Extremely important and timely article in openDemocracy by Niamh Ní Bhriain. Anyone demanding the EU pumps Ukraine full of lethal weapons should read it carefully. It is not as simple as you think. No to Russia's war, no to escalation, no to EU militarism. opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/…

When we listen to the ways in which war, violence, & death are justified by modern/colonial discourses (racial, European/non-European, civilized/uncivilized), it becomes an ethical and political responsibility to point them out, independent of who expresses these discourses.

Some good news after long, hard battles: Ecuador's Constitutional Court has ruled that Indigenous peoples have the right to decide over oil and mining projects in the Ecuadorian Amazon opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaa… via openDemocracy

He said Britons were more used to seeing conflict in Africa and Asia. “It's very alien to see this in Europe. We are all behind you”, he said. jezebel.com/prince-william…

"Are we your slaves to follow your orders?", Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan rails against the EU's demand for Pakistan to condemn Russia:

This should be in all history classes over the world to show how far some cultures will go to get what others have to date.

I feel like most people calling for #NoFlyZone don't understand what it means.

Western democracy in free fall in real time! The end of the global internet is here. Are these people still in touch with reality?

The end of safe and open the internet. We are now all forced to end up like westerners who only see the world in left /right or driven to accept certain views & not allowed to question or think independently. Never thought end will come this fast!

Nepeti Nicanor we can always make use of Russian search engines instead. those in search of unfiltered news will find a way. we're just as smart.

I love this terminology!😂🤣 Thanks for educating me nowele. Its now in my vocabulary. Very apt indeed.

2) "You cannot have unquestioning acceptance of the wealthy AND democracy. You can't treat everyone the same before the law AND give rich people anything they want, because rich people want to have immunity from the law. Do you want democracy, or do you want to be a Butler?"

#istandwithrussia

Let's be clear what happened here: 1) Everyone with half a clue about offsets said this was a bad idea right from the start. 2) Lots of very smart people then had to sink a lot of time into trying to push back or at least make it less bad. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exposed: How McDonald’s uses a circular paper transaction to dodge £295 million in tax. 📺 Watch this 👇👇 to find out how McDonald’s did it. #McTax 1/3

Now u are talking, how about dealing with Regulators that are breaking down small firms to advantage big firms. The ⁦CompComSA⁩ need to evaluate the conduct of ⁦@FSCA_ZA⁩ , ⁦ICASA⁩ , ⁦SA Reserve Bank⁩, Prudential Authority, etc news24.com/fin24/companie…

Mr. GBỌLIO Onye Nkuzi Aljazeera & unbiased in the same sentence? I watch both CNN & Aljazeera, they're both biased. Even the BBC. Each with its own agenda.

Totalitarianism In Tribal Europe Worries Mali Govt: Africa is emerging frm this"darkness"while UK and Europe are returning to it: "The Malians decided2shut down RFI&France 24. The Europeans set a bad example by banning Russian media. African analysts warned about the boomerang."