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Good art is truly timeless

Are there anyone that takes HRW seriously, especially when decrying non western states? This article in Monthly Review describing HRWs support for the right wing coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia, also brings up its less than flattering history of supporting Western human rights violations.

Human Rights Watch’s deep ties to U.S. corporate and state sectors should disqualify the institution from any public pretense of independence.

• Bernie Sanders’ Communications Director Keane Bhat

Indeed. Seems like EU is dead set on joining the US economic war on China.

That's a beauty, and I did not even know I was into pens.

Nice, but would have loved it if they kept in the facial recognition ban.

Activists have also said negotiations watered down protections against biometric surveillance. "The new law will now effectively allow law enforcement the introduction of error-prone facial surveillance and facial recognition camera software in public spaces," said a press release from the Pirate Party MEPs.

Ad hominem, whataboutism

There it is, the cry of the beaten information warrior

And I say this as someone as far left as left goes.

This is much like beginning a comment with "I'm not racist, but", with the inevitable horrible racism that follows. Your comment is such a gross simplification of history and dismissal of context, that it borders on the malign. For instance the number in your source says 15-55 million, not 55 million. The ideological broadside is very apparent. Facts not feelings, to paraphrase a broken clock.

1. Yes, China had a terrible famine in the 60s, but far left people tend to consider it in context China's historical famines, as well as the many millions dead to capitalist induced famine.
2. Leftists tend to consider deaths and consequences of capitalist imperialism when discussing foreign and developing nations.
3. Today India is listed as a country in "Serious" risk in the Global Hunger Index, while China is of course "Low".

These are just three aspects of context, of many, which you could have chosen to inform your comment. In stead it is perpetuating a US-vs-Them cold war, black and white rhetoric, making the West out to be exceptionally good, while China is entirely bad. Smart people smell the lies included in such oversimplification a long way. You run fast and loose with your facts, presenting allegations of Uyghur genocide as fact, while you probably know how the UN will not call it that, after long running and thorough investigations, a lack of evidence, etc. On the other hand, we in Europe are very much facilitating the ongoing genocide in Palestine, of which there is ample coverage.