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CJ Werleman
Global Correspondent for Byline Times. Columnist for Inside Arabia. Activist against Islamophobia. @cjwerleman
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How Trump is Using the Myth of the 'Violent Left' to Undermine Democracy
In seeking to categorise Antifa as a terrorist organisation, the US President is adding fuel to the fire of right-wing white supremacists.

Eco Anxiety: The Heat Wave Heralds the Climate Emergency To Us All – Why Won't We Wake Up?
CJ Werleman on the psychological effects of climate change, its deniers and why younger generations are right to be so disturbed by the future planet that awaits them.

Electing Trump was About White Supremacy Not ‘Making America Great Again’
CJ Werleman on the US President's worrying attempts to gain support by tapping into deeply-rooted anxieties and prejudices concerning race.

Australia's Journalism Crisis is Threatening its Democracy
With Rupert Murdoch’s chosen government waging a war on journalists in Australia, democratic values in his country of birth are in peril, writes CJ Werleman.

"Indescribably Hideous" – China's Harvesting of Uyghur Muslim Organs
CJ Werleman reports on China's horrific persecution of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang.

The Blindness of the Anti-War Left is Helping Undermine Democracy and Human Rights Everywhere
CJ Werleman on the rise of authoritarianism in Asia and why some on the left are aiding the advance of illiberal regimes, not fighting it.

'We would Rather Die Now than be Kept in Here Forever' – Life Inside a Saudi Detention Centre for Rohingya Refugees
CJ Werleman documents his conversations with Faisal Thar Thakin, a Rohingya Muslim who has been held in the kingdom's notorious Shumaisi detention centre for the past six years.

'Jirga' Provokes New Thinking on War and PTSD
CJ Werleman speaks to the Australian filmmaker Benjamin Gilmour about his new film Jirga.
PORTLAND VIOLENCE: When Fascists Become the Anti-Fascists?
CJ Werleman on what the reaction to the violence in Oregon reveals about the rising threat of fascism in America.