientation In part I of this series, following the work of Judy J. Johnson in What’s so Wrong with Being Absolutely Right: The Dangerous Nature of Dogmatic Belief, we identified dogmatism — not as the content of a particular ideology but as a process of thinking,...

U.S. and Allies Seek Regime-Change in Russia

U.S. and Allies Seek Regime-Change in Russia

On 10 March, Canada’s National Post headlined “Regime change in Moscow ‘definitely’ the goal, Joly says,” and reported that “Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly raises the possibility of regime change in Moscow. … ‘The goal is definitely to do that, is to weaken...

Two Sessions Summary

This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • Two Sessions Summary • New National Data Office • China’s Historical Mediation between Iran and Saudi Arabia • Modern Feminism in China The post Two Sessions Summary first appeared on Dissident Voice.

My Lai, “Killing Ideology,” and Disobeying Orders

“We weren’t there to kill human beings, really. We were there to kill ideology.” (Lt. William Calley) Officially termed an “incident” (as opposed to a “massacre”), the events of March 16, 1968, at My Lai — a hamlet in South Vietnam — are widely portrayed and accepted...

The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

U.S. soldiers breaking into a home in Baquba, Iraq, in 2008   Photo: Reuters   March 19 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this...

Every St Patrick’s Day, Everywhere, All at Once

Every St Patrick’s Day, Everywhere, All at Once

Patrick banishing the snakesMarch 17 is traditionally St Patrick’s Day, a day when ‘Irishness’ is celebrated all over the world. This date is traditionally held to be the date of the death of St Patrick  (c. 385 – c. 461), the patron saint of Ireland. It is marked by...