This was protest theatre. Expressing pain and hope through art. I visited one of my favourite coffee haunts here in Marseille. The barista is a young French Canadian woman and I mentioned […]
South Africa: losing home
Trump will win re-election, and he will remake America in South Africa’s image
When Trump was elected, I said that you had put an African “big man” in power. That wasn’t a joke, but the absolute truth. The clearest and most obvious indicator of that […]
What should we do about Africa?
Our friend Sam Hill returns to Sierra Leone. The hard way. There’s no way of estimating how many hours have been devoted to the question of Africa – its poverty, its wars, […]
Burden us with white men: L’Etranger
Burden Us with White Men — Sent forth the worst who breed — Bind our souls to exile Captive to serve their greed; To wait in heavy harness, On gammoned kakistos — […]
Why aren’t we marching in the streets? Lex Veritas…
«««»»» What we could do, should do and will do are unfortunately different. I’m not surprised that the S. Koreans forced a president out through mass demonstration. When I lived there there […]
Brexit: Facts cannot be denied. Eventually there are nothing but consequences.
The Globalist: “We’ve run out of time, and no amount of clever denunciations or legislation or voting will change the inevitable progression of the choices we have made, and the facts we […]
Lex Veritas: we interfere in global politics, now the globe interferes in ours
«««»»» Yesterday I overheard a long NPR segment on Russia’s digital interference in US politics. This was a few hours after I read an article about how a state department employee was […]
Moscow Mitch and the American empire
It all started as innocent fun… Lisa Wright I’ve been quiet lately for the good of the mental health of the group and I feel like I have earned a bonus in […]
Immigration is about economics
Maybe Mr. Trump’s wall will make a difference. I doubt it. Desperate people do desperate things. Like trying to walk across the Sonoran Desert carrying a child. A six year-old girl died […]
The end may be nigh, but don’t lose hope
This only starts out doom and gloom You probably don’t need to, but just in case, stop for a moment and think about the headlines of the day, however you’re aware of […]
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