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The Guardian view on Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague: a warning to rogue leaders | Editorial
Published: March 11, 2025 18:40
The extradition of the former president of the Philippines on an ICC warrant is an affirmation of the principles of international justiceAfter his arrest on an international criminal court (ICC) warrant on Tuesday, the former president of the Philippines,…
Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy | Moustafa Bayoumi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/mahmoud-khalil-arrest-ice-columbia
Published: March 11, 2025 15:30
The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due processForced disappearance, kidnapping, political imprisonment, take your pick. These terms all describe what has happened under the Trump…
As doctors, we review morbidity and mortality regularly – but we need a better way of respecting the patient voice | Ranjana Srivastava
Published: March 11, 2025 14:00
The object of M&Ms, as they’re called, is to untangle medical errors in a safe space. But to exclude the patient experience is to do them a disserviceWhen my friend suggests dinner, I beg off.“Finishing M&M, not in the mood,” I explain with a sad emoji.…
I’m a transgender veteran. Trump’s military order is reckless and dangerous | Alleria Stanley
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/transgender-military-ban-trump
Published: March 11, 2025 14:00
Trans people are twice as likely as US adults overall to serve in the armed forces. But we’re regularly told our careers and lives aren’t worth savingLate last month, the Trump administration moved to fire transgender people serving in the armed…
The Nigel Farage v Rupert Lowe prize fight is getting ugly. Has Reform reached its breaking point? | Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/reform-uk-nigel-farage-v-rupert-lowe
Published: March 11, 2025 13:53
It’s great for those who enjoy a punch-up on the right, but as the zealots duke it out, think of the voters who trusted themHow soon before one of Reform’s MPs starts touting himself as the reform Reform candidate? A negative amount of time, it seems, with…
‘Country first, party second,’ says Starmer. So why menace Labour members who actually believe that? | Polly Toynbee
Published: March 11, 2025 12:00
Two party activists in Sussex who worked with the Lib Dems last year to kick out the Tories have been expelled. This is horribly short-sightedOn a picturesque bridge beside Harvey’s brewery in Lewes, Steve Coogan, local resident and lifelong Labour man,…
If disaster strikes, will there be enough to eat? Britain should be prepared – but it isn’t | Tim Lang
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/disaster-enough-to-eat-britain-prepared
Published: March 11, 2025 11:00
Other countries are moving fast to inform and prepare their citizens about emergency resilience. The times demand no less“Keep calm and carry on.” We all know that famous second world war poster, don’t we? But it’s illusory: the poster was never publicly…
As Jews celebrate Purim, let us end the slaughter in Gaza committed in our name | Peter Beinart
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/jews-gaza-palestine-israel-purim
Published: March 11, 2025 10:00
Our refusal to reckon with the dark side of Purim reflects a refusal to reckon with the dark side of ourselvesLater this month, on the holiday of Purim, Jewish people will dress in silly costumes, eat triangular pastries, and listen to an ancient story…
With US leadership and European support we Ukrainians may at last have peace. But don’t let Russia off the hook | Andriy Yermak
Published: March 11, 2025 09:29
Today’s Jeddah summit will be crucial. But so too is the need for European unity to counter Russian aggression now, and deter it in the futureAndriy Yermak is head of the Ukrainian presidential officeAs I arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a ceasefire in the…
Where has the left’s technological audacity gone? | Leigh Phillips
Published: March 11, 2025 09:00
The belief that technology will usher in a golden age for humanity is in vogue once more with billionaires. But can the left offer its own vision for the future?Techno-optimism – the belief that technology will usher in a golden age for humanity – is in…
In Romania, the far right has unleashed a tide of hate and resurrected our fascist ghosts | Andrei Popoviciu
Published: March 11, 2025 08:00
Economic uncertainty and polarisation are a potent cocktail that extremist politicians such as Cǎlin Georgescu thrive onIn a forest outside Bucharest, a woman cradled her infant in one arm while raising the other in a Nazi salute. She was one of about 70…
Threaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump | Owen Jones
Published: March 11, 2025 06:00
The president has slashed $400m in funding from Columbia University. He wants to stifle criticism of Israel – but the real target is dissentFor those who fear Donald Trump is a despot in the making, don’t worry: he has an answer. “I’ve stopped all…
Instead of wasting more time on the flawed Aukus submarine program, we must go to plan B now | Peter Briggs
Published: March 11, 2025 01:48
The submarines Australia currently wants to buy and build are too big and too expensive. Alternatives are obvious – and limitedThe Trump administration’s actions in abandoning long-term alliances with Europe, support for Nato and Ukraine is a wakeup call.…
As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia | Adam Morton
Published: March 11, 2025 00:41
Alfred is being used as the latest front in an ideological war, but facts are relevant to how we prepare for a climate-changed futureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s not a good time for climate science. The Trump…
The Guardian view on Nigel Farage: not even Donald Trump is as damaging to Reform as its own leader | Editorial
Published: March 10, 2025 18:30
The rightwing leader’s latest feud isn’t with remainers or ‘woke’ elites – but with his own party, fuelled by Elon Musk’s interventionOne constant of British political life is that Nigel Farage never stays out of the spotlight for long. Having built a…
The Guardian view on Ursula von der Leyen’s first 100 days: the steepest of learning curves | Editorial
Published: March 10, 2025 18:25
The European Commission president has had a tumultuous beginning to her second term. Going forward, she should channel the spirit of Jacques DelorsIn a press conference on Sunday to mark 100 days since the beginning of her second term as European…
There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/disabled-people-labour-benefits-system
Published: March 10, 2025 17:30
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system in the name of growth. They have made that choice and it’s immoral Whether it’s the front pages or your Uncle Frank’s Facebook posts, you’ll have done well lately to avoid…
A beaver: to get attention they will slap the water with their tails | Helen Sullivan
Published: March 10, 2025 14:00
They prefer to carry branches in their teeth, like dogs. And when they swim, they hold their front paws to their chests, like a severe governess in a Victorian novelThe heads of beavers, large rodents known for building dams, are their own kind of highly…
Dodgy tanks, outdated warships: how can we trust UK defence chiefs to spend our billions wisely? | Richard Norton-Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/tanks-warships-uk-defence-billions-waste
Published: March 10, 2025 13:41
The MoD has been scandalously wasteful and opaque in its spending. It has to learn from its mistakes, and fastTwo days after he met the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at his Sandringham estate, King Charles was photographed on the bridge of HMS…
Immigration’s a hot topic – and it applies to non-native plants, animals and insects, all over the world | Tim Blackburn
Published: March 10, 2025 11:00
Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive alien species and the knock-on effect of their presenceBritain would be a wasteland if it weren’t for immigration. Fifteen thousand years ago, most of the country was buried a…
We are stuck. Declining. And spiraling. We need a breakthrough | Amana Fontanella-Khan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/technology-breakthrough-polycrisis
Published: March 10, 2025 10:00
We live in dark, depressing and – frankly – terrifying times. Will technology push us over the edge or help us exit our many crises?Today we live in an era defined by crisis. Indeed, we are facing multiple overlapping threats at once: from accelerating…
We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop Pfas at the source
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/forever-chemicals-pfas-mark-ruffalo
Published: March 10, 2025 10:00
Pfas are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that’s not enoughSeveral years ago, I made a movie called Dark Waters, which told the real-life story of a community in West Virginia poisoned by Pfas “forever…
The left needs to abandon its miserable, irrational pessimism | Aaron Bastani
Published: March 10, 2025 10:00
A hundred years ago the average person, in one of the the world’s wealthiest societies, could expect to live until 40. Now global life expectacy is 73At the start of the millennium it was widely presumed each successive generation would achieve a higher…
Canadians believe that Mark Carney is the man to stand up to Donald Trump | Colin Horgan
Published: March 10, 2025 09:50
The newly appointed Liberal leader is likely to call a federal election to bolster his mandate, but Canadians seem to see him as the best bet to counter US tariffsWhen Mark Carney took the job as governor of the Bank of England in 2013, he negotiated a…
Are you fur real? Gone is the social stigma around wearing animal skins | Ellie Violet Bramley
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/fur-animal-skins-gen-z-boom-boom-trump
Published: March 10, 2025 08:00
From gen Z’s interest in ‘natural’ materials to the darker ‘boom boom’ aesthetic of the Trump era, the trend wheel has turned back to peltsI’ll admit it, Carrie Bradshaw in aviators and a fur coat, smoking and drinking beer while watching baseball, spoke…
What are smartphones stealing from us? When mine was taken away, I found out | Alexander Hurst
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/smartphones-steal-film-extra-device-screen
Published: March 10, 2025 07:00
As a film extra, I surrendered my device and discovered the extraordinary connections I miss while staring at my screenA few Thursdays ago was a wrap. For my brief acting career, that is. One of the benefits of having a writer’s schedule in a city like…
‘Ceasefire’ is a hollow word for Palestinians – the killings, displacements and denial of aid continue | Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/ceasefire-palestinians-gaza-israel-west-bank
Published: March 10, 2025 06:00
A winding down of operations in Gaza has allowed Israel to turn its attention to the West Bank, with devastating effectsIt has been just over six weeks since a ceasefire came into effect in Gaza, and it’s clear that it would more accurately be called a…
Destroying the environment and sending species extinct is one thing, but now I can’t take my dogs to the beach!? | First Dog on the Moon
Published: March 10, 2025 05:33
The toxic Tasmanian salmon industry has gone too far this timeSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
Trade tariffs are the new normal – and that’s unlikely to be positive for Australia | Sally Auld
Published: March 10, 2025 00:23
US policy changes won’t have a large direct effect on the Australian economy but a global trade war can only be a drag on growthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUS tariff policy has dominated headlines in recent weeks. In many…
The Guardian view on Modi redrawing India’s electoral map: deepening a dangerous north-south divide| Editorial
Published: March 9, 2025 17:30
The Hindu nationalist prime minister’s push could shift power northward to his political advantage but risks escalating political tensionsWhen Narendra Modi’s alliance won a narrow majority in last year’s Indian election, it signalled his waning popularity…
Spotify’s biggest sin? Its algorithms have pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music | John Harris
Published: March 9, 2025 16:38
Most musicians can only make money on the platform by writing songs inoffensive enough to get on to one of its vapid playlistsIn the hands of some of its most gifted practitioners, songwriting is a kind of emotional alchemy. For the past week, I have been…
Three religious traditions overlap this year, providing a rare opportunity for collective reflection | Kat Eghdamian
Published: March 9, 2025 14:00
For the first time in decades, three major religious traditions – Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá’í Faith – will observe their sacred fasting periods at the same timeMaking sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate…
Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/covid-five-years-right-narrative-outbreak
Published: March 9, 2025 13:23
Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be mutedLaura Spinney is a science journalist and the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the…
EU must brace for impact of Trump wrecking ball on global trading system | Heather Stewart
Published: March 9, 2025 11:08
UK appears to be out of US eyeline for now but it would not be immune to slowdown triggered by rising tariffsForget the “Trump put”, as financial analysts called the bet that the new US president’s policies would unleash a winning era for the nation’s…
Sycophancy and toadying are de rigueur in Trump’s court of self-aggrandizement | Sydney Blumenthal
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/sycophancy-toadying-trump-self-aggrandizement
Published: March 9, 2025 10:00
Gestures of servility from administration members and world leaders alike are sickeningly common in the mad king’s courtSycophancy is the coin of the realm. In Donald Trump’s court, flattery is the only spoken language. He does not need an executive order…
‘What the hell’s happening to your country?’ Traveling as an American under Trump 2.0 | Shanti Nelson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/traveling-american-trump-essay
Published: March 9, 2025 10:00
My American accent inspired pity, empathy and utter confusion. I feel the same: it’s as though we’ve entered hospice careTraveling abroad for the first time since November, I saw pity in the eyes of strangers when they heard my American accent. Pity,…
Trump has microwaved my Cornetto of hope | Stewart Lee
Published: March 9, 2025 10:00
The gadfly-minded abuser has openly threatened Greenland, Ukraine and Europe. He, and America, are the enemy nowI’d say writing comedy about the ever-shifting opinions of Donald Trump, the Speedy Gonzales of on-the-hoof policymaking, is like playing pin…
Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett
Published: March 9, 2025 09:00
Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifyingShort of emigration, what is the best option for Britain’s dazzled Trump followers now their hero confirms he is not Europe’s ally…
Ignore the row: this Oscar-winning film offers a vision of a shared Palestine forged in solidarity | Kenan Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/no-other-land-film-shared-palestine-solidarity
Published: March 9, 2025 08:30
The documentary is both antisemitic and Israeli propaganda, according to critics. The truth is, it provides a rare glimpse of hopeIn 2009, Tony Blair visited Masafer Yatta, a collection of hamlets in the Palestinian West Bank. He had come to see a school…
More benefit cuts would risk turning drops of dissent in Labour’s ranks into a flood | Isabel Hardman
Published: March 9, 2025 08:00
The government’s forthcoming green paper on welfare reform is likely to upset even the most loyal backbenchersThere was a telling moment at prime minister’s questions last week when a super-keen Labour backbencher used his moment in the spotlight to praise…
Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? | Sonia Sodha
Published: March 9, 2025 07:30
Failing to redress the issues facing young men will push them further towards the far right The boys are not all right. That’s the message from a new Centre for Social Justice report, Lost Boys, published last week. It surveys how boys and young men are…
The founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That’s all gone now | Will Hutton
Published: March 9, 2025 07:00
Donald Trump’s actions go against the Enlightenment values that gave rise to the constitution. His might-is-right politics have nothing to offer BritainThe founding fathers of the USA – James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin…
The world must learn to take Donald Trump literally
Published: March 9, 2025 06:00
In his reckoning, there are not so much as sovereign states, but properties with tenants that can purchasedYou ask if Donald Trump is “friend or foe?” (News). The answer is that if it is understood how Trump perceives himself, the US and others in the…
For the record
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/08/for-the-record
Published: March 8, 2025 23:00
Mosul restoration project | Nicholas W Zamiska | Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd• An article (“‘We cleared the rubble with our bare hands’: Mosul rises from the ruins”, 2 March, p32) featured as its main image a picture of Al-Tahera church, which is being…
Donald Trump is a bully, not a strongman. And Australia will pay for his destruction as he panders to the mega-rich
Published: March 8, 2025 19:00
Performance is all for the US president, who is intent on creating a world dreamt of by global libertarian thinktanksGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor six weeks we watched as Donald Trump – primped with golden hair, bronzer,…
The Observer view: Europe must now come of age as a global player | Observer editorial
Published: March 8, 2025 18:00
As Trump upends old alliances, Keir Starmer’s collaboration with EU leaders is welcome and should extend beyond defenceBritain and Europe are together facing a watershed moment, a turning point, a second Zeitenwende, a paradigm shift, a new world order.…
The Sussexes have to earn their bread somehow, so let them make cake | Martha Gill
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/the-sussexes-with-love-meghan-tv
Published: March 8, 2025 17:30
With Love, Meghan is bad TV, but there are worse ways for a former royal to bring in the bucks than cooking up crostiniSo what is it, exactly, that we want from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex these days? We know what we don’t want, which is, basically:…
And the Academy award for most bashful Oscar contender goes to… | Tim Lewis
Published: March 8, 2025 16:00
Whatever the buzz about their recent film performances, few actors will show they think their statuette is as good as wonThe awards season for films ended last Sunday with the Oscars. Though I make absolutely zero claim on having any Mystic Meg…
Being Putin’s stooge won’t win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag | Simon Tisdall
Published: March 8, 2025 14:30
The strange warmth between the leaders has sent a chill globally at the prospect of a troika of authoritarian statesDonald Trump’s sinister affinity for Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has long been the subject of intense speculation. Former KGB…
The pink protest at Trump’s speech shows the Democrats aren’t coming to save us
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/democrats-trump-pink-protest
Published: March 8, 2025 14:00
The general reaction is that this was yet another stunning example of how spineless and performative the Democrats areHappy International Women’s Day (IWD), everyone! I’ve got some good news and some bad news to mark the occasion. Continue reading...
Andrew Tate is back in the US – and a model of Trump’s worldview | Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/andrew-tate-donald-trump
Published: March 8, 2025 11:00
As the anti-woman influencer sees it, domination is its own end. Is it any surprise he’s a supporter of the president?Andrew Tate is now a free man.The rightwing anti-woman influencer landed in Florida last week after being held detained for over two years…
When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’
Published: March 8, 2025 08:00
Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealthFive years ago, we were beginning to face the imminent reality of lockdown. We were confronted…
What do women really want from men? I delved into romantasy and found a good few clues | Max Fletcher
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/romantasy-fiction-books-women-men-heroes
Published: March 8, 2025 06:00
In these novels, the heroes are – to borrow a term from the fandom – cinnamon rolls: soft-hearted, sweet and, yes, deliciousFeyre Archeron has many talents: she can skin a wolf and track a deer, and in the words of an amorous fairy she looks “absolutely…
The Guardian view on Trump and media: attention is power. Can Democrats grab it? | Editorial
Published: March 7, 2025 18:30
The presidency is no longer just a ‘bully pulpit’. It’s become part of the disinformation machineDonald Trump won the White House not with money, though he spent plenty of it, but by dominating the conversation. He hasn’t stopped campaigning. He uses…
Trump’s attacks on South Africa are a punishment for independence | Achille Mbembe and Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Published: March 7, 2025 16:47
The US president’s cuts to health funding could lead to half a million deaths. They’re part of a strategy to condemn and isolate the countryOn 7 February, less than three weeks after taking office, Donald Trump issued an executive order: “Addressing…
Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/donald-trump-america-mafia-state
Published: March 7, 2025 16:13
The pattern is inescapable – with just one caveat: organised crime bosses occasionally display more honourBehold Donald Corleone, the US president who behaves like a mafia boss – but without the principles. Of course, one hesitates to make the comparison,…
Lunchbox lessons: how to pack a school lunch that actually gets eaten – and reduces waste
Published: March 7, 2025 14:00
Getting kids more involved in choosing and preparing the food they bring to school is a crucial step in cutting wasteChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a…
Military spending is touted as a remedy for Britain’s ailing economy. Here’s why it won’t work | Khem Rogaly
Published: March 7, 2025 14:00
Since the 1980s Britain’s military spending has grown in real terms, yet more than half of military jobs have been lost. The sector is hi-tech and low labourKhem Rogaly is a senior research fellow at the thinktank Common WealthKeir Starmer and Rachel…
I lost my job at USAid. It’s devastating – but I still have hope | Christian Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/usaid-workers-trump
Published: March 7, 2025 12:53
Fueled by deception, the Trump administration is abandoning millions worldwide. The changes hit me close to homeWhen we rang in the New Year, I wasn’t remotely expecting politics to collide with my career, my family and me. In a matter of weeks, I had lost…
There are 1,000 grotesque memes of JD Vance – and they’re all more likable than the real thing | Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/jd-vance-vice-president-america-memes
Published: March 7, 2025 12:46
Angry, rude and addicted to web troll-ery, the vice-president has the Make America Awful Again portfolio. Seems a perfect fitYou may well be aware that Backpfeifengesicht is the German word for a face that is worthy of being slapped. Even so, how has this…
As a teenager, I was a victim of online ‘revenge porn’. Here’s how Britain should protect people like me | Isabel Brooks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/britain-online-revenge-porn-image-abuse
Published: March 7, 2025 12:00
The UK’s current measures to stop non-consensual intimate image abuse are full of loopholes. We need new laws now Reports of non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse, or “revenge porn”, in the UK have increased tenfold over the past few years. But the…
When the horror stops, the key to peace in Gaza and Ukraine will be how power is shared | Simon Jenkins
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/gaza-ukraine-power-constitution-history
Published: March 7, 2025 11:00
Constitution-building offers no headlines – but what it can do, history tells us, is stop hundreds of thousands of people dyingSyria is reportedly sliding back towards civil war, as its various factions demand devolved authority. It is at root the same…
No, ‘playing dead’ is the last thing Democrats should be doing | Megan Romer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/democrats-trump-socialism
Published: March 7, 2025 11:00
Party insiders are trying to make the case for doing nothing against Trump. That’s a colossal mistakeIn a recent New York Times Op-Ed, Democratic super-consultant James Carville boldly called for “the most radical thing [Democrats] can do” – nothing at…
Trump is concentrating power. A key faction of judges supports the idea | Jan-Werner Müller
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/trump-power-judges-democracy
Published: March 7, 2025 10:00
The ‘unitary executive’ theory – backed by some conservative lawyers – is largely bogus. But it could wreak havoc on democracyWhile Democrats are dithering and debating with consultants about which anti-Trumpian strategy to adopt, courts are confronted…
As the youngest peer in the House of Lords, I have a bold plan for this place. Abolish it – me included | Carmen Smith
Published: March 7, 2025 10:00
I came here a year ago because Plaid Cymru seeks to protect Welsh interests. But I think Labour should keep its vow and scrap this chamberWhen I took my seat in the House of Lords almost a year ago, I pledged to campaign for the abolition of my job. Our…
Trump dreams of a Maga empire – but he’s more likely to leave us a nuclear hellscape | Alexander Hurst
Published: March 7, 2025 07:00
The US president’s new imperialism could make real the apocalyptic world depicted by cold war filmmakersIn 1965, the British government blocked the BBC from broadcasting The War Game, a pseudo-documentary film it had commissioned depicting just what a…
It’s the age of regret: gen Z grew up glued to their screens, and missed the joy of being human | Gaby Hinsliff
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/gen-z-screens-human-generation-online
Published: March 7, 2025 06:00
A generation who came of age online now feel deprived of real connections. The upside is they are doing something about itIt’s the love-hate relationship that defined a generation. We think we know all about teenagers and the phones to which they’re so…
‘A dream experiment’: our Australian icebreaker is on a crucial mission to Antarctica | Nathan Bindoff
Published: March 7, 2025 02:24
As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collectedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs I write, Australia’s national icebreaker, RSV…
I have been an AI researcher for 40 years. What tech giants are doing to book publishing is akin to theft | Toby Walsh
Published: March 6, 2025 23:17
Companies claim this is ‘fair use’. I think it’s a digital heistSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morningAustralia’s close-knit literary community – from writers and agents…
The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline | Editorial
Published: March 6, 2025 18:50
Donald Trump has deliberately picked a fight with its northern neighbour. This malign strategy must be stoppedIt is two months since Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Liberal party leader and Canada’s prime minister. After a decade in power, Mr…
Trump is suspending aid to Ukraine – but he’s rolling over for Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/trump-israel-gaza-ukraine
Published: March 6, 2025 15:00
The president’s hardball negotiating tactics are nowhere to be seen as he sends billions in new weapons to NetanyahuIn his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, Donald Trump barely mentioned Gaza or the wider Middle East, making only a…
British defence jobs and skills will keep us safe, says the PM. So he’d better buy the UK’s jet, not the US one
Published: March 6, 2025 15:00
Why purchase American-made F-35 jets instead of upgraded T5 Typhoons? Surely that would make a mockery of all he promisedIn his statement to parliament last week, Keir Starmer pledged £13.4bn more spending on defence from 2027, rising to 3% of GDP in the…
Couples fight about housework. Couples divorce about housework. Surely it would be easier if men just did more housework? | Lucy Clark
Published: March 6, 2025 14:00
Dividing household tasks fairly and upending some gender norms along the way is good for everyoneMany moons ago, when I was much less cynical than I am now, I wrote a story for a newspaper about a marriage in which the man stayed home to look after the…
Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford
Published: March 6, 2025 14:00
At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerousYou will never ever see a living woolly mammoth. While this is an obvious truth to most geneticists, zoologists and…
Nepo babies should do what they want. Except complain to the rest of us | Rebecca Shaw
Published: March 6, 2025 14:00
After years of this discussion my patience is wearing thinA couple of years ago I wrote about the nepo baby discourse that had kicked off, arguing that focusing all of our energy on the very rich and famous was a distraction, when we should be talking…
Musk calls social security a ‘Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/elon-musk-social-security-cryptocurrency
Published: March 6, 2025 13:00
Social security is a highly efficient safety net. But the president’s crypto plans and job cuts leave Americans holding the bagElon Musk said on Joe Rogan’s show last week that social security is “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time”.Rubbish. In a Ponzi…
Europe can’t just hope for the best with Trump. Ukraine needs all the arms we can send | Frans Timmermans
Published: March 6, 2025 12:26
Member states must stop squabbling over trivial matters – and a firmer stance against states that promote Putin’s and Trump’s agenda is needed tooFrans Timmermans is a former vice-president of the European CommissionAfter US vice-president JD Vance’s…
Charles Barkley calls athletes who won’t visit Trump’s White House ‘stupid’. I disagree | Etan Thomas
Published: March 6, 2025 11:00
Sports stars have stayed silent about the policies of the new administration. I spoke to someone who knows all about the power – and price – of protestSince Donald Trump took office for his second term, he has taken a blowtorch to America. He has pardoned…
Mexico’s homophobic chant started as an unfunny joke. Now it’s a stubborn problem
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/06/mexico-san-diego-homophobic-chant-soccer
Published: March 6, 2025 11:00
An anti-gay slur’s at San Diego FC’s home debut prompted a strong response from the club. They’re not the first ones forced to address a tired tropeIt all started as a bit of a joke, just not a funny one. Now infamous enough to be known as ‘the chant’ or…
Republicans want corporate oligarchy. We need economic democracy | Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/republicans-oligarchy-economic-democracy
Published: March 6, 2025 10:00
The GOP budget seeks vast cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and more. Instead, let’s build an economy for everyoneAmerican families are exhausted. They deserve a government that chooses them over billionaire donors. The Republican budget plan that passed…
Who owns Britain? In large part, other countries – and that should set alarm bells ringing | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/britain-us-uk-assets-economic-disaster-labour
Published: March 6, 2025 10:00
This mass selling off of assets to foreign investors will lead to economic disaster. Labour needs to reset the UK’s courseIn 1994, I joined a march protesting against how the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund – backed by the US – were forcing…
Crap jobs, fewer homes, less money, toxic politics. And peak happiness eludes the young: who knew? | Zoe Williams
Published: March 6, 2025 08:00
Given recent history and the state of the world now, perhaps the thing that makes older people happiest is not being under 45So there are two studies, one commissioned by Weetabix, one by the UN, but we don’t need to decide which one is likely to be the…
The US embrace of Russia is an existential threat to the EU. Germany must step up to save it | Catherine De Vries
Published: March 6, 2025 07:00
To counter the crisis caused by Trump, Friedrich Merz has little choice but to abandon decades of military and economic cautionIn February 1945, three world leaders – Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Josef Stalin – met in Crimea for the Yalta…
Starmer is at his best right now – but he must accept there is no going back with Trump’s US | Martin Kettle
Published: March 6, 2025 06:00
The president has just four years until a successor takes the reins, but the new approach he has forged – exceptionalist, isolationist – is likely to endureKeir Starmer, it turns out, is at his best in a crisis. He has faced two since he became prime…
Europe’s powerful tool against Russia? Seizing its frozen assets
Published: March 6, 2025 06:00
If European leaders want to truly support Ukraine they must seize the moment by seizing $220bn in assetsIt is now clear that Donald Trump’s administration will betray Ukraine in its fight to resist Russian aggression. Trump himself is either a victim of…
We lived through the Lismore floods three years ago. Now Cyclone Alfred brings a new threat | Kate Stroud
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/cyclone-alfred-lismore-floods-sandbags
Published: March 6, 2025 01:18
The combination of being attacked from the sky above and the rising waters beneath our feet is terrifyingTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or…
Our worst politicians are wondering if they can make Trumpism work here. Why not?
Published: March 5, 2025 23:55
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The Reserve Bank should be looking at these numbers and wondering why it waited until February to act | Greg Jericho
Published: March 5, 2025 19:00
Yes, the worst may be behind us, but GDP figures provide little sense of an economy powering ahead at full steamFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnd so the corner has been…
The Guardian view on Merz’s u-turn on debt: Germany responds to the signs of the times | Editorial
Published: March 5, 2025 18:43
The chancellor-elect’s proposals for gamechanging spending on defence and infrastructure are the right response to a new eraThree days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, created a £100bn special fund to…
The Guardian view on Israel’s aid blockade: pushing Palestinians toward catastrophe | Editorial
Published: March 5, 2025 18:43
A pan-Arab coalition resists US-Israeli policy on Gaza, while Donald Trump’s reported Hamas talks signal a potential reversal of longstanding strategyIsrael’s decision to block aid to Gaza, as ceasefire talks falter, is a devastating blow to 2 million…
Trump is turning the media into a mouthpiece of the regime | Lawrence Douglas
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/trump-press-media-zelenskyy
Published: March 5, 2025 17:30
As the White House handpicks members of the press pool, questions for the president amount to fluffy valentinesYou know we’re in trouble when Fox News emerges as the great defender of freedom of the press. But such was the case when Jacqui Heinrich, a…
Trump’s trade war could pose ‘substantial’ threat to UK economy, says Bank
Published: March 5, 2025 17:26
Although UK may avoid tariffs, overall productivity could be impacted by tit-for-tat tariffs between economiesA full-blown trade war would pose a “substantial” threat to the British economy, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned.Donald Trump…
Democrats are acting sedate and silent during Trump’s worst excesses | Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/democrats-trump-speech-congress
Published: March 5, 2025 16:30
Trump is getting comfortable in power. And Democrats are nowhere to be seenWhat was the point of Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night? The annual speech – called the “State of the Union” address in every year except the one just after the…
Advice to Keir Starmer: stop the fawning over Trump. Then help plan for a better world without him | John McDonnell
Published: March 5, 2025 15:30
We need a ‘coalition of the willing’ capable of bringing together those in Europe and the global south. Britain should facilitate thatThere are only so many times Donald Trump can be offered a state and royal visit to temper his political tantrums. With…
My dad gave me the sex talk at 27. It was one of the best conversations of my life | Wing Kuang
Published: March 5, 2025 14:00
Sex is still a taboo topic for my Chinese immigrant baby boomer parents, but i’ve discovered it’s never too late to have ‘the talk’Sitting in a cafe in Sydney recently, I heard a line that I would never have expected to hear from Dad, a dull, quiet,…
The fact that humans can only survive on Earth doesn’t bother Trump – and I know why | George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/humans-earth-donald-trump-nihilism-maga
Published: March 5, 2025 12:04
He is surrounded by people who have grandiose plans and dreams beyond our planet. Vengeful nihilism is a big part of the Maga projectIn thinking about the war being waged against life on Earth by Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their minions, I keep bumping…
The LA Times’ AI ‘bias meter’ looks like a bid to please Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/los-angeles-times-ai-bias-trump
Published: March 5, 2025 12:00
The paper’s billionaire owner, who barred it from endorsing Kamala Harris, is leaving human journalists out of the equationThe past few months have been brutal ones for the readers and journalists of the largest news organization in California, the Los…
While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state | Judith Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/trump-welfare-police-state-government-layoffs
Published: March 5, 2025 10:00
Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisonsLast week, the federal human resources department sent out a seven-page memo ordering agencies to submit detailed plans on how they will…
Playing the victim: how Trump’s clash with Zelenskyy paved the way for the suspension of military aid | Lilie Chouliaraki
Published: March 5, 2025 10:00
Who is really suffering from this conflict? We are, said the US president, in a move straight from the populist playbookDuring a dramatic Oval Office meeting last Friday, US president Donald Trump confronted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a…
Be grateful you’re still here: Germany’s rebuke of a grieving mother exposes its deepening anti-immigrant mood
Published: March 5, 2025 07:00
Emiş Gürbüz’s son was murdered in Hanau by a far right terrorist. Her plea for justice five years on drew an astonishing reaction from the stateThe first time I went to Hanau, I was creeped out by how ordinary it was. This mid-sized city of 100,000 people…
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