The War Abroad, by Alix Emery By James O’Brien Do you remember that time,When you were a child,And now you kill children.The blank necessity,The hollow bark of... Continue reading
Trump’s war is deep-dyed criminal,given the number of innocents dead;but hell! it ain’t half holy, some may think,given the number of supportive prayers said. Those who fail... Continue reading
By Omar Sabbagh, in Beirut If there was a man with a due and special briefwho died in utter pain today, the last drop of working sapin... Continue reading
Jesus on the Cross, from the interior of Grazia Chapel. Lars Hammar, CC by SA 2.0 On Good Friday, Violet White argues that our response to the... Continue reading
By Nick Moss I have heard the 2nd rate reformist flotsam of my generation spill platitudinous flag-waving mendacities like shit from a Thames Water sewer pipe as... Continue reading
Israeli bombing of Nabatieh, March 10 2026. Wikimedia Commons Poem and commentary by Omar Sabbagh, in Beirut Freedom In The Age of Trump A simple bird once... Continue reading
Music teacher Ahmed Abu Amsha performs for children and adults in Gaza. Image: YouTube/United Nations By Mike Jenkins (for Ahmed Abu Amsha) He took a note from... Continue reading
By Jim Aitken The reporter fella oan the nicht newssaid thit the Middle East is jist the maistturbulend place in the hail o’ the warld.Ah agreed wi’... Continue reading
Anti-war poster, c. 1970 Take Your Eyes Off the Prize“Busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels.”—William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part Two When long-buried truthsAre brought into the light,And... Continue reading
President Donald Trump By Lizzie Eldridge Thank God our great nationisn’t governed by thoseIslamic fundamentalists,religious fanatics,Jihadists who idolise suicide beltsin their barbaric lust for an un-Holy War.... Continue reading