I'm done with politics (at least for a while).Like so many others I'm desperately angry at what's happening in the world, and I have been doing what little I can -and it has been I admit very little -to contribute to the various debates which are raging around the world today.However it has become plain … Continue reading I’m Done With Politics (At Least For A While)…
RESISTANCE
I heard a voice in the darknessof another sleepless night;whether it was whispering or shoutingI could not tell,and nor could I tell where it came from: 'If you claim the right to kill usbecause we stand in the way of your ambitions,then we claim the rightto to stand in your way,even if we are killed.If … Continue reading RESISTANCE
HONESTY IN POLITICS
1.How can any-one tell the truthWhen no-one knows what the truth is?How can any-one sort out the liesWhen no-one knows who lying? 2.Truth is a housewith scaffolding round it;the windows need glazing,the door needs its flap. Lies are pigeonsperching on the roof,staining the tileswith their stinking crap. 3.So how can you possibly do what's right,when … Continue reading HONESTY IN POLITICS
THINK
(a poem about Boris Johnson, written during the first lockdown in 2020 when we were learning the hard way just what kind of Prime Minister Johnson was going to be).Boris Johnson would have us thinkHis government is on the brinkOf doing great wonders; there will be a ceaseTo trouble, to strife, there will be peaceAnd … Continue reading THINK
A HASBARIST IN FULL FLOW
Here is a comment made on Facebook in response to my open letter Keir Starmer, and the exchange that resulted from it. It is as classic a piece of Hasbarist gaslighting as I have yet come across.My friend comes across as a rational man putting forward a halfway rational answer.It is an answer, however, which … Continue reading A HASBARIST IN FULL FLOW
OPEN LETTER TO SIR KEIR STARMER
(This is a copy of a letter I intend to send to Sir Keir Starmer. I do not expect it to have any effect on its own; but this is the only kind of action I am in a position to make before the next election. I hope that enough others with the vote are … Continue reading OPEN LETTER TO SIR KEIR STARMER
ANSWERING ISRAEL: LIST OF WEBSITES UPDATE
(Please save this list to your computer, and share it too. It may prove to be very useful either when informing people of the issues relating to the Israel/Palestine situation or when debating those issues with Israel's supporters.) Israel and its followers, such as the Labour Party leadership in the UK, wish us to believe … Continue reading ANSWERING ISRAEL: LIST OF WEBSITES UPDATE
ANSWERING ISRAEL: A LIST OF WEBSITES — Richard A. Snell
Israel and its followers, such as the Labour Party leadership in the UK, wish us to believe that Israel is a fully democratic state, despite the Arabs and Palestinians who reside there or in the occupied territories having no right to a share in that democracy.The underlying assumption, which the more militant Zionists insist on […]ANSWERING … Continue reading ANSWERING ISRAEL: A LIST OF WEBSITES — Richard A. Snell
ANSWERING ISRAEL: A LIST OF WEBSITES
Israel and its followers, such as the Labour Party leadership in the UK, wish us to believe that Israel is a fully democratic state, despite the Arabs and Palestinians who reside there or in the occupied territories having no right to a share in that democracy.The underlying assumption, which the more militant Zionists insist on … Continue reading ANSWERING ISRAEL: A LIST OF WEBSITES
FIFTH FLOOR.
The view from my window here on the fifth floor of Southern Court in Penkhull is not quite so fascinating as those I had when I lived on the tenth story of Butler House, a block in Limehouse, East London.There, to the east, from my kitchen, I could see all across East London and out … Continue reading FIFTH FLOOR.
The Ethical Watchman 