How much is too much? What does proportion or a proportionate response entail; especially in the name of justice? There was once a time which now seems just an illusion that dialogue was always a better option than an eye for an eye solution. And this is not just about sieges and man-made...
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Opinion: Wretched Humanity
Ashen faces of children not opening their once sparkle-filled eyes, ashen faces of mothers who have lost their babies, fathers desperately digging to find life underneath the rubble. Only to find muffled screams, lifeless bodies passing on, leaving hell in the hopes to find heaven? A land they might hopefully finally call home, where...
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Opinion: Decolonizing Empathy
They fear love because it creates a world they can’t control. George Orwell, 1984 Power has always been an enforcer of fear, hate, division, polarization in order to control. The narrative has always been about us versus them. With the influx of information, spiced with dis-info, mis-info, propaganda and linguistic manipulation across mass media, the cacophonic...
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Opinion: On the Systematic Poisoning of Public Channels of Information
Shock waves reverberated all around the globe on October 7th, 2023 when an occupied, colonized and oppressed people living in the largest open air ghetto rose in rebellion. There is no going around it. Indeed, there can never ever be justification for taking lives! That said, it is also true that oppression begets...
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On Media, Citizen Engagement & Alternate Digital Social Spaces
The digital realm has played a pivotal role in how we create, interact with and amplify the written word. From Gutenberg to computers and the Internet, each has been instrumental in not just building pathways to knowledge, enabling the reader to think and be informed, much to the dismay of the powers that be. It...
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Step Out of Line, Ladies!
In 1873, a 273-meter long suffrage petition was presented to the New Zealand Parliament that not just led to the sanctioning of voting power of women, becoming an inspiration for suffragists globally it eventually led to the appointment of Jacinda Ardern (not the first female PM), one of the countrys most successful and the...
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Data The Genetic Code of Empowerment
It is almost curtain time for the year 2019. Another decade is coming to a close showcasing numerous breakthroughs that have improved lives of many. The driving force behind this progressive change has undoubtedly been the deluge of information reaching every nook and corner of the world at the speed of light. While many would...