Thursday, 12 November 2020

Durability

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It''s been a bloody tough year  But like comets we can soar, With the smile of love On our many diverse faces, As winter's cloak...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni activists executed for nonviolent resistance to destruction of Indigenous lands.

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    On 10 Nov 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni indigenous author and activist, was executed by hanging by the military government of Sani Abacha in...
Saturday, 7 November 2020

Coronavirus: Insights from Albert Camus' 'The Plague'

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     Much has been written about my hero French- Algerian existentialist philosopher Albert Camus ,   https://teifidancer-teifidancer.blogsp...
Thursday, 5 November 2020

Remember, remember, the fifth of November Gunpowder treason and plot

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    It's that time of year again - when  Britons commemorate the failure of the November 1605 Gunpowder Plot to destroy Parliament wit...
Monday, 2 November 2020

A.J.Cook - Militant Miner and Trade Union Leader ( 22/11/1884 - 2/11/31)

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Balfour Declaration’s 103rd Anniversary prompts calls on Britain to apologise and recognize Palestinian rights

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   Lord Arthur Balfour   The Balfour Declaration was issued 103 years ago   today; It. was the one of key developments in the early stage...
Saturday, 31 October 2020

Samhain Reflections

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    As we in the northern hemisphere cross the threshold of autumn into winter, I am reminded what a powerful time of year it is. As the anc...
Thursday, 29 October 2020

Diane di Prima, Pioneering Feminist Beat poet and activist, dies at 86

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I am saddened to write that Diane di Prima, lifelong  feminist poet, activist and teacher who was one of the last surviving members of the ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Sean Taylor - Herd Immunity (part 2)

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  In the UK more people have died from coronavirus than any other country in Europe. The delayed lockdown cost lives and was combined with...
Monday, 26 October 2020

It Comes In Waves

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John Coltrane was right let's not pretend, love is supreme in the corner of the night with a bottle half empty a candle burns bright as ...