Brian K. Murphy

Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

Mayan history has been obscured, even as the Maya continued to survive. They do not intend to surrender their future as well: “[W]e are going nowhere...We will keep working, no matter what, because we must. Change might take generations, but it is coming.”
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More than 6,000 killed in Darfur massacre, UN probe finds Paramilitary militia used machine guns, grenades in a three-day killing rampage after capturing the city

The massacre in El Fasher last October was “shocking in its scale and brutality,” UN investigators said in a 29-page report that documented war crimes by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Bill C-15 is one of the biggest threats yet to Canada’s rule of law The omnibus budget bill gives unprecedented power to federal ministers to exempt virtually any entity from all federal laws and regulation—except the Criminal Code.

“...any person, company or individual, private or public, of any size, in any industry, in any sector, could seek authorization to bypass federal laws in the name of ‘competitivenes' or 'economic growth.'”
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'Tumbler Ridge is full of grace this evening': PM gives emotional address at vigil for mass shooting victims | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney led federal, provincial and local leaders in offering support and praising the resilience and grace of Tumbler Ridge residents at a vigil in memory of the victims of Tuesday...

Canada transcends partisan politics at Friday's vigil: Mr Carney was joined by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, Pierre Poilievre, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Québécois Leader, Yves-François Blanchet, and NDP interim Leader, Don Davies, among others.
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How the Kurds Lost Eastern Syria The autonomous administration in the country’s northeast replicated the authoritarian tactics of the regimes it fought, driving the Arab majority to revolt

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Inside the End of Kurdish Self-Rule in Syria A fragile deal with Damascus means reunification in the country’s northeast, but fighters remain on alert and civilians are fearful of both the present and future

Rojava/AANES: fear and uncertainty among Arab population amid still-tenuous transition: “If you raise your voice against the SDF you go to prison. Some people hate them but they’re afraid. It’s not a democracy, but we don’t know if what’s coming is better or worse.”
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It feels like humanity has died in Sudan Millions of people have fled slaughter and rape. In camps dominated by women and girls in Chad, their nightmare continues

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Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, took the Home Office to court over their decision to proscribe the protest group under terror laws

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Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide Exclusive: Declassified obtained data on the number of UK nationals in the IDF. We are publishing it for the first time

1,686 British-Israelis and a further 383 people with British, Israeli, and another nationality served in the IDF amid the annihilation of Gaza:
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Is Rewriting the Political Playbook He's a different kind of European leader

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Exclusive: Leader of Myanmar armed group says world is ignoring junta's deadly airstrikes The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the ruling military junta's surge in deadly airstrikes on civilians, adding that only China was intervening in ...

"Civilians are suffering and I want the international community not to ignore it," said General Yawd Serk, of the Restoration Council of Shan State, as the military steps up campaigns that have hit more than 1,000 civilian locations in 15 months.
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Cambiémosla Ya: US-Mexico Critical Minerals Action Plan Puts Mexican Sovereignty At Risk The collective believes the action plan is a betrayal of campaign promises, and a threat to Mexico, its town and its common resources.

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Red Cross President: ‘What we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms’ The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, has warned that the destruction in Gaza represents a collapse of all international standards. “What we…

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger declares: “What we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms.”
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Netanyahu again flies through Canadian airspace en route to Washington | CBC News Online flight trackers show that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew hundreds of kilometres through Canadian airspace on his way to meet U.S. President Donald Trump this week — despite Prim...

Benjamin Netanyahu flew hundreds of kilometres through Canadian airspace on his way to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday — despite Prime Minister Mark Carney previously saying he would honour an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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From Guantanamo to Minneapolis The use of unlawful imprisonment during the ‘war on terror’ set the stage for the US government’s detentions and deportations today

Unlawful imprisonment during the ‘war on terror’ set the stage for the US government’s domestic detentions and deportations today:
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Liberal institutions are designed to acknowledge Palestinian oppression but not end it Two recent episodes have shown how liberal institutions like Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders are designed to recognize the violence that shapes Palestinian life but not challenge the sy...

Human rights and humanitarian institutions restrained in their defense of Palestinian self-determination
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Opinion: Carney’s choice: Ice out illegal migrants, or treat them like the assets they are The Canadian permits of millions of temporary residents will expire this year. It would be economically foolish to send them all back

"The most effective solution to the problem of illegal immigrants is simply to make them legal immigrants."
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Rethinking the world with Iván Illich and Gustavo Esteva Rethinking the world with Iván Illich and Gustavo Esteva Date and time * Date: February 14 * Time: 4pm GMT to 8pm GMT (10 am to 2 pm, Mexico time) * Format: Hybrid event * Access and registratio...

Hybrid event: Rethinking the world with Iván Illich and Gustavo Esteva: from Oaxaca, Mexico/February 14
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

“Legal experts say the use of these indiscriminate weapons implicates not just Israel but also its Western suppliers: 'The world knows Israel...uses these prohibited weapons...The question is why are they allowed to remain outside the system of accountability’. ”
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Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development Discover how the Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development and its implications.

Funny/not funny. Ontario government calls Ring of Fire minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation that suspends treaty rights, species protections, and human rights — to benefit extractive industries.
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Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing Escalate Israeli forces escalated their atrocities in 2025, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians.

Human Rights Watch on Israeli atrocities during 2025: "Israeli forces killed, maimed, starved, and forcibly displaced Palestinians and destroyed their homes and civilian infrastructure at a scale unprecedented in the recent history of Israel and Palestine."
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ANALYSIS | U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next | CBC News Communications between the Trump administration and Alberta's separatist movement raised alarm at the highest levels in Canada last week. It also raised questions about Washington's possible intention...

Trumps administration meddling in Alberta's tiny conservative-wahoo hotbed recalls how Russia used Ukrainian separatists as a Trojan Horse. Could it happen here?
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What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank? Israeli policies and measures directed at Palestinians in the West Bank have steadily intensified since the current right-wing government led by Benjamin Netanyahu came to power at the end of 2022.…

Palestinians in the West Bank: Israel's final solution:
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The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

"...the boos so audible in the stadium and on other broadcasts were absent for US viewers...it is becoming harder, not easier, to curate reality when the rest of the world is holding up its own camera angles."
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Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

The Epstein files: patriarchy in action, "a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not...Women exist at the periphery, tolerated because they organise the diaries of the busy men, they arrange food, they grace a table, they provide sex."
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Israeli Settlers, Military Accelerate Violent Expulsion of Palestinians Off Their Land in the West Bank What was once creeping encroachment by settlers has escalated over the past three years into a state-backed campaign of mass expulsion.

10,000 Palestinians have been displaced across the West Bank, with entire villages emptied, dismantled, and erased. The scale and speed of displacement from Israeli settler and military violence, home demolitions and access restrictions are only accelerating.
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Thiel Spokesman Denies Former Israeli PM's Claim Jeffrey Epstein 'Co-Owned' Palantir Founder’s Venture Fund – But Confirms Epstein was a Limited Partner A former Israeli Prime Minister and intelligence chief described Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein as "owners" of a venture fund. The founder of Palantir, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrast...

"If Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein’s business partner [Palantir Founder, Peter Thiel] retain access to the UK’s most sensitive national security infrastructure?
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Report From Sudan: In Besieged City, Massive Numbers of Displaced Find Little Shelter or Food "The security and living conditions have become unbearable.”

For nearly two years, El-Obeid has been encircled by the RSF, enduring relentless drone strikes, the ferocity of which have only intensified following the fall of El Fasher—the capital of North Darfur—and the seizure of Kazgail and Al-Riyash, south of El-Obeid.
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The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth A handful of figures will be sacrificed - but only to protect a wider culture that believes rules don't apply to the ruling elite

"The Epstein files don’t just show us the dark choices of a few powerful individuals. More significantly they highlight the degenerate logic of the power structures behind these individuals."
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Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...

Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found.
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