Iranian rights matter: Or since the World Cup is over, the world has moved on and Tehran tyranny must reign?
It’s two weeks since Lionel Messi lifted the World Cup and a month since Iran – aka Team Melli – left Qatar after losing to the USA in their final group match. In the context of the continuing disaster in Iranian society and politics, the World Cup is an irrelevance....
Climate change is an ‘attractive’ problem that exposes societies to the siren song of technology pushers
The world is under growing pressure to find sustainable options to cut emissions or lessen the impacts of climate change. Technology entrepreneurs from around the globe claim to have the solutions – not just yet, but soon. The biotech sector in particular is now using climate change as an urgent...
Messi: The little lion Argentina hopes will unleash his ferocity on France and win the World Cup
Lionel Messi is desperate to win this World Cup – and as Argentinians, we all desperately want that, too. It has been amazing to watch his performances, his celebrations, the passion he is showing on the pitch. How he performed against Croatia in the semi-final on Tuesday was incredible. For...
America’s a house built on dynamite, so it has to deal with radicalisation if it’s going to function politically
All across the country, there are signs of a more radicalised American populace. It’s become impossible to ignore over the past few years. The US has witnessed an insurrection, the rise of QAnon, increasing anti-Semitism, attacks on the LGBTQ community, and more. While radicalism has risen to some degree in...
There’re no laws of nature, what we’ve are consistent maths theories that seem to match parts of nature
I was recently reading an old article by string theorist Robbert Dijkgraaf in Quanta Magazine entitled There are no laws of physics. You might think it a bit odd for a physicist to argue that there are no laws of physics but I agree with him. In fact, not only...
Covid fraud: Evidence from death certificates in Massachusetts suggest vaccines may have killed more people
Death certificates in Massachusetts, US, suggest high mortality may have been caused by Covid vaccines In this article, I highlight the work of independent investigator John Beaudoin Sr, who analysed nearly seven years of Massachusetts death certificates he obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Beaudoin’s findings demonstrate...
South African society is ‘criminogenic’, made worse by policing style that’s archaic in structure and texture
Rising levels of murder and robbery, gender-based violence, embedded organised crime and police corruption characterise South Africa’s crime crisis. Can the country’s system of policing and safety be fixed? And if so, how? Our continuing reference point for answers is the decade-old National Development Plan that advises on strengthening police...
Since military solution has failed in Somalia, sharing political power with al Shabaab is an option
In October 2022, Somalia’s capital Mogadishu suffered yet another massive suicidal attack. More than 100 people were killed. Hundreds more were wounded and thousands will have been traumatised by an attack claimed by the Somali insurgent group Al-Shabaab. The attack was carried out on the fifth anniversary of the most...
Paris Agreement doesn’t compel armies to report carbon emissions, now fuelled by Russian war in Ukraine
When the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) did approve the US and European intervention in Libya in 2011, it was for the protection of civilians from the security forces of that country’s autocrat, Muammar Gadhafi. That campaign, however, quickly turned into one aimed at toppling his government by assisting the...
Fighting on wrong planet: Response to Ukraine war is the standard by which we’re judging – things don’t look good
Washington’s vaunted “rules-based international order” has undergone a stress test following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and here’s the news so far: it hasn’t held up well. In fact, the disparate reactions to Vladimir Putin’s war have only highlighted stark global divisions, which reflect the unequal distribution of wealth and power....
