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Republican hawks now want a war with Iran
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JG Ballard was not a prophet
J.G. Ballard’s posthumous status verges on the mythological: he’s a prophet, a visionary, who set on paper arcane and obscene predictions that have come unerringly true. Everywhere we look, we discover that we’re now living in Ballard’s world. As I …
Big Tech is tyrannising Indian workers
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Israel’s enemies are blinded by the sins of America
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Gaza will change the future of war
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