Brett Gregory interviews Palestinian screenwriter/director, Muayad Alayan, in Jerusalem about his latest film. BG: So where are you right now? MA: I’m in Jerusalem. BG: So obviously... Continue reading
By any other name by Stuart McFarlane Now the school of semantics is fully enrolled, we begin to believe the lies we’re being sold. ‘Proportional response’, ‘Collateral... Continue reading
Dennis Broe discusses the opposition between corporate and alternative media, now and in the 1950s. Image above: Charlotta Bass, editor of The California Eagle Today with the wars on... Continue reading
Stripped by Bernie Crawford Always go for the strong imagethe one that stalks the mindwhen the book is closedlet it do the work, I encourage my students... Continue reading
Whose Bad Books? by Christopher Norris, with image by Martin Gollan 1 Our pastor, he said ‘Praise the Lord,Give praise unto His name,And spread the gospel news... Continue reading
White Phosphorus A Ghazal for Gaza written on 5th November 2023 All Hallows’ Eve 2023, tenth anniversaryOf my mother’s passing from Huntington’s Disease; Outside the half-curtained living... Continue reading
Shellshocked Lives by Viktoria Simanovski These days I see an unjust world fragmented into fractions, thrusting children into battles and wars that are not of their making.... Continue reading
Uday, One Day by Jim Aitken In memory of Uday Abu Mohsen who lived only one dayafter being killed during the Siege of Gaza, 2023. Uday was... Continue reading
Outlook by Steven Taylor Mainly cloudyA chance of rainDusty. GrubbyRubble mostlyDeath expected Britain Could send umbrellasBut they preferProviding weaponsTo the killers (with instructionsto be careful, obviously) The... Continue reading