Monthly Archives: June 2022

The utter uselessness of world churches: Western Christendom loses all credibility as Israeli theft of the Holy Land continues

WCC-logo Stuart Littlewood highlights the apparent indifference – words without deeds – of the World Council of Churches and church officials to the desperate calls of Palestinian Christians to save the Christian presence in the Israeli-occupied Holy Land. Read more [...]

Listen – Libya in chaos: What prospects are there for peace, democracy and stability?

Giuma Bukleb Mohamed El-Doufani* writes: Libyan Read more [...]

Listen: Social media as a weapon in the Syrian civil war

Amira Galal, a specialist in online harmful speech, discusses the role of social media in the Syrian civil war, from fake news and images disseminated by both the opposition groups and the government, to recruitment for the pro- and anti-government militias, to the promotion of sectarianism — the latter often hidden in the comments sections of social media postings. Read more [...]

Scottish Information Commissioner to investigate Edinburgh City Council over FOI failure on Gaza twinning petition

The office of the Scottish Information Read more [...]

Should the left support President Biden in Ukraine?

Lawrence Davidson highlights the historical and logical flaws in the arguments put forward by Matthew Duss, a leading figure on the American political left, urging "the left" to support President Biden's policy in Ukraine. Read more [...]

Listen: “The Iranian threat” – real or imagined?

Farhang Jahanpour Mohamed El-Doufani* writes Dr Read more [...]

Trailer: Five Minutes to Midnight – a new podcast covering current international issues

Guernica Mohamed El-Doufani* writes: Five Read more [...]