Arms dealers are like drug dealers. They must be stopped.

As the war on Libya continues in its path of death and destruction, the dusty streets of the cities and villages and the yellow sands of the desert turn red with the blood of Libyans while the doctors and nurses struggle night and day with the maimed, wounded and traumatised. …

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“I want everyone of you to have a reason to be outraged”

“I want everyone of you to have a reason to be outraged”

Thorsten, a friend in Germany, kindly sent me a copy of Time For Outrage (Indignez-Vous), October 2010), a powerful 4000 word political critique of our wretchedly compliant society by Stephane Hessel, a former French diplomat. …

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A boy, a short film, a piano and a poem …..

Earlier this month, the class teacher  gave children 30 minutes to write a few lines about their response to a short animated film based on a husband playing the piano after the death of his wife. …

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Gotama the Buddha – not a holier-than-thou type.

I have a dozen biographies about the life of the Buddha. I emailed Stefan Karpkik, who loves exploring the Pali Suttas (Discourses of the Buddha) about the Buddha. …

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