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Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan

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Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine

Remember the Satanic Verses controversy? Remember “Je suis Charlie”? Remember the constant invocations of Voltaire and Orwell? The great irony of...

08.06.2026 20

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Mehdi Hasan

Forget Maga. Welcome to Mega: Make Empire Great Again

Fresh from toppling the president of Venezuela and taking control of the world’s largest oil reserves, the Trump administration’s top diplomat...

17.02.2026 20

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Mehdi Hasan

The Trump administration has a Nazi problem

22.01.2026 90

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Mehdi Hasan

Dear Donald Trump, here’s how you can win that Nobel peace prize

29.10.2025 8

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Mehdi Hasan

It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down

03.09.2025 40

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Mehdi Hasan

Sarah Akinterinwa on how to detect texting overload – cartoon

02.08.2025 10

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Mehdi Hasan

The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise

02.08.2025 10

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Ice has become Trump’s private militia. It must be abolished

13.05.2025 20

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Mehdi Hasan

There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’

02.04.2025 10

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Mehdi Hasan