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The journalist as a peacemonger
ROGER McKENZIE wishes all reporting from wars carried a clarion call for peace from journalists placing themselves firmly on the side of its victims rather than being stenographers for those who champion war
Martha Gellhorn with Ernest Hemingway and Chinese General Yu Hanmou, Commander-in-Chief of the 12th Army Group from 1938–44, in Chongqing, China, 1941
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From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
White racist rioting has many an infamous precedent in Britain, writes DAVID HORSLEY
The SNP might dissemble over the meaning of ‘nationalism,’ but it can’t disguise the fact that it is no left-wing party, says ELAINE SMITH
Castro became one of the first leaders to denounce Israeli genocide against Palestinians at the UN, comparing zionist persecution to Nazi crimes while Cuba trained PLO cadres and awarded Arafat state honours, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The summer saw the co-founders of modern communism travelling from Ramsgate to Neuenahr to Scotland in search of good weather, good health and good newspapers in the reading rooms, writes KEITH FLETT
HOW long can we keep scrolling past the decapitated bodies constantly appearing on our telephone screens?
We have the options of closing our eyes, or moving on to something more edifying like the picture of a cat, or simply turning off our phones altogether.
I don’t hold the view that seeing the real impact of war on our screens somehow desensitises us or makes us less caring.
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