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...Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations of 1945 (a universally binding treaty) affirms equal sovereignty of all states regardless of religious belief, and prohibits the acquisition of territory through aggressive war. While these principles have been violated by the major powers – recent examples include the US/UK invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the Russian invasion...

...by a few, as humanity, we do need to guard against vilifying entire nations and cultures as representatives of the terrorist. If not, we run the risk of entrenching a cycle of discrimination that works to further the radical political agendas of terrorist groups.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...seek to perpetrate violence. By portraying the issue as an all-encompassing global Islamist threat, the international community fails to engage with the underlying structural issues of governance that produce these groups and escalate the threats in places like Mali.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...and sold. It’s not a fashion statement or an advertising campaign. These companies aren’t doing anything to help trans people or trans communities. What they are doing is making money, and until that money is all going to the people that need it, there’s nothing liberating about it. This article was originally published on OpenDemocracy.net under a CC-BY-NC licence...