Category Archives: war

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War in Images, Literature and Slideshow

Much art concerns experience. What we know. But at the same time we need to express what we feel about what we hear about, or see on our screens, the hyper-real. So although we may often be advised to “write … Continue reading

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Imitative Israel

Luciano Borzo Zios want to erase all trace of Palestinian identity . Ironically , they must admire them otherwise why steal EVERYTHING from them from the garments, koffiye to the food …pretty soon it will be the dabke dance too … Continue reading

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Edward Field

Edward Field is 99 years old today (7/6/2023)x In my opinion one of the most significant American poets of his time. Why? Because he is one of the first poets to “tell it how it is”. No frills. A sane … Continue reading

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Poetry of Protest

  Anthony Howell says: UPDATE – Unfortunately I have come down with a really horrible flu, so I have had to cancel my reading tonight. But please go and support the other readers on my behalf.   I am glad … Continue reading

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TIGER TOPIA – for Julian Assange

x Marry your lover too soon after your husband has passed away And you could die of tiger fright. They have these unfathomable eyes. Their lean stripes, imagine them. How they slide between Poles. Shaman-masked, marked with ancient writing. x … Continue reading

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Conflict with the Eyes Closed

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ACCORDING TO PLINY

The dragon, ever at war with the elephant, Is itself of so enormous a size, As easily to overwhelm the elephant, Seize it in its clutches and encircle Its legs in its coils. x The contest is equally Fatal to … Continue reading

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How Different Countries View War

Andrei Martyanov (SmoothieX12 on Youtube) cites the movie Come and See when he explains in the second part of a post called Economics of Military Industrial Complexes in Russia and US how the Russians conceive of war and how the … Continue reading

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Two Versions of Truth

Here is Patrick Lancaster reporting and here is the BBC Within hours of each other, covering the same event. The door to door voting is for convenience and safety, not for intimidation. Why is the BBC so partial? The news … Continue reading

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