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Category: Politics

Arming abusive regimes and glamorising death

Don’t worry about post-Brexit GDP. Just double UK arms exports. Continue reading Arming abusive regimes and glamorising death

Posted on October 8, 2019September 17, 2019Categories PoliticsTags armaments, arms fair, UKLeave a comment on Arming abusive regimes and glamorising death

Kashmir – a country where only fiction can be true

Nearly two billion people – a quarter of the world’s population – live in regions of extremely high water stress. Continue reading Kashmir – a country where only fiction can be true

Posted on August 13, 2019August 8, 2019Categories Climate change, PoliticsTags Arundhati Roy, climate crisis, Kashmir, water stress1 Comment on Kashmir – a country where only fiction can be true

We, the nuclear hostages

Ever since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, people have known that nuclear weapons are morally wrong. Continue reading We, the nuclear hostages

Posted on August 6, 2019August 2, 2019Categories PoliticsTags Carl Sagan, disarmament, nuclear weaponsLeave a comment on We, the nuclear hostages

Cynicism rules while dappled things vanish

It’s our loss. Continue reading Cynicism rules while dappled things vanish

Posted on August 2, 2019July 25, 2019Categories Climate change, PoliticsTags climate crisis, fossil fuels, Hopkins, pied beauty1 Comment on Cynicism rules while dappled things vanish

Iran is not the problem

U.S. military spending rose 4.6% in 2018 to reach $649 billion, making it by far the world’s biggest investor in death. Continue reading Iran is not the problem

Posted on July 30, 2019July 29, 2019Categories PoliticsTags Iran, nuclear armaments, US militaryLeave a comment on Iran is not the problem

Alphabet soup

The Kazakh language comes in three shapes: Arabic, Cyrillic, and Latin. Continue reading Alphabet soup

Posted on July 23, 2019July 15, 2019Categories PoliticsTags Kazakhstan, language, scriptLeave a comment on Alphabet soup

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