Europe Digs Up Fascism for Ukraine’s War Narrative
The dead do not return empty-handed when states dig them up for political use. They return carrying the ideologies, alliances...
The Widescale Abuse of Ukraine’s Children Under Ukrainian State Policy
A hard look at the abuse, neglect and exploitation faced by Ukrainian children during the war, and the role of...
War, Sovereignty and the Right to Resist: Reading the Iran Conflict from the Global South
The war on Iran exposes the asymmetry of the international order. The United States and Israel bomb Iran and assassinate...
Why Israel and the West Cannot Destroy Iran
The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was intended to destroy the Islamic Republic, yet Iran’s revolutionary foundations and political continuity...
China’s Carbon Strategy Is Not the Problem. Western Narratives About It Are.
China’s decarbonisation strategy is widely misrepresented in Western reporting. This op-ed examines historical emissions, per-capita carbon footprints and the geopolitical...
Proxy War in Plain Sight: Ukraine, NATO and the Borderlands of the Information War
By Gillian Schutte In Western capitals the war in Ukraine is still presented through a moral tableau that leaves little...
International Law and the Monstrous Exceptionalism of Empire
The war on Iran has reopened urgent questions about Empire, sovereignty and the limits of international law. The bombing of...
Smearing Justice: Marianne Thamm’s Crusade Against Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane vs What He Actually Said.
Gillian Schutte exposes how Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm distorted Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane SC’s closing argument at the Mbenenge Tribunal.
Reclaiming the United Nations from Western Decline.
By Gillian Schutte In 2025, on the eve of the United Nations’ 80th anniversary, a growing chorus of Western voices...
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THE TEMPLE TANTRUMERS
A temple tantrumer is someone whose conscience refuses to remain a spectator to injustice. The expression comes from the biblical...
Sies, DA! South Africa’s Municipal Services Are Not a Corporate Cash Cow
As South Africa approaches the November 2026 local government elections, the DA is pushing private-sector participation in municipal services as...