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Andrew Mitrovica

Andrew Mitrovica

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The defence of Elon Musk’s salute is a symptom of a much deeper problem

The defence of Elon Musk’s salute is a symptom of a much deeper problem

There is a renewed attempt in the US, Europe and beyond to minimise and sanitise the horrors of Nazism. 

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Four words that bear significance to the happy news of a Gaza ceasefire

Four words that bear significance to the happy news of a Gaza ceasefire

Relief. Gratitude. Acknowledge. Shame.

16.01.2025 60

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I believe Donald Trump

I believe Donald Trump

When the US president-elect threatens Greenland, Panama and my country, Canada, I don’t think he’s joking.

12.01.2025 10

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Good riddance, Justin Trudeau

Good riddance, Justin Trudeau

Watching Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announce that he was quitting on a chilly Monday morning in Ottawa, I was reminded of the moment...

07.01.2025 60

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Where I find hope amid the hurt and heartache

Where I find hope amid the hurt and heartache

This is the season of renewal. One year ends. Another begins. At the turn of the calendar, it is customary for columnists like me to make...

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The pope is right about Israel and Gaza. This is cruelty, not war

Pope Francis is a paradoxical figure. Despite leading a church with a long, egregious history of being synonymous with strife, injustice and abuse,...

31.12.2024 70

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Global elites – wanted or not – have a lot in common

Who knew that beyond being a homicidal dictator – is there any other kind – Bashar al-Assad also happens to be a comedian. The world’s most...

20.12.2024 80

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Syria’s gangster couple is on the lam

True to his cunning nature, the wanted bandit likely fled at night. Bashar al-Assad, reportedly with his wife and three adult children in tow, made...

12.12.2024 30

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No, President Yoon’s attempted coup was not a desperate act of nostalgia

As always, the conventional wisdom is wrong. In the aftermath of the jarring events that rattled South Korea earlier this week, the instant...

07.12.2024 6

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Papa Biden is a liar, and American justice is a lie

Papa Joe Biden is a blatant liar and the embodiment of a perverse lie that sustains America’s phantom democracy. Only the familiar stable of...

05.12.2024 40

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Loving it: Populist on populist violence

I don’t know about you, but, recently, I have enjoyed watching an entertaining spasm of populist-on-populist violence. Perhaps “violence” is...

01.12.2024 2

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Donald Trump’s motley cabinet is getting a bum and a dumb rap

You know America is circling the drain when a minor TV sitcom personality and D-list comedian-turned-podcast host is considered a formidable...

26.11.2024 20

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On genocide, Trump will be no different from Biden

If a Pulitzer Prize was handed out for the (unintentionally) funniest, stitch-inducing headline drafted by a “major” news organisation in 2024,...

19.11.2024 5

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Biden can still save what remains of Gaza, and his sorry legacy

After they lose, retire, or get pushed out, politicians tend, it is said, to become preoccupied with their legacies. This cliché may be true since...

11.11.2024 70

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Enlightened Americans must now rise up and resist

This is clear: Much of America has voted for a fascist. If that short, blunt opening offends your delicate sensibilities, then you, dear reader,...

06.11.2024 90

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No, US voters, you don’t need to choose between Harris and Trump

The world, we are told, is on the eve of witnessing the most consequential US presidential election since witnessing the last most consequential US...

29.10.2024 1

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Greta Thunberg – still making all the right enemies

Greta Thunberg makes all the right enemies. Thunberg likely understood that from the moment the then-15- year-old Swedish schoolgirl embarked on...

23.10.2024 100

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Justin Trudeau is a nauseating hypocrite

You know it’s bound to be serious when one politician holds a news conference and orders two other politicians to stand slightly behind him like...

18.10.2024 2

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Canada’s shame

Kamal Tabaja and his two younger brothers and three sisters meet online every day to comfort one another. Together, they are grieving the sudden,...

08.10.2024 8

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The peace appeals of Israel’s Western enablers are a cynical charade

You cannot negotiate a ceasefire, let alone peace, with a man who prefers to wage war. That is the conundrum facing a host of suddenly fretting...

28.09.2024 3

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The ‘brilliant’ way Israel kills innocents

By now, save her family and friends, the short life and dreadful death of 10-year-old Fatima Abdallah Jaafar will likely have been forgotten. But...

25.09.2024 40

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