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on Ukraine
after days and nightsdreaming of release from fearKherson wreathed in smiles ~ n.b. Could this the beginning of the end? CLP 14/11/2022 →
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on Ukraine
step lightly returningsons of Russia sleep nextpeople of Kherson ~ n.b. What a criminal waste of human life. 260 days of war, for what, Moscow? CLP 10/11/2022 →
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on Ukraine
lines on maps redrawnbodies buried as they falllife’s fragility ~ n.b. Does it matter where you are lain once slain if borders are marked out in your blood? CLP 06/11/2022 →
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on conversation
people of Tigrayarmies have reached conclusionis this time to talk ~ n.b. Inexhaustible supplies of weaponry eventually wear down opposition to negotiation. How long has this been going on? CLP 04/11/2022 →
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on Iran
young people have lostfear of authority’s fistnew freedom riders ~ n.b. During my recent travels in the US I saw a statue of a woman sitting calmly. I saw the image repeatedly: in the Capitol in Washington DC; in Memphis TN; in Birmingham AL. The woman was Rosa Parks. Her determined protest, to sit where →
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on Ukraine
is it beyond themcan peace come from up on high?powerless people ~ n.b. Look at who is suffering. What have they done to deserve this? Bombing civilians, destroying infrastructure of Kyiv, what strength you demonstrate, Moscow! What a man! CLP 31/10/2022 →
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on Iran
immoralitypolice shoot into protest crowdsWoman! Life! Freedom! ~ n.b. Forty days of mourning for Mahsa Amini has become a rolling wave of grief as other innocent school children (girls and boys alike) have been murdered by the authorities, with others who have committed the capital crime of calling out the repression of a brutal theocracy. →
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on time
more shooting in schoolSt. Louis gathers more ghostssoulless at its heart ~ n.b. It was just four weeks ago I walked past Central Visual & Performing Arts High School on Arsenal Street. It was a beautiful, sunny morning. Pass any school in the USA and it sets one thinking about intruder prevention, safety drills, panic →
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