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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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Where We Go, Others Will Follow: Review of ‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’ by John Wight

Review by Jim Aitken for Culture Matters

Jul 8, 2024

Where We Go, Others Will Follow: Review of ‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’ by John Wight

Jul 8, 2024

‘The Ocean’, my novel, is now available from wherever you get your books

Peter is a Hungarian migrant to the US. He arrived thirty years previously determined to become a success in this land of opportunity. In…

13h ago

‘The Ocean’, my novel, is now available from wherever you get your books

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The tragedy of JFK’s failed attempt to end the Cold War

The story of history is the story of the roads not taken, and never more so than when it comes to the life and legacy of US President John…

15h ago

The tragedy of JFK’s failed attempt to end the Cold War

15h ago

Ethno-supremacy getting its ass kicked was not supposed to be part of the plan

Just days into one of the most consequential conflicts in generations,Israel and its supporters in the West are receiving a harsh lesson as…

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Ethno-supremacy getting its ass kicked was not supposed to be part of the plan

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The uncommon decency of James Gandolfini

When I heard the news of James Gandolfini’s death on June 19 2013, sadness was offset by warm memories of when I worked on a movie he was…

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The uncommon decency of James Gandolfini

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Iran has the right to defend itself

Whatever informed the tyrant Netanyahu’s decision to authorise Israel’s wide-ranging air strikes against Iran, it was not the security of…

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Iran has the right to defend itself

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ICE is the Gestapo in Trump’s fascist America

I spent a total of seven years of my life living in Los Angeles as an illegal migrant. In that time I worked VIP security, looking after…

Jun 9

ICE is the Gestapo in Trump’s fascist America

Jun 9

Behold Operation Bagration, D-Day of the Eastern Front

Operation Bagration, unleashed by the Red Army on 22 June 1944, was the D-Day of the Eastern Front. In scope, size, scale and also impact…

Jun 6

Behold Operation Bagration, D-Day of the Eastern Front

Jun 6

Russia now at the crossroads. To escalate or not to escalate?

Russian President Vladimir Putin now finds himself at a monumental crossroads when it comes to his stewardship of Russia at a time when…

Jun 4

Russia now at the crossroads. To escalate or not to escalate?

Jun 4

The case for pan-Africanism is the case for human progress

There are ideas that will not die regardless of the passage of time, what with their power and reach being of such magnitude. One of those…

May 30

The case for pan-Africanism is the case for human progress

May 30

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