We must not let the memory and value of solidarity with refugees be erased
Ten years ago, I watched the residents of Lesbos welcome refugees. Now the public narrative says this was a mistake.
Category Archives: Opinions
Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking
A BBC documentary on security forces killing protesters ignited a firestorm in Kenya - but not for what it revealed.
This May Day, workers unite to make big polluters pay for climate damage
Pushed to the brink by heat and injustice, South Asia’s workers demand reparations from fossil fuel corporations.
From Gaza to Vietnam, what is the value of a photo?
Two maimed children, two iconic images - and no end to barbarity in sight.
I was forced to burn my books to survive in Gaza
I was raised to love books. I never thought I would have to feed them to a fire so I could have a meagre meal.
A protective force must be deployed to occupied Palestine
States have the duty to stop genocide. Sending a peacekeeping force to Gaza and the West Bank would fulfil it.
In Yemen, we comfort ourselves, thinking: It is not as bad as Gaza
As US strikes are sowing death across Yemen, the world is once again ignoring our suffering.
USAID and the pacification industry in Palestine
Like other forms of US assistance, USAID was all about normalising the colonisation of Palestine.
India’s Waqf Amendment Act: Who needs bulldozers when you have bureaucrats?
These days the Indian state is appropriating Muslim property not through violence, but paperwork.
The great collapse of US higher education has begun
Budget cuts, culture wars and enrolment crashes are pushing American universities off the edge.
In Canada, genocide is on the ballot
If Mark Carney wants to win, he must not repeat Kamala Harris’s fatal mistake on Gaza.
Gaza is burning. UK NGOs must abandon failed diplomacy and fight back
Only legal action, protests and public pressure - not meetings - will push Britain to end its complicity in genocide.
Away from the global spotlight, Eritreans are trapped in a garrison state
The world must act to end Isaias Afwerki’s reign of perpetual war.
Before he died, Pope Francis called for peace in Gaza. Will anyone listen?
Amid international indifference to the continuing genocide, the pope used his last address to call for a ceasefire.
Trump risks leaving behind a legacy of failure in Ukraine
If the US president does not change his strategy, he will fail as a peacemaker and an ally.
The Hawaii of Israel: How Trump legitimised a longstanding Israeli vision
Israel has long envisoned the transfer of Gaza's Palestinians. Now this dangerous idea has gained legitimacy.
Gaza had educational justice. Now the genocide has wiped that out, too
For the first time in many years, education in Gaza is only accessible to the well-to-do.
Military courts: The front line of Uganda’s war on dissent
Used to prosecuting civilians, Uganda’s military courts help entrench repression ahead of the 2026 elections.
Faux feminism has left the planet
As the planet burns and women struggle to survive, a billionaire’s fiancee claims inspiration from the edge of space.
Can Trump legally deport US citizens to El Salvador prisons?
Proposal to deport criminals who are US citizens could test the limits of the US Constitution, experts say.