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

Book review by Jim Aitken for Culture Matters

Jul 8, 2024

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

Jul 8, 2024

Early Christianity advanced the cause of class struggle, not peace on Earth

The othering and scapegoating of minorities — refugees, Muslims, migrants et al. — is the moral and ethical blight of our age. It stands…

2d ago

Early Christianity advanced the cause of class struggle, not peace on Earth

2d ago

Trump was on that island. He’s a nonce

None other than the legendary Irish playwright, novelist, and wit that is Oscar Wilde it was who once said: “No man is rich enough to buy…

4d ago

Trump was on that island. He’s a nonce

4d ago

What if Putin has been right all along?

In his classic antiwar novel, Catch 22, Joseph Heller gets to the very heart of the matter on all matters pertaining to war and conflict…

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What if Putin has been right all along?

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Trump’s America explained in one picture

Trump standing there thinking to himself:

Nov 7

Trump’s America explained in one picture

Nov 7

Dick Cheney is with Satan now. Exactly where he belongs

If a man’s deeds on earth really do determine his destination in the afterlife, then the deeds of Dick Cheney have guaranteed him a first…

Nov 5

Dick Cheney is with Satan now. Exactly where he belongs

Nov 5

Diego Maradona possessed the spirit of a rebel and the mind of an outlaw

The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty ― Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Nov 3

Diego Maradona possessed the spirit of a rebel and the mind of an outlaw

Nov 3

The epic story behind the making of the 1960 classic movie, ‘Spartacus’

“I am Spartacus!” is arguably the most iconic line in the history of cinema. Still today, it is a short and simple refrain that allows us…

Oct 31

The epic story behind the making of the 1960 classic movie, ‘Spartacus’

Oct 31

Remembrance Day and the truths that dare not speak

The ritual of tribute to fallen soldiers is a tradition that stretches back to antiquity. From then to the present the exaltation of those…

Oct 31

Remembrance Day and the truths that dare not speak

Oct 31

Reflections on the life and death of Yahya Sinwar

Those throughout history who have made it their business to kill revolutionary and resistance leaders never learn. They believe that such…

Oct 24

Reflections on the life and death of Yahya Sinwar

Oct 24

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