Look I'm not a TWAIL scholar per se but what if "civilizational" is some kind of code? Has this been written about?
February 14, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Look I'm not a TWAIL scholar per se but what if "civilizational" is some kind of code? Has this been written about?
Actually existing socialism:
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Actually existing socialism:
Malinowski concedes NJ-11, and warns of AIPAC:
"our Democratic Party should have nothing to do with a pro-Trump-billionaire-funded organization that demands absolute fealty"
"our Democratic Party should have nothing to do with a pro-Trump-billionaire-funded organization that demands absolute fealty"
February 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Malinowski concedes NJ-11, and warns of AIPAC:
"our Democratic Party should have nothing to do with a pro-Trump-billionaire-funded organization that demands absolute fealty"
"our Democratic Party should have nothing to do with a pro-Trump-billionaire-funded organization that demands absolute fealty"
"An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Rümeysa Öztürk"
"The sole basis authorities provided for revoking her visa was an editorial she co-authored in Tufts’ student newspaper . criticizing her school’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza."
"The sole basis authorities provided for revoking her visa was an editorial she co-authored in Tufts’ student newspaper . criticizing her school’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza."
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
"An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Rümeysa Öztürk"
"The sole basis authorities provided for revoking her visa was an editorial she co-authored in Tufts’ student newspaper . criticizing her school’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza."
"The sole basis authorities provided for revoking her visa was an editorial she co-authored in Tufts’ student newspaper . criticizing her school’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza."
"Governments need to follow the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, international humanitarian law and human rights law." — Ms. Rachel
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
"Governments need to follow the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, international humanitarian law and human rights law." — Ms. Rachel
“Google’s Gemini AI technology was being used by Israel’s defense apparatus at a time that the company was publicly distancing itself from the country’s military after employee protests over a contract with Israel’s government”
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“Google’s Gemini AI technology was being used by Israel’s defense apparatus at a time that the company was publicly distancing itself from the country’s military after employee protests over a contract with Israel’s government”
Old enough to remember when conservatives had some self-respect
January 31, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Old enough to remember when conservatives had some self-respect
Actually existing democratic socialism:
January 29, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Actually existing democratic socialism:
"The IDF has accepted the estimate of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that approximately 70,000 Palestinians were killed during the Israel-Gaza war, noting that the number does not include missing residents who are potentially buried under rubble."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"The IDF has accepted the estimate of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that approximately 70,000 Palestinians were killed during the Israel-Gaza war, noting that the number does not include missing residents who are potentially buried under rubble."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has referred Italy’s failure to arrest and surrender Almasri Njeem to the Assembly of States Parties.
Frankly, I don't think Italy left the Court much of a choice.
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
Frankly, I don't think Italy left the Court much of a choice.
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has referred Italy’s failure to arrest and surrender Almasri Njeem to the Assembly of States Parties.
Frankly, I don't think Italy left the Court much of a choice.
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
Frankly, I don't think Italy left the Court much of a choice.
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
David Guttenfelder | New York Times
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 AM
David Guttenfelder | New York Times
In ICJ news:
Imho the Gambia's expert witness (Professor Michael Newton) was devastating and Myanmar's cross-examination was a disaster. We'll see if the Court agrees.
Imho the Gambia's expert witness (Professor Michael Newton) was devastating and Myanmar's cross-examination was a disaster. We'll see if the Court agrees.
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
In ICJ news:
Imho the Gambia's expert witness (Professor Michael Newton) was devastating and Myanmar's cross-examination was a disaster. We'll see if the Court agrees.
Imho the Gambia's expert witness (Professor Michael Newton) was devastating and Myanmar's cross-examination was a disaster. We'll see if the Court agrees.
Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, will join Trump's Board of Peace.
This was the worst case scenario when the UN Security Council authorized this travesty. Sickening.
This was the worst case scenario when the UN Security Council authorized this travesty. Sickening.
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, will join Trump's Board of Peace.
This was the worst case scenario when the UN Security Council authorized this travesty. Sickening.
This was the worst case scenario when the UN Security Council authorized this travesty. Sickening.
Carney in Davos:
“I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint”
“Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint”
“Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Carney in Davos:
“I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint”
“Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint”
“Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
Since "Danish Resistance" is trending, I assume the youth are streaming Flammen & Citronen (2008).
Underrated film. Not quite The Battle of Algiers, or The Wind That Shakes the Barley, but somewhere among the best of the genre.
Underrated film. Not quite The Battle of Algiers, or The Wind That Shakes the Barley, but somewhere among the best of the genre.
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Since "Danish Resistance" is trending, I assume the youth are streaming Flammen & Citronen (2008).
Underrated film. Not quite The Battle of Algiers, or The Wind That Shakes the Barley, but somewhere among the best of the genre.
Underrated film. Not quite The Battle of Algiers, or The Wind That Shakes the Barley, but somewhere among the best of the genre.
"Ireland has been crystal clear that the future of Greenland is a matter to be determined by Denmark and by the Greenlandic people, in line with well-established democratic principles and international law."
"This is a position that will not change."
"This is a position that will not change."
January 18, 2026 at 12:43 PM
"Ireland has been crystal clear that the future of Greenland is a matter to be determined by Denmark and by the Greenlandic people, in line with well-established democratic principles and international law."
"This is a position that will not change."
"This is a position that will not change."
UN Human Rights Office:
“This is a particularly severe form of racial discrimination and segregation, that resembles the kind of apartheid system we have seen before.”
Report: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
“This is a particularly severe form of racial discrimination and segregation, that resembles the kind of apartheid system we have seen before.”
Report: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
UN Human Rights Office:
“This is a particularly severe form of racial discrimination and segregation, that resembles the kind of apartheid system we have seen before.”
Report: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
“This is a particularly severe form of racial discrimination and segregation, that resembles the kind of apartheid system we have seen before.”
Report: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Hope Brad wears the t-shirt again.
January 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Hope Brad wears the t-shirt again.
"Trump (and his administration) not only permanently violates International Law, but human dignity itself."
Chile's outgoing President. I'll miss him.
Chile's outgoing President. I'll miss him.
January 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
"Trump (and his administration) not only permanently violates International Law, but human dignity itself."
Chile's outgoing President. I'll miss him.
Chile's outgoing President. I'll miss him.