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Pro-Palestine protests: Student demands for divestment are not new

These demands are built on a decades-long foundation constructed by an international solidarity movement in support of Palestinian liberation.

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Explainer / Israel's Rafah invasion, rejection of the Hamas ceasefire deal, and US role

Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire, while Israel wants a temporary truce.

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Horrors of the Gaza genocide: Through a survivor’s eyes

This is an eye-witness account, the story of a Palestinian in Gaza, a human being, a 24-year-old medical student, his real human life of love and loss, and a human testimony of war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli government and the military in the deadliest campaign of bombings and mass killings in recent history.

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Israel’s diversionary attack on Iran has set off a new security crisis in West Asia

Netanyahu is unlikely to favour such a ceasefire since his unpopularity would lead to his overthrow, the revival of criminal cases against him, and his possible incarceration.

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Decolonising academia beyond the metaphor

Decolonial pedagogy and thinking is a fundamental part of the movement for imagining an alternative future.

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US aid to Israel: Twenty-three billion dollars to slaughter women and children

The US has decided to generously reward Israel $1 billion per thousand women and children that Israel has killed in the Gaza Strip.

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How a war in the Middle East could impact South Asia

The impact of a widening of the Gaza war would be especially severe for South Asian nations

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Diving In-depth / Israel-Iran: Hell on earth

The US’ need for a highly measured, or even lack of response from Israel cannot be overstated. 

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Reject competition, embrace collaboration

There is untapped potential for Bangladesh to leverage Vietnam's strengths and accelerate its economic development.

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The paradoxes of US aid in Gaza

The world has been more interested in providing humanitarian aid rather than stopping the war

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Mexico’s historic 2024 election campaign enters the final stretch

It's almost certain that a woman will be elected president for the first time in Mexico.

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Economics is irredeemably sexist

Economics has an intractable “women problem.”

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Why China won’t fight the Houthis

The current turmoil in the Middle East is not bad news for China.

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Will the US and UK's support for Israel backfire?

There are growing signs of substantial public disaffection in these two nations which have been conspicuous in refusing to take Israel to task for its slaughter.

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Backing Israel’s genocide: Not just the US

The recent development has been seen as a distinct escalation of India’s support for Israel.

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Why war is not good for the US economy

In recent years, the Pentagon budget has approached its highest level since World War II: $886 billion and counting.

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Could this be the year of Japan’s first female Prime Minister?

In Japan, a country with a conspicuous gender gap, a political breakthrough could happen this year.

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Why would Aaron Bushnell do something this extreme?

The fire that killed Airman Bushnell was simply the collateral damage of the ongoing conflagration in Palestine

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