Submitted by Ruth on Mon, 07/21/2025 - 17:20
It’s now standard behaviour for far-right parties and governments to disregard Netanyahu's ongoing genocide and loudly declare their undying loyalty to Israel, alongside many nominally centrist peers. This is done even while pushing Soros conspiracies and promoting the neo-nazi ‘Great Replacement’ theory - according to which Jews are engaged in A Fiendish Plot to send Muslim and non-white immigrants to Europe to ‘replace’ white Europeans - as a policy base.
Submitted by Ruth on Sun, 06/15/2025 - 20:52
In a world awash with misinformation, conspiracy theories are often treated as harmless digital flatulence — absurd, viral, a bit unpleasant, sometimes amusing, but ultimately inconsequential. But from the forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion to QAnon and the Great Replacement theory, conspiracies have always been the Miracle-Gro of authoritarian politics: germinating paranoia, cultivating fear, and nourishing the toxic knotweeds of repression.
Submitted by Ruth on Wed, 06/11/2025 - 21:10
Protests are erupting across the United States. Sparked by mass ICE raids and aggressive, racist, immigration arrest quotas, the unrest has spread far beyond Los Angeles. But LA remains ground zero, where Trump’s crackdown has been the most militarized—and expensive. The deployment there alone, featuring the notorious 'War Dogs' Marine unit, has reportedly costing US taxpayers $134 million to date. With the president now threatening to expand the same tactics nationwide, the potential costs—in dollars and democracy—are staggering.
Submitted by Ruth on Sun, 01/26/2025 - 03:01
Syria's new leadership has said it will not extend the contract with Russia for the naval base in Tartus. The fate of the nearby Hmeimim air base is likely to be the same. Thus, the 54-year history of a permanent Soviet, and later Russian, presence is coming to an inglorious end.
