Posts Tagged ‘Vietnam War’
The Death of the Greatest Film Journalist that the British Media Rejected – John Pilger 1939-2023
True to form – the Guardian’s Obituary Fails to Mention Pilger’s Searing Criticisms of their Treachery Over Julian Assange John Pilger In His Own Words: The Late Great Journalist In A Never Before Released Interview I’m not sure if he was trying to send a message, asking me to pick up the baton, but John Pilger died…
Read MoreThe Chomsky Challenge for Americans
Why do they hate us? This was the iconic photo of the Vietnam War of a naked 9 year girl running, having been napalmed. Her younger brother is to her left in the background and the US sponsored South Vietnamese troops are in the rear. Today Kim Phuc lives in Canada, having been granted asylum…
Read MoreMuhammad Ali – the Death of a Black Revolutionary
Malcolm X taking a picture of Ali I woke up today to the news that the great Muhammad Ali, who had suffered so terribly from Parkinson’s disease, had died aged 74. This was before I set out for an anti-fascist demonstration that wasn’t in Brighton. I felt a sadness that I haven’t felt since John…
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