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Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 08:40 am

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Opinion

Can Guterres become Solon?

ANTONIO Guterres is the secretary general of the United Nations. Solon was an Athenian statesman, constitutional reformer, and poet of the late seventh and sixth century BCE, 630–560 BCE. More

From language to liberty

This Irish proverb — Tirgan teanga, tirgan anam — means a country without a language is a country without a soul. So does the Indonesian — Bahasa jiwa bangsa (language

Physicists together to rein in nuclear threat

AS THE Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock has ticked closer to midnight, a new organisation has taken shape to sound the alarm: the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat

Spin, lies fuel a bloody war of attrition

In a recent column, military analyst William Astore wrote, ‘[Congressman] George Santos is a symptom of a much larger disease: a lack of honour, a lack of shame, in America.

No permanent allies, only permanent power

IF WE do not build left-right coalitions on issues such as militarism, health care, a living wage and union organising, we will be impotent in the face of corporate power

Sheikh Hasina surprises the nation once again

The ending point of other politicians is the beginning of Sheikh Hasina. Many politicians are bogged down with the issues of today but she plans about tomorrow. Other people see

Is civilisation at stake in Ukraine?

‘TO DEFEND civilisation, defeat Russia.’ Writing in the unfailingly bellicose Atlantic, an American academic of my acquaintance recently issued that dramatic call to arms. And lest there be any confusion

Can political ecology save us?

Prologue ECOLOGY in America barely exists. Business as usual capitalism is so entrenched, it acts like a religion. It has its hierarchies of billionaires, and armies of economists and political

US weapons makers on a marketing spree

WHEN Southcom commander Laura Richardson starts talking about sending weapons to Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, you know something’s up. That something is ‘money’ and ‘new markets’ for United States arms

Syrian relief leader urges US to lift sanctions

A DISASTER response expert has implored the United States to lift its economic sanctions against Syria, warning that the restrictions are hampering rescue and relief operations in the earthquake-ravaged country.