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	The long arms of Hindutvadi supremacists are troubling by Dr. Habib Siddiqui How long are the arms of Hindutvadi fascists? Recently, messages urging British Hindus to vote against the British Labour Party in the general election are being circulated on WhatsApp, raising concerns...
	Corporate Mammon: Amazon and the Seattle Council Elections by Dr. Binoy Kampmark An enduring US political tradition was in evidence in Seattle recently. Amazon had decided that the city council elections would be too important to leave alone. Seattle was their city after all.
	Charter for Conservatism: The ALP Campaign Review by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Reports on electoral strategies are often written in order to be avoided. They are scripted for the express purpose of gathering dust on shelves, or decaying in digital files rarely to be consulted except by historians.

	Documents Allege Corruption in Malaysia's Halal Certification Process by Murray Hunter Top officials of Malaysia's halal certification department have been accused in legal complaints of compromising the country's Islamic documentation procedures, according to documents obtained by Asia Sentinel.
	Thoughts on al-Baghdadi Raid by George Cassidy Payne Regarding the al-Baghdadi raid, President Trump spoke as if he was one of the soldiers in the tunnel. In his televised address from the White House, he stated that the ISIS leader was "whimpering and crying " before US commandos closed in.
	Scott Morrison's Authoritarian Streak: Crushing Anti-Mining Protest in Australia by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The Prime Minister of Australia is fuming. Having made his mark on Australian politics by being the mining sector's most avid defender, Scott Morrison was disturbed by the week's events in Melbourne that saw clashes between...
	30 years after 9/11: How many Germanies should Europe have? by Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic Ever since the Peace of Westphalia, Europe maintained the inner balance of powers by keeping its core section soft. Peripheral powers like England, France, Denmark, (Sweden and Poland being later replaced by) Prussia...
	Walls in the Head: Ostalgia and the Berlin Wall Three Decades Later by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Walls have always served a dual purpose: they keep people in, and others out. The mentality of the wall is one of imprisonment and exclusion. Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall...
	The Malay Search for 'Dignity' - Looking for self-esteem in all the wrong places by Murray Hunter In early October, four of Malaysia's public universities organized a weekend conclave called a "Malay Dignity Congress" calling attention to perceived levels of inequality for ethnic Malays, once again...
	Ending the Israeli political deadlock by Joseph Gatt A letter to all Israeli citizens from an Israeli citizen.
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