“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him. While Western media and political response to the US action in Venezuela has been mixed, one thing has
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning point, according to some. Then again, maybe it’s just another day in Making America Safe Again. The video footage has been analysed and poured
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in
So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third
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On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out
A friend of mine reached out to me on Christmas Eve, in dire need. I’ve known her primarily through her online blogging
Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best Christmas film is, I cite the same handful of movies as my
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The previous post was more focused on the
A brief word in respect for Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, who passed away a few days ago. And also on the story of Hannah Arendt (pictured above); one of the twentieth century’s most important writers. Kaufman, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until his death in 2017,
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In 2008 or 2009, the BBC made a documentary on life inside Libya: I remember it because I watched it at the time of its broadcast. Up until the beginning of 2011, that video was available on You Tube. Once the international community had made up its mind – after
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“…in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death…” “…I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us
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So, yes, we need to talk about DynCorp. But, first,
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
The various Holocaust memorial events across Europe that marked the
As if the 2024 Presidential Election saga could get any
So… how do you even write about COVID or the
Film
In anticipation of the highly anticipated X-Men: Apocalypse movie, I
The sole Daredevil movie to date, the 2003 film starring
I wasn’t necessarily disappointed by the Justice League film –
In a mansion in the fictional Xanadu, a vast palatial
The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total
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Music
It so happens that so many of the albums made
So. Soup. If you’ve already heard it, you probably don’t
In 1994, James Dean Bradfield raised eyebrows by wearing an
February 1st 2015 marks twenty years to the day since
There are bands. And there are albums. And then there’s