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In major expansion of U.S. nuclear buildup, Trump orders construction of nationwide missile defense system
The executive order “directs implementation of a next-generation missile defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missile, and other next-generation aerial attacks.”
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Amazon closures an act of economic terrorism
These closures are a cruel, anti-democratic attack on all workers that demand a strong response from unions across Canada.
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Thermonuclear Crack
Isn’t it high time we “augment” our nuclear force “posture”?
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Exploring India’s complicated relationship with cannabis
Writer and journalist Karan Madhok’s book ‘Ananda’ is a deep-dive into the cannabis plant–what it is, what it does, and how Indian society looks at and reacts to it.
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To respond to Trump’s tariffs, Canada should nationalize its oil industry
We need to build our own resilience against the increasingly unpredictable acts of our belligerent neighbours to the south.
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Closer than ever: It is now 89 seconds to midnight
2025 Doomsday Clock Statement
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The dangerous depravity of Tom Homan
Trump’s “border czar” has spent the past several years promoting racist conspiracy theories and associating with white nationalists. His mass deportation agenda is one of the Administration’s top priorities.
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Open source vs. closed doors: How China’s DeepSeek beat U.S. AI monopolies
China’s DeepSeek AI has just dropped a bombshell in the tech world.
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Trump says ‘clean out that whole thing’ as part of his plan for Gaza
The U.S. president suggests that Jordan and Egypt should take in more Palestinians from Gaza.
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Sixties flashback: A Complete Unknown film review
The Bob Dylan biopic is finely acted and captures the aspects of the musician impressively, but not the full political power of the songs, finds Jonathan Maunders.
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Nazi billionaires: Fascism in the Elon Musk family tree
It’s not a secret that Elon Musk embraces fascist and reactionary political movements.
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DeepSeek’s geopolitical impacts
China’s technological progress is far more vulnerable to a more “friendly” US. rather than a more “hostile” one.
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Environment: Accelerating towards a collision with the climate
Human societies are setting themselves on a collision course with climate-induced catastrophes. Lithium-ion batteries will soon be facing competition. How to deal with x and the conflicts it creates?
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Around 242 million children missed school last year because of the climate emergency, says UN
UNICEF said the world’s schools and education systems were “largely ill equipped” to deal with the effects of extreme weather.
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Trump’s billionaire cabinet represents the top 0.0001%
The collective net worth of Trump’s top appointees is reportedly estimated to exceed $460 billion, including Elon Musk’s $400 billion net worth.
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New realities of Israel/Palestine in the Trump Era: Settler Colonial Destinies in the 21st Century
The ceasefire is publicized as a demonstration of Trump’s and U.S. leverage with respect to Israel when it actively seeks results rather than merely wants to make a rhetorical impression, but there is more to this ceasefire that is immediately apparent.
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‘Banality of evil’: Artist turns Gaza settler dream into disturbing installation
Gil Mualem-Doron’s fake ads for villas in Gaza are actually based on a real Israeli estate agent advertising property on Gaza’s beachfront.
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Israel tightens its grip on Jenin and the wider West Bank
Gazans sift through 50 million tons of rubble, finding 200 bodies.
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Did Trump ‘fix’ TikTok? Users report censorship after outage
When the platform came back online, U.S. users were greeted with a message crediting its return to Trump: “As a result of President Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!”
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78 miners found starved and dehydrated to death in South African police operation against unlicensed mining
The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine’s Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water supply in its attempt to crackdown on unlicensed mining.