Mahir Ali

Lenin’s legacy

Lenin’s legacy

What’s left of the revolutionary a century after his demise? Published 17 Jan, 2024 07:32am
One of a kind

One of a kind

John Pilger will be a hard act to follow. Published 10 Jan, 2024 07:07am
Election year

Election year

Don’t count on a festival of democracy. Published 03 Jan, 2024 07:10am
Obliterating Gaza

Obliterating Gaza

IT took several days of diplomatic negotiations for the Security Council to come up with a sufficiently bland Gaza... Published 27 Dec, 2023 07:27am
Weasel words

Weasel words

COP28 was just another milestone on the highway to hell. Published 20 Dec, 2023 07:14am
A people’s poet

A people’s poet

Benjamin Zephaniah enlightened his audiences. Published 13 Dec, 2023 06:07am
Deadly diplomacy

Deadly diplomacy

Kissinger’s legacy is copiously laced with blood. Updated 06 Dec, 2023 09:05am
Scary monsters

Scary monsters

‘Take a sharp right’ is a growing poll trend. Published 29 Nov, 2023 07:12am
Phantom choices

Phantom choices

The JFK cover-up unleashed US distrust in government. Published 22 Nov, 2023 07:07am
If not now, when?

If not now, when?

The Gaza death toll is already multiple times the level of Hamas’s atrocities. Updated 15 Nov, 2023 09:30am
Reheated soufflé?

Reheated soufflé?

The world’s biggest pop band’s legacy did not require ‘closure’. Published 08 Nov, 2023 07:43am
Island in the sun

Island in the sun

Grenada briefly stood out as a shining example. Published 01 Nov, 2023 07:45am
Past is prelude

Past is prelude

The history of Israel and Palestine did not begin this month. Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:30am
The dispossessed

The dispossessed

Colonialism links Australia’s past to Israel’s present. Published 18 Oct, 2023 07:50am
Distant echoes

Distant echoes

Israelis should realise why resistance is inevitable. Published 11 Oct, 2023 06:56am
Open-ended conflict

Open-ended conflict

Even Pakistan has a cameo in the European war theatre. Published 04 Oct, 2023 08:07am
Age-old dilemmas

Age-old dilemmas

The US is a decrepit democracy in more than one way. Published 27 Sep, 2023 06:58am
Chinese whispers

Chinese whispers

There’s some cause for alarm, but China’s future is unwritten.
Published 20 Sep, 2023 05:17am
Silencing a songbird

Silencing a songbird

Two of Chile’s most beautiful voices died with its democracy, 50 years ago. Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:19am
Killing democracy

Killing democracy

The Chilean coup 50 years ago still resounds. Published 06 Sep, 2023 08:06am