A collection of my writing about politics, security issues, climate change, and anything else I am overly opinionated about. You are forewarned, I am not a terribly optimistic person.
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How leftist pacifist positions are outdated and harmful in an age of increasing war A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of full scale war. While Ukraine has been fighting on the front lines in the war against russian barbarism for a decade now, Europe has rested with its head in the sand and refused…
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How the “Peacemakers” get the Russo-Ukrainian war wrong Behind the stories about the President Trump’s promises of peace (read, capitulation to Russia), demands for elections, Putin’s maximalist demands for a ceasefire, and Western failures to date to deliver adequate support, there lies another story of the war in Ukraine. Almost always overlooked by reporters and…
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Of late I have been listening to one song on repeat, and unable to shake the terrible feeling that its writers were far more prescient in their writing than I first realised. The song is Endarkenment, by British Extreme Metal band Anaal Nathrakh. The lyrics, thankfully released by the band as they would in parts…
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