Biotechnology - Uranium - Zelensky - Ukraine

 

A World of Impunity with a Reflection of What Happens “When the World Sleeps,” Francesca Albanese By Peter Koenig When the World Sleeps, a book (256 pages), was published by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Gaza, in April 2026. It is a personal and political account of Palestine that combines ten human stories with Francesca’s own reflections as a UN special rapporteur. Read here

You Can’t Patent a Trench: The Real Biotechnology the Green Revolution Forgot By Colin Todhunter We are currently trapped in a cycle of reductionist patching, a direct legacy of the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution promoted irrigation-intensive cultivation and encouraged cropping patterns that dramatically increased groundwater extraction, particularly in regions where rice displaced more water-efficient local systems. Read here

The Emir Who Knew How to Leave. A Tribute to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani By Laala Bechetoula When I moved to Doha in 2008, I found a country that behaved like a permanent construction site. Cranes crowded the skyline. Roads were being cut through the desert, ports enlarged, universities opened and institutions raised almost from nothing. At the centre of this transformation stood one man: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir, who died on Sunday at the age of 74. Read here

“Uranium Diets,” Sale of Australian Uranium to India: Nuclear Energy, Modi in Melbourne By Dr. Binoy Kampmark On July 9, Australian and Indian governments minted an administrative arrangement permitting the sale of Australian uranium to an ever energy hungry India. The Australia-India Joint Statement on Energy Security confirmed the finalisation of such arrangements “necessary to enable the export of Australian uranium to India for exclusively peaceful purposes and under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, as provided for under the Australia-Indian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (2015).” Read here

Wealth as Power: A Philosophical Critique of Patronage, Capital, and the Attention Economy By Prof. Ruel F. Pepa The relationship between wealth and power has long occupied a central place in philosophical inquiry, particularly within traditions concerned with domination, dependence, and human flourishing. At the heart of this inquiry is a fundamental question: how does the uneven accumulation of resources alter the texture of human freedom? Read here

The U.S. is Now Providing the “Patriot” Air Defense System License to Zelensky Neo-Nazi Government. Inevitable Failures, Profit? By Drago Bosnic The US military fired at least 800 “Patriot” interceptors and still failed miserably against regular Iranian ballistic missiles. The high command in Tehran even stated that the vast majority of those were older weapons (in other words, 60-year-old Soviet-era ballistic missile technology equivalent to the previously mentioned “Scud”). Read here

Who Started the War in Ukraine? U.S. Sponsored 2014 EuroMaidan Coup d’Etat in Support of Two Nazi Parties By Prof Michel Chossudovsky The smoking gun: who started the war? Was it Russia or US-NATO? The answer comes from the horse’s mouth. NATO started the war in 2014, following the US-sponsored 2014 coup d’etat. Read here