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IS Biden deliberately trying to provoke WWIII? Certainly we have seen since the beginning of the Ukraine war how the US government has backed and encouraged Zelenskyy against the invasion…
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IS Biden deliberately trying to provoke WWIII? Certainly we have seen since the beginning of the Ukraine war how the US government has backed and encouraged Zelenskyy against the invasion…
Quite rightly there is horror at the thought of chemical weapons being used in Ukraine. This horror easily translates into propaganda, and both Russia and the West are keen to…
Is Volodymyr Zelenskyy too good to be true? Zelenskyy is a popular leader at home in Ukraine and, since the Russian invasion, his popularity has surged around the world. He…
Peace talks aiming to stop the war in Yemen are planned between 29th March and 7th April. The war, which began in 2014 when Houthi rebels ousted the government, is…
This week’s briefing updates the latest news on the war in Ukraine and also examines why capitalism is the cause of our misery. We recommend you use this full screen…
I didn’t have anything to write about in the last issue. I was coping with a family emergency at exactly the wrong time, and the needs of others took top…
Xenos, an ancient Greek word, can be translated as ‘stranger’ or ‘guest’ but, combined with the word ‘phobia’, it means fear of strangers. In Swahili the word mgeni is similar…
I’ve always talked openly to the boys about most things; it wasn’t a conscious decision so much as an instinctive one. When they got to the age where they could…
Is Putin a war criminal? Russia is fighting a dirty war in Ukraine. Civilians are not just collateral damage. They are being targeted in his desperate attempt to reboot the…
As the war in Ukraine intensifies, the continuous imagery of the suffering being experienced on an unimaginable scale makes it hard for even the most rational person to offer a…