Good piece in the Guardian on why the sporting community need to take a strong stand against a regime, Sri Lanka, that murders civilians with impunity. It’s just not cricket, sports fans: Disgrace. What a tediously familiar word; stripped of significance by its overuse, shorn of force by its frequent repetition. Read it again. Roll…
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More refugees globally struggling for safety
So our response should be compassion and understanding, not launching more wars, building more walls and increasing the anti-asylum seeker rhetoric. Yes, I live in this world: The number of forcibly displaced people around the world has reached a 15-year high, according to the UN high commission for refugees (UNHCR), with the vast majority languishing…
Imagine if Palestinians admitted to killing Israelis
It would be front page news globally. But instead, this story will inevitably disappear down the memory hole: Undercover Israeli intelligence officers appeared on national television Saturday to talk about assassinating Palestinians in a program broadcast on Israel’s Channel 10. Oren Beaton presented a photo album of Palestinians he killed during his time as a…
Standing up against Chinese repression; release Ai Weiwei
I’m proud to have signed the following statement, just released publicly, that asks the Chinese regime to release famed artist Ai Weiwei: This is an open letter from members of the Australian creative community to the Chinese Ambassador in Australia about the disappearance of artist and activist Ai Weiwei To Chen Yuming, Chinese Ambassador to… Australia,…
Killing fields of Sri Lanka
Here is the devastating Channel 4 in Britain documentary on the brutal civil war in Sri Lanka. Assisted by China, Israel, India and the US, Colombo murdered over 40,000 Tamil civilians. We will not forget. And we will demand accountability:
Calls for Colombo to face war crimes trial grows
From Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times: Will the Sri Lankan government be able to shrug off the persistent allegations that war crimes were committed, in its successful assault on the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in 2009? I have always assumed that the answer to that question was – probably Yes. But now I’m beginning to…
Don’t play Israel and join the Gaza flotilla
Canadian film-maker John Greyson unleashes yet another fine work: Gaza Island from Albino Squirrel Channel on Vimeo. More here.
Praising Sri Lanka for murdering countless Tamils
Oh what a glorious war. After killing up to 40,000 Tamils civilians during the end of the country’s civil war, Colombo recently organised a conference to show the world the wonderful techniques used to silence, intimidate and destroy Tamil hopes for a homeland. Naturally, many other countries were keen to hear such wise words, including…
Zionist leader worries that democracy in Israel/Palestine is bad thing
Hear the fear in the words of somebody who knows that true equality for Jews and Palestinians will mean the end of Jewish privilege. We should welcome it: President Shimon Peres is concerned that Israel might become a binational state, in which case, he warned, it would cease to exist as a Jewish state. “I’m…