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Read more about the article The curse of the peacemakers
Photo at right, of Yitzhak Rabin's funeral, from Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof's book (left)

The curse of the peacemakers

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Matthew 5:9 In his sermon on the mount, Jesus Christ offered his blessing to peacemakers. Unfortunately, most of humanity - including most nominal Christians - have never got the memo. Advocating for peace in a world dominated by territorial, tribally oriented, heavily armed and trigger-happy people is a thankless, dangerous task. As far as modern nation-states and those who run them are concerned, external enemies come and go, but peacemakers are always high on the hit-list - often literally. For the most part, "peace"…

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Read more about the article Twist of fate for the old man of the street
A 2009 photo of Alwyn, before we knew his name. Photo by Phil Voysey.

Twist of fate for the old man of the street

For years I watched him wander the streets of Newcastle. He was old, small and stooped. He was unshaven, unkempt, grimy and ragged. He wore dark trousers and a dark hooded jacket that covered his head. As days and weeks passed his trousers seemed to practically erode from his body, becoming more and more tattered until eventually they were nothing but strips of rag hanging from a waistband. Every now and then he would vanish from the streets for a day or two before re-appearing in a new outfit when the process would begin again. Most…

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The corporate war on humanity

The murder of that "health insurance" CEO in the USA has blown the lid off a simmering conflict in which most of us are unwilling combatants. I'm not even repeating the dead guy's name, because it's irrelevant to my argument. And let's even leave aside, for now, the person who pulled the trigger of the gun that fired the famously inscribed bullets. In my view, what killed the CEO was the the corporation he served with such brutal enthusiasm, backed by the money system that gives such corporations their apparently invincible power. As I've said before,…

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