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Hamza Shehryar

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Dubai, London
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Soft Play tell us about scoring their highest-charting album yet - up against Eminem and Glass An...

Soft Play tell us about scoring their highest-charting album yet - up against Eminem and Glass An...

Soft Play talk being on course for their highest-charting album yet - with 'Heavy Jelly' amongst the likes of…

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The Military-Entertainment Complex Is Bigger Than You Realize

The Military-Entertainment Complex Is Bigger Than You Realize

The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 offers a timely lens into the US military's entanglement with the en…

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Edgar Wright really, really loves films

Edgar Wright really, really loves films

Three decades into a career built on rhythm and wit, the filmmaker looks back, forwards and inward - on ambit…

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No Other Land is a devastating film - but is that why it won an Oscar?

No Other Land is a devastating film - but is that why it won an Oscar?

Is the documentary's Oscar win more about optics than the film's urgent message?

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The Socialist Politics of Tupac Shakur

The Socialist Politics of Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur was murdered 29 years ago today. His status as a cultural icon is beyond dispute, but the legend…

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Emilia Clarke's indelible mark

Emilia Clarke's indelible mark

After a career spent saying yes, the Game of Thrones star is learning to choose. and she's writing every deli…

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The Cuban Revolution Will Live On

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By Hamza Shehryar
| CounterPunch Verified
Over the last few months, the violence and atrocities imposed upon the Cuban people by the United States’ commander-in-chief have escalated to apocalyptic proportions. Since returning to office, Donald Trump has been choking the Cuban people by ramping up to an unprecedented degree the United States’ tremendously cruel and illegal blockade on the island. Since May 1, the US has begun to sanction foreign companies for simply maintaining economic relations with Cuba.
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Japan Is Rearming and Embracing Nationalism

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By Hamza Shehryar
| Jacobin Verified
On April 21, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi officially announced that Japan had lifted a decades-old ban on exporting lethal weapons. The new offer concerns at least seventeen countries as potential buyers for Japanese fighter jets, missiles, and warships. The move came in a period of strongly rising militarism. Japan and Australia had only days before signed a $7 billion deal for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build eleven warships for the Royal Australian Navy.
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We Cannot Let Tucker Carlson Become the Face of Global Anti-Zionism

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By Hamza Shehryar
| CounterPunch Verified
As we still try to come to terms with Israel’s countless barbaric crimes in its genocide in Gaza, as well as its cruelty in the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran, many on the left seem to have found a new voice to rally behind to echo our collective repulsion towards the fascist and ethno-nationalist ideology of Zionism: American conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson.
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