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Feudalism

Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth (2003)

Throughout the ages there has prevailed a distressing symbiosis between religion and violence. The histories of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam are heavily laced with internecine vendettas, inquisitions, and wars. Again and again, religionists have claimed a divine mandate to terrorize and massacre heretics, infidels, and other sinners. Some people…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Seed Vault

For Indigenous people, seeds are more than food

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the concept of seed preservation as well as more than a half-century of plastic accumulation.(Sködt McNalty/CBC)Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Solar Storm

Deutsche Bank: Supervolcano Eruption or Worse-Than-COVID Plague Will Likely Hit Us Over 10 Years

The risks report by a major bank has predicted at least four biblical-like cataclysms that may befall our planet, with the fallout likely to be worse than the continuing coronavirus healthcare crisis.There is a high probability that a major disaster could strike the world within the next 10 years, new…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Stalingrad

China charges two Canadians with spying in retaliation for arrest of Huawei executive

China has formally charged two Canadians with spying, officials said on Friday, more than 18 months after they were arrested in a spat between Beijing and Ottawa.The pair were detained shortly after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on a US warrant, in what is widely believed to…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Hiroshima

Why America Would Have Done Anything To Avoid An Invasion Of Japan

Click here to read the full article.Here's What You Need To Remember: Some argue that Truman was haunted by estimates that Operation Downfall -- the proposed invasion of Japan in 1945 -- would cost a million American casualties.One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman's decision to…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Holocaust

Colonial discourses are stifling free speech in Germany

In late March, the organisers of Ruhrtriennale, an annual music and arts festival that takes place in the Ruhr area of Germany, announced that the Cameroonian philosopher and post-colonial theorist, Achille Mbembe, would be delivering the keynote address at this year's event. Mbembe, a professor at the University of the…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Kashmir

China and India Increase Mutual Violence

Tensions have risen sharply on the China-India border. The two countries – which have the largest populations and the largest armies in the world, as well as nuclear weapons – started a recent conflict in the Himalayas, causing the death of dozens of people, recovering the scene of violence experienced…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Christchurch

Unarmed NZ police officer shot dead in Auckland

Updated / Friday, 19 Jun 2020 14:32 Police are still searching for two suspects after the fatal shooting of an officer in Auckland An unarmed New Zealand police officer has been shot dead on an Auckland street, the force's first death in the line of duty for more than a…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Clearview

Technology firms come under scrutiny for ties to law enforcement

Tech giants Amazon, Microsoft and IBM all recently agreed to halt sales of their respective facial-recognition technologies to US law enforcement agencies during the second week of June 2020, despite privacy campaigners raising concerns about its use for several years. But why now? In an open letter to the US…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Gulag

Free Speech is Under Full Assault

Increasingly, we see people holding unpopular views being attacked and refused a forum in which to speak. Through the threat of force and censorship to control people's speech, free speech is under full assault. History is replete with others using similar tactics. As in the times before the Nazi rise…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth (2003)

For Indigenous people, seeds are more than food

Deutsche Bank: Supervolcano Eruption or Worse-Than-COVID Plague Will Likely Hit Us Over 10 Years

China charges two Canadians with spying in retaliation for arrest of Huawei executive

Why America Would Have Done Anything To Avoid An Invasion Of Japan

Colonial discourses are stifling free speech in Germany

China and India Increase Mutual Violence

Unarmed NZ police officer shot dead in Auckland

Technology firms come under scrutiny for ties to law enforcement

Free Speech is Under Full Assault

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