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Gaza - This Bleeding Land

Gaza - This Bleeding Land

In the hours prior to Israel's ground invasion of Gaza in 2014, two rival combatants contemplate life and fate.

2024

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Jul 8, 2024

‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’ by John Wight — Book review

Book review by Jim Aitken for Culture Matters

‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’ by John Wight — Book review

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22h ago

A look back at the killing fields of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine

As only he could, famed Soviet war correspondent Vasily Grossman, himself a son of Ukraine, evoked the brutal and bloody reality of war in…

A look back at the killing fields of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine

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2d ago

Mass migration destroyed Rome in its time. The Rome of ours may be next

The ancient world can teach us much, if only we let it. One of its key lessons is that mass migration is capable of destroying even the…

Mass migration destroyed Rome in its time. The Rome of ours may be next

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Jul 6

Is Donald Trump a fascist?

Famed English philosopher Bertrand Russell’s rendering of how fascism operates has never been bettered.

Is Donald Trump a fascist?

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Jun 30

Iran are the moral victors of this tainted 2026 World Cup

And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol is born…

Iran are the moral victors of this tainted 2026 World Cup

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Jun 25

A question for Israelis — Just what kind of people are you?

They shot a 10-day-old baby while it was breastfeeding. They shot a 14-year-old boy and stood by as he bled out for 45 minutes before he…

A question for Israelis — Just what kind of people are you?

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Jun 19

The 2026 World Cup confirms that football is still the people’s game

At the outset we had incidences of pristine racism, involving for example Somali FIFA-appointed referee Omar Artan being denied entry to…

The 2026 World Cup confirms that football is still the people’s game

John Wight

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Jun 9

‘A Fine Madness — Tales of a Scotsman in Hollywood’

New book by John Wight

‘A Fine Madness — Tales of a Scotsman in Hollywood’

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Jun 4

Celtic Football Club, Robbie Keane, and why Palestine matters

The conventional wisdom that politics should be kept out of sport, that sport and politics do not mix, is a myth. It is a myth propagated…

Celtic Football Club, Robbie Keane, and why Palestine matters

John Wight

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Jun 4

Yugoslavia was our Carthage. Its destruction should never be forgiven

November 1991 is a month and a year that should forever live in infamy when it comes to one of the most grievous crimes committed under the…

Yugoslavia was our Carthage. Its destruction should never be forgiven

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