Accurately and precisely defining a problem is the first step to solving it. What that means is not having a precise and accurate definition is the best way for malicious actors to prevent them from being solved. And I think that's exactly why we don't have a good term for the group of countries that are responsible for the most evil in the world today.
In life, either you win, or you get something to work on and we, here in Milton Ontario, have a lot of work to do.
In Zohran Mamdani's remarkable speech on the 24th of October 2025 the candidate for the mayor of New York city brought to bear the rigour of his academic father to understand and define a pressing problem and the artistry of his filmmaker mother to, in less than 10 minutes, communicate it.1 Which is not only the reality of Islamophobia...
It is surprising how little has changed in the world's first livestreamed genocide despite the loud proclamations of 'ceasefires' on the 10th of October 20251 and a 'peace summit' on the 13th2.
I saw a video of a Palestinian man released from Israeli torture who found out that his family had been murdered by Israel. He was besides himself with grief; the small little gift he had made for his daughter now useless.1
Let us talk about the civilians murdered on the 7th of October 2023. Civilians such as Awni El-Dous.
The history of West Asia after WWI is not complicated. It's a very straightforward story...
I have been wearing a kuffiyeh or a free Palestine scarf since the early days of 2024, back when they were hard to find. What makes me angry is that I am still one of the only ones that does so in my area.
The fight for the liberation of all Palestinians in all of Palestine has seen some major victories lately
So there's a Canadian petition collecting signatures called e-6662 and it's the first link on my bio. It calls for the Canadian government to cut ties with Israel in concrete ways. The fact this is sponsored by a Liberal Member of Parliament is a big deal and I'll get into why.1