Opinion

Sun, 19 Jan 2025, 10:45 pm

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Opinion

Politicians who destroyed democracy want votes to save it

THE bipartisan project of dismantling our democracy, which took place over the last few decades on behalf of corporations and the rich, has left only the outward shell of democracy.

Creative questions, communalism and conspiracy

The appearance of the questionable text in a public examinations taken by hundreds of thousands of students represents something of wider significance and is symptomatic of what is going on

Lanka’s goal must be economic recovery

It is very unfortunate for the country, and indeed for the government itself, that it has become so preoccupied with its security concerns that it does not perceive how others

Drones are changing the nature of armed conflicts

THE last few years the use of remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles has radically changed the way armed conflicts are being waged. However, this approach cannot be described as new,

Corrupting the system at every level

‘I think there are some people within the US and UK governments who understand how cancerous this whole affair is,’ Stella Assange, the wife of the imprisoned publisher Julian Assange, tells Matt

Musk’s Twitter is more dangerous than you think

Beyond Musk’s oft-repeated rants about free speech, may lie shadier plans to recoup the $44b he paid for the site, writes Adam Ramsay THE world is burning and Ukraine is trudging

Lula must save Brazil from savage capitalism

JULIANA Cardoso is sitting in her office in front of a lavender, orange, and yellow mandala that was made for her. She has been a member of São Paulo’s city

Closer to confrontation?

THE kind of effort that the Awami League is putting in trying to minimise the presence at BNP gatherings seems a bit odd given recent political records. Not only have

2022 US election: what to expect?

AMERICAN voters going to the polls on November 8 in what is called the mid-term election will see all the seats in the house of representatives and more than a

Freedom v oppression

SINCE Qatar was announced as FIFA World Cup host back in 2010, the country has experienced an unexpected image boost. Yet the attention has not been exclusively positive. In Rebel