This week we are reminded of a person in a power position trying to sexually harass and abuse a young innocent immigrant just trying to work an honest living. When the young hapless victim tries to defend their rights and honour by standing up to the perpetrator, they are suppressed …
Read More »On Rights, Peace and the Power Of Truth.
Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side. James Russell Lowe, nineteenth century abolitionist As quoted by Martin Luther King Jr concluding the Riverside speech of 4 April 1967 when King first linked the struggle …
Read More »“Israel: Learning to Swim in the murky Middle East”.
For many of us, the Middle East makes no sense at all. We read a headline like “Erdogan accuses Israel of seeking ‘systematic genocide’ in Gaza” and wonder why he would turn on a natural ally. That’s because our western thinking is quite alien to the Middle East and …
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