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BBC censored film on British Army killing child
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BBC censored film on British Army killing child
August 14, 2026

Downing Street persuaded Panorama to cut an exposé on the shooting of an unarmed boy in Derry in 1972, reports Anne Cadwallader.

Tyranny of transvestites in 16th-century Angola and nowadays in West
August 14, 2026

From 16th-century Angola’s nganga-ia – transvestite priests with unchecked power – to Brazil’s Supreme Court equating transphobia with racism, history echoes.

Tyranny of transvestites in 16th-century Angola and nowadays in West
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Tirania de travestis na Angola do século XVI e no Ocidente de hoje
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Tirania de travestis na Angola do século XVI e no Ocidente de hoje
August 13, 2026

No Reino do Congo, travestis eram autoridades sagradas e intocáveis. Hoje, STF equipara transfobia a racismo e persegue críticos.

Cuba Is not Venezuela: sovereignty in the shadow of U.S. empire
August 13, 2026

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) recently issued a memo which states: Cuba is not Venezuela. What does that mean? “The same people who keep ’57 Chevrolets on the road with a coat hanger will wreak havoc against a foreign-imposed regime.”

Cuba Is not Venezuela: sovereignty in the shadow of U.S. empire
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Trump adds to long history of U.S. abuse of Cuba
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Trump adds to long history of U.S. abuse of Cuba
August 12, 2026

For over a century, U.S. officials have regarded Cuba as a plantation to exploit, rival to defeat, or dissenting voice to silence, never shedding their colonial outlook, writes Jonathan Ng.

Unhappy anniversary
August 11, 2026

This month marks 55 years since President Richard Nixon closed the “gold window,” severing the last link between the US dollar and gold. Under the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement, foreign countries pegged their currencies to the US dollar, which was then pegged to a fixed value of gold. Foreign countries could exchange their dollars for gold at a rate of 35 dollars per ounce.

Unhappy anniversary
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79° Locarno Film Festival una cinematografia al servizio della bellicosità dell’Occidente
Italiano
79° Locarno Film Festival una cinematografia al servizio della bellicosità dell’Occidente
August 11, 2026

Da luogo di dialogo a strumento geopolitico: il cinema occidentale tra esclusioni e narrazioni di guerra

A critical history of the European Common Defense Project: The illusion of continental integration
August 9, 2026

The EU cannot pursue a common defense not because it lacks the courage, but because its very institutional structure is designed to prevent the emergence of a unified will regarding the use of force.

A critical history of the European Common Defense Project: The illusion of continental integration
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