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25/02/2025

After three punishing years of war, the Trump administration is preparing to reduce a ravaged country to the status of US protectorate.

After three punishing years of war, the Trump administration is preparing to reduce a ravaged country to the status of US protectorate.

24/02/2025

Donald Trump is often described as an imperialist and an expansionist and these terms are usually used interchangeably. Neither of these descriptions is meant to be flattering, but the larger problem is that they are imprecise.

Donald Trump is often described as an imperialist and an expansionist and these terms are usually used interchangeably. Neither of these descriptions is meant to be flattering, but the larger problem is that they are imprecise.

24/02/2025

The parallels between Na**sm and communism complicate the standard left–right divide.

The parallels between Na**sm and communism complicate the standard left–right divide.

24/02/2025

In this conversation, Jonathan Kay and Sean McMeekin explore the intricate connections between Christianity and communism, discussing how Christian thought influenced the development of communist ideology.

In this conversation, Jonathan Kay and Sean McMeekin explore the intricate connections between Christianity and communism, discussing how Christian thought i...

23/02/2025

Dr. Tanveer Ahmed, a Muslim psychiatrist working at Bankstown Hospital, discusses his recent Daily Telegraph article confronting anti-Semitism in healthcare following the scandal of nurses who were filmed claiming that they would harm Israeli patients in their care.

Dr. Tanveer Ahmed, a Muslim psychiatrist working at Bankstown Hospital, discusses his recent Daily Telegraph article confronting anti-Semitism in healthcare ...

22/02/2025

American voters did the opposite by rewarding Trump with re-election in 2024, argues Matt Johnson.⁠
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22/02/2025

Can fluoridation lower your IQ?



https://youtube.com/shorts/sXi1jg5KdA8

21/02/2025

America just switched sides in the Ukraine war.

America just switched sides in the Ukraine war.

21/02/2025

Is RFK Jr right? Can fluoridation of water cause IQ loss and a litany of other alleged health problems?



https://youtube.com/shorts/fI0WVRY_AjM

21/02/2025

On this day in 1848, Karl Marx published The Communist Manifesto, one of the most influential political texts in history, advocating for class struggle and the overthrow of capitalism.

Marx was an acute social analyst whose insights have appeared in novel places. Even conservative and pro-capitalist figures—from Max Weber to Joseph Schumpeter—have at times grudgingly conceded the accuracy of his analysis on many points of importance.

21/02/2025

Iona Italia reads Izabella Tabarovsky's essay on progressive anti-Zionism, the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred and the roots of modern-day anti-Zionist rhetoric and imagery in N**i and Soviet propaganda from the 1930s and earlier.

Iona Italia reads Izabella Tabarovsky's essay on progressive anti-Zionism, the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred and the roots of modern-day anti-Zionist r...

21/02/2025

Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots.

Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots.

20/02/2025

Did pre-colonial Australians create the first paintings?



https://youtube.com/shorts/YNOwKSkw3s4

20/02/2025

Activists on both sides have an incentive to keep Critical Race Theory undefined and ambiguous.

Activists on both sides have an incentive to keep Critical Race Theory undefined and ambiguous.

19/02/2025

"The supposition that we must do away with the idea of race entirely if we want to combat racism is a misconception. It confuses moral values with facts about the world and any good scientist—and Johann Blumenbach was a good scientist—needs to separate the two." - Coel Hellier

https://quillette.com/2024/03/13/johann-blumenbach-the-first-race-scientist/

19/02/2025

Can unearthed Indigenous Australian skeletons melt in the rain?



https://youtube.com/shorts/QPMYH8DIy_s

19/02/2025

On this day in 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, forcing 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps. Driven by wartime fear and racism, it was later condemned, with the U.S. issuing an apology and reparations in 1988.

Two forgotten films from 1942 about Japanese internment offer a window into the shameful nativism of wartime America.

19/02/2025

The Bankstown nurses will damage Australia's social fabric.

Listen to Quillette's Founder and Editor Claire Lehmann talk about this ongoing story of violent antisemites inside the NSW health system



https://youtube.com/shorts/KG70hovm4Vk