Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in Asia

There was the Bollywood star in skin-tight lycra, the Bangladeshi politician filmed in a bikini and the young Pakistani woman snapped with a man. None was real, but all three images were credible enough to unleash lust, vitriol – and even allegedly a murder, underlining the sophistication of generative artificial intelligence, and the threats it […]

Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in Asia

Biological Warfare in Action — Chapter 2 — US Domestic Projects and Experiments

Biological Warfare in Action Biological Warfare in Action 2. Chapter 2 – US Domestic Projects and Experiments By Larry Romanoff DARPA Commits $65M to Brain Implant Program for Super Soldier Project. Source 2.1. Introduction 2.2. A Brief Summary 2.3. Project Listing and Description 2.4. Other Biological Tests 2.5. Some Notable “Experiments” 2.1. Introduction The Trinity Nulear Test. Source […]

Biological Warfare in Action — Chapter 2 — US Domestic Projects and Experiments

Watch Brian Cox read “If I Must Die” by murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer.

On December 7, the beloved Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Refaat Alareer was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and four of her children. In the week of mourning since, tributes to Alareer’s life, writing, mentorship, and activism have flooded in from around the world. Many […]

Watch Brian Cox read “If I Must Die” by murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer.

The anarchist Ruslan Siddiqui is charged with railway sabotage and attacking a military airfield

At the end of November, the anarchist Ruslan Siddiqui was arrested on suspicion of organising the derailment of a goods train in Ryazan province. On 2 December, the Dorogomilovsky district court in Moscow sent Ruslan to pre-trial detention. Acts of railway sabotage are now quite common in Russia. Partisans use these to block the delivery…

The anarchist Ruslan Siddiqui is charged with railway sabotage and attacking a military airfield

Israel and U.S. increasingly isolated as world’s nations unite to back ceasefire / by Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, and Wafaa Shurafa

A dog darts out of the way as a lone Israeli tank storms across Palestinian land in Gaza on Monday | AP Reposted from the People’s World RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP)—Israeli forces carried out strikes across Gaza overnight and into Tuesday as they pressed ahead with a war that officials say could go on for weeks […]

Israel and U.S. increasingly isolated as world’s nations unite to back ceasefire / by Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, and Wafaa Shurafa

Why I Am Anti-Capitalist: Escape The Rat Race Now

Anti-capitalist, not about being ‘lazy’ or ‘workshy’ or a ‘snowflake’,but about wanting more out of life than ‘give and take.’ We give them our time for money,running their production line,all the while they take the profit we made for them,claiming it as ‘mine.’ From their villa in Zanzibar, they pop open a bottle of champagne(for […]

Why I Am Anti-Capitalist: Escape The Rat Race Now

Beyond COP28: Plan E and the Entangled Security Approach

With this year’s COP once again failing to meet expectations for rapid transition to a post-fossil fuel future, surely a more effective and urgent approach is required? Elizabeth Boulton argues for a Plan E that would harness global cooperation to see off humanity’s common ‘hyperthreat’ of planetary breakdown.

Beyond COP28: Plan E and the Entangled Security Approach