2nd May 2016 Patrick Henningsen 21st Century Wire Human rights in the West: does the reality live up to the rhetoric? On the surface, the cultural narrative seems innocent enough: billionaire philanthropists, political luminaries and transnational corporations, along with legions of staff and volunteers – all working together in the name of social justice,…
30th December 2015 Then, each year, each hypocritical “Merry Christmas”, we will be counting victims and measuring cubic liters of blood, spilled on that real and chemical “virgin” snow! Published in Counterpunch White foam, kitschy lights and embarrassing computer generated melodies. Year after year, the same crap. Not tired yet? Christian families gather;…
This is an incredibly well expressed reaction from a respected traveller on the same road as many of us. It is a reaction to the phenomenon of negative debate and Facebook tyranny that has become a more prevalent factor in daily social media interaction. Perhaps it is a reflection of the sectarian division tactics being…
“First they came for Libya, I bought into every imperialist lie on Gaddafi and supported Libya’s destruction. Then they came for Syria, I proactively bought into every imperialist lie and I championed its destruction. Then they came for Tunisia, and I hadn’t got a clue as to how britain was destroying Tunisia so I said…
All of nature is a yearning for service: The cloud serves, and the wind, and the furrow. Where there is a tree to plant, you be the one. Where there is a mistake to undo, let it be you. You be the one to remove the rock from the field, The hate from human hearts,…
Could any dictator desire more? Almost the entire population of the Empire is now thinking the same way! The populace is “educated” at schools and the universities staffed with submissive, and cowardly teachers and professors. The populace is “informed” by hundreds of thousands of servile journalists and “analysts”. There is almost no deviation from the…
You are all beautiful You are all courage You are all awareness You are a force wrapped in Grace. A light tinged with sadness. A comfort edged with knowledge. History touched by wisdom. Insight driven by intuition. Intelligence beside humour. Bright eyes washed by tears. Nature and nurture side by side, you are the first,…
I was diagnosed with breast cancer April 2013 in Gaza, after days spent wrestling with over exuberant porters, Egyptian Intelligence and army at the Rafah border, this was not the outcome I expected. Two ultrasounds and a rather barbaric mammogram later i wandered out of the clinic in Gaza, bemused and dazed. I sat on the…
Ahmed el Fiky is a young, aspiring author residing in Cairo, Egypt. His first book, Operation 9/11, written as a 24 year old investigated the truth behind the 9/11 attacks and the ensuing war on Iraq. His painstakingly researched fictional work received considerable acclaim and persuaded Ahmed to consider a second book on a subject…
The Wall Will Fall 