During the Cold War, the US military had bases, hidden or otherwise, all over the planet. After the fall of the Soviet Union many of these bunkers became redundant. Today, problems are arising when deciding what to do about the material that was left behind in the abandoned structures. In Greenland, toxic and radioactive waste […]
Fever by Deon Meyer It’s our near future and the world as we know it has come to an abrupt halt. It was a fever that brought an end to our global societies, an unexplained fever. Few survived, and of those who did even fewer made it through the Darwinian regression that followed. Thirteen-years-old Nico […]
Luke Kelly was a member of the globally renowned Irish folk band, The Dubliners. His strong vocals and intense passion for, and belief in, the songs he sang made him one of the foremost folk singers of his or any time. In this offering, he regales us with a ballad about a Scottish lifeboat named […]
Interpreting Turkey’s Military Operation in Syria Ever since things started to go badly wrong in Syria after the uprising prompted by the 2011 Arab Spring, the situation has converted the customary fog of war into an impenetrable black box. None of the intervening political actors including Turkey, United States, Iran, Russia, Israel, the UAE, and […]
There is an adage that states that, “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” If it’s a cliche then that is because it has merit. Lies often start wars and lies are used to justify them. But Rebel Voice believes that the greatest casualty of war is children. Adults can, for the most part, […]
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris Ludwig Eisenberg, known as Lale, was born on 28th October, 1916 in Slovakia. On 23rd April, 1942, he was taken by train and forcibly transferred to Auschwitz. His number was 32407. It was in Birkenau that Lale meet his future wife, Gita Fuhrmannova, also Slovakian. Gita had been […]
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In this piece of inspired verse, Thomas Davis calls to all those born on the island of Ireland to stand together as Irish people, in opposition to the yoke of English colonialism. He believed that the Irish identity did not depend on bloodlines but on feelings of the heart. His…
