A fashion appendage

Do those who flaunt the poppy on their lapels know that they mock the war dead?

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 05 November 2011 I turned on the television in my Damascus hotel room to witness a dreary sight: all…  [more]

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Survival of the briefest

This time, how about a debate of substance?

By  , November 4 The Republican presidential candidates, their sinews stiffened and their blood summoned up, may rightly dread Wednesday’s version of what are inexplicably called debates.…  [more]

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Loverly

The post-racial America of Ann Coulter and Pat Buchanan

By  , November 4 Oh, what a “loverly” time we are having in post-racial America. Except when the outrageous holy of holies of the American conservative movement…  [more]

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Bignesse of a hazelnut

If Men Ran the Church

Announced by Burton Dasset, Thursday, 3 November 2011 It’s taken me all night, and a lot of Access programming. But I’ve finally done it. I have sorted the “Beaker Song Book” into a logical…  [more]

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Fifth of November

Remember, remember the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent to blow up King and Parliament. Three score barrels were laid below to  [more]

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Struck by the similarities

Apartheid and the occupation of Palestine

By John Dugard, 04 Nov 2011 09:00 This week, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will consider the question of whether Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) constitute the crime of apartheid…  [more]

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Paranoid nervous breakdown

America’s itch to brawl has a new target – but bombs can’t conquer Iran

By , Thursday 3 November 2011 17.30 EDT This time there will be no excuses. Plans for British support for an American assault  [more]

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