ED CURTIN—Homage to Sophie Scholl in the new Age of Terror. Her example may illuminate the path of future martyrs, and they will surely come.
CULTURE & HISTORY
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MANUEL GARCIA JR—The essential lesson of responding to the approach of a destructive inevitability beyond your society’s power is to engage in compassionate cooperation to make your society as good as it can be for as long as you and it can be made to last, and to find your life’s fulfillment in doing so.
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PETER KOENIG—Gods wake up! – Palestine cannot wait. Palestine is being murdered, every day a little bit. And you, gods, say nothing. Your silence is assassination. Your silence – dear gods, disqualifies you from godliness. You don’t want that. You don’t want to lose the power of love and let evil reign. Do you?
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Most casualties of war were by missile volleys or cavalry running down stragglers like this. Very rarely would cavalry charge formations or infantry would go head to head. People like to live, they run at the first chance.
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JOHN PILGER—Citing his critical tweets about the recent detention of Catalan president Carles Puidgemont in Germany, and following pressure from the US, Spanish and UK governments, the Ecuadorian government has installed an electronic jammer to stop Assange communicating with the outside world via the internet and phone. As if ensuring his total isolation, the Ecuadorian government is also refusing to allow him to receive visitors.