The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued its most recent report which attributes, “with virtual certainty”, the rise in global temperatures over the last century to human activity. Needless to say, there are some who contest this conclusion, but The Guardian gives a close analysis to the reasons to believe that it is a valid one.
Often the violence after a war is just as bad as the violence during the war. Ian Buruma is one of the world’s pre-eminent historians and he has written a book entitled Year Zero: A History of 1945. In this review of the book, Brooke Allen outlines the savage actions by the victors in World War II against the losers, notably the use of rape as a way to impose humiliation on those who chose, or who were forced to choose, the losing side of the conflict.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is one of the members of the group, Pussy Riot, who was imprisoned in Russia for crimes that basically consist of “disturbing the public order.” Her imprisonment is considered by many outside of Russia to be excessive and a clear violation of human rights. She has written a letter describing her confinement to the world which deserves a close read.
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