The scandal of the abducted children of illegal immigrants to the USA is one which will not and should not go away. People such as the TV and movie star, Alyssa Milano, are still campaigning for action to be taken to return these children to their parents and families. It is shocking to think that children […]
Trump Rejects Halting Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia as ’Punishing Ourselves’ Alwaght– US President Donald Trump rejected on Saturday halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia over alleged murders of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey’s Istanbul. Responding to calls for blocking military sales to Saudi regime, Trump reporters at the White […] […]
The once well publicized case of the abducted children at the US border has not gone away. Although there was a massive initial outcry at the heavy-handed approach to the treatment of the young of illegal immigrants, the media in general appear to have let the matter go. But not everyone has forgotten those children, […]
Zen And The Art Of Murder by Oliver Bottini Louise Boni is a Black Forest chief inspector in Germany. She is struggling with the aftermath of a messy divorce and the killing of a murderous paedophile. To cope, Louise has turned to alcohol and it’s impacting upon her career and life. Her colleagues are losing […]
There is much hardship in our world, most of it man-made and therefore avoidable. When images of injured or starving children appear on our screens or monitors, it is understandable that many would wish to turn away. The photos are sickening. Yet to ignore the truth of what is taking place is to allow it […]
It’s a brutal reflection on any society when children are treated as commodities to be bargained and sold. The very idea of child-brides should be abhorrent to any who have an ounce of decency. Those who engage in this vile practice deserve to be flogged, flensed and locked up for a long period of time. […]
They are the stories on the news. They are pictures in papers. They are voices on the radio appealing for help. The are a cause for some and a plague for others. They are people who have found themselves in a bad place through no fault of their own. They are the refugees. The incidence […]
The attempted genocide of the Rohingya people by the Myanmar authorities and many of its citizens is one of the greatest crimes, so far, of this millennium. What compounds this horror is that the powers of the world who usually rush to condemn such atrocities have remained remarkably subdued. We even have the scenario whereby […]
Jospeh Kony is one of the most wanted men in Africa. He is a seriously deluded individual who has abducted countless children and indoctrinated them into his religion-inspired ‘army’. He is at war with the Ugandan government who are also brutal in their methods. Sadly, as is always the case in such conflict, it is […]
When searching for an image for the header to this piece, Rebel Voice typed into Google Free Images, ‘Palestinian boy goes to school with one leg’. No images of the scores of Palestinian children shot recently in Gaza emerged. Instead, one image popped up repeatedly of an Israeli boy who lost one of his legs […]
The scandal of the Magdalene Laundries and the orphanages of Ireland run by the Catholic Church is surely one of the most sickening episodes of history on the Emerald Isle. The Church was all-powerful and the children were its greatest victims. Members of the public may have suspected that there were serious problems, but few […]
It was one of the greatest rivalries of the ancient world. The mighty Empires of both Rome and Carthage fought twice until eventually those canny Italians emerged victorious. Carthage was a naval power. Rome was not. So it was that the Romans had to quickly learn the craft of fighting at sea. They learned fast […]
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