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AI is bad for the environment, and the problem is bigger than energy consumption
The collective energy demand of data centres in the United States is so high that Microsoft recently reached a deal to reopen Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear accident in American history.
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Trump reiterates plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza following Netanyahu meeting at White House
On Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump in The White House during his second term. During the meeting, Trump doubled down on previous suggestions to remove Palestinians from Gaza.
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Unprecedented anti-fascist, anti-racist march against Milei
One million people mobilized in the City of Buenos Aires–according to the organizers–as a result of the fuse lit by the LGBT community.
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Trump’s threats expose Canada’s utter dependency on the U.S.
The immediate task for Canada should be to delink from the United States and the American Empire.
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In Syria, the lunatics are running the asylum
As the dust settles in regime-changed Syria, a new reality emerges–one where the victors are not liberators, but former Al-Qaeda warlords restyled in suits, shaking hands with world leaders, and reshaping the state in their own sectarian image.
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Trump’s Executive Orders – The return of Cold War repression
In 1950, Nevada Democratic Senator Pat McCarran said he wanted to save the United States from communism and “Jewish interests.”
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The forever charade
Gitmo, Yesterday, Today… and Tomorrow
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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?