BlogFlockHeba Muraisi is a florist and a lifeguard. She has never committed any violence. She will likely die in the next few days from starvation in a UK jail.
The Starmer government has declared Heba a terrorist.
Her crime: breaking into a facility that creates weapons for the Israeli genocide…
In 1939, the odds against the democratic world were massive.
Canada was a poor nation with a small population. But from the get-go, Canadians stepped up and did our part. And in the darkest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill praised Canada as the linchpin of the democratic…
In this fifth episode of our series on ancient Egypt, Emily Briffett is joined by curator and Egyptologist Campbell Price for a final time to explore the enduring legacy and influence of ancient Egypt – from the 'Egyptomania' that gripped Victorian Britain to key discoveries that have shaped our understanding…
A new report by Survival International, Uncontacted Peoples: At the Edge of Survival, is the latest accounting of the human story – and it is a historical document of unparalleled power. It reveals that at least 196 groups in the world are still uncontacted, most of them gravely threatened…
Venezuela was invaded. Colombia could be next. Then Cuba. Canada is under consistent pressure. And the peaceful people of Greenland/Denmark are facing military threat. And yet the Bank of Nova Scotia, that venerable Canadian institution, thinks this is great for business.
The so-called “Don-roe” doctrine is a smash-and-grab gangster approach…
Fascist leaders move quickly to establish a paramilitary force loyal to the ideology of the regime, sidelining traditional police and law enforcement. They become a law unto themselves.
ICE is now the largest Federal agency, flush with money and operating free from oversight and accountability. Are we surprised that they…
Ignore anything you hear from Donald Trump about Russian and Chinese ships threatening Greenland. Or JD Vance claiming the Danes have failed in their job to protect the island. And all the theories about taking control of Greenland’s immense wealth are secondary to the real story.
Donald Trump got the…
In autumn 1887, a 23-year-old woman checked into a temporary boarding house for working women in New York City.
She immediately alarmed the other residents: she didn’t sleep for days, and insisted that she didn’t remember who she was. But for all that it looked as if she might be…
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If you were going to offer a $10 million bribe to a sitting president, how would you imagine it playing out?
In shows like The Night Manager, it would be done via high-tech e-transfers to offshore accounts. But consider the U.S. intelligence report documenting four men leaving a Bank…
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