Rashad Seedeen
IndependentAustralia
Eltham, VIC, Australia
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Past articles by Rashad:
The debt Australia owes the people of Afghanistan
The Australian Government owes a debt to the Afghan people where welcoming 20,000 additional refugees should just be the beginning. → Read More
The slow but systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Actions of the Israeli Government are part of a deliberate and systematic ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people. → Read More
Australians do not benefit from a war with China
Recent rhetoric on war is more about supporting the highly lucrative defence industry as it is about countering the rise of China, writes Dr Rashad Seedeen. → Read More
India's COVID crisis: A deadly example of government failure
The devastating outbreak across India exposes the stark failures in governance and vaccine development locally and across the world, writes Dr Rashad Seedeen. → Read More
There is an alternative to war in the South China Sea
As China becomes more assertive in the South China Sea, rival claimants have beefed up their military capabilities but there is a better path. → Read More
Death by design: Systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. and Australia
Black deaths in Australia and the United States follow a similar historical pattern of racist institutionalism and disregard for the sanctity of human life. → Read More
Don’t believe the hype: The powerful wield 'cancel culture'
Recent outcries of "cancel culture" are red herrings that should be dismissed, writes Dr Rashad Seedeen. → Read More
Trump's legacy: A global fascist movement
Donald Trump’s base has become increasingly radical and violent and the expansion of this fascist movement will be his only lasting legacy. → Read More
The Morrison Government's program of class warfare
Australians like to think of themselves as living in a classless society where anyone can succeed, unimpeded by socio-economic barriers. → Read More
The global context of China’s assault on Australian trade and diplomacy
Scott Morrison’s crude diplomatic posturing over China's trade war insults will do us no favours and we would do well to learn from our Asian neighbours. → Read More
The Federal Government would not pass its own values test
The Federal Government has revamped the citizenship test by adding a “values” section, featuring principles our own government would not pass. → Read More
Mainstream media circles the wagons
Journalists provide an essential role in the integrity of democracy and when their work is compromised, we all suffer. → Read More
'Press release journalism' favours Morrison and the Liberal Party
Of late, it has become increasingly frustrating to follow the news. → Read More
TikTok furore exposes data privacy hypocrisy in Australia and the U.S.
The controversy surrounding the video-sharing app TikTok reminds us that governments and corporations can’t be trusted, writes Rashad Seedeen. → Read More
COVID-19 demands a social democratic response, not a neoliberal disaster
Across the world, social democracies have fared much better than countries ruled by neoliberalism in combatting the effects of COVID-19, writes Rashad Seedeen. → Read More
How the illogical Right hijack debate
Conservative political commentators preach simplistic narratives that align with their toxic worldviews, writes Rashad Seedeen. → Read More
Morrison's more aggressive military stance only antagonises
Morrison’s latest $270 billion military funding“update” is a misplaced policy that antagonises China and misunderstands regional relations in the Asia-Pacific. → Read More