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‘When does a killing become an outrage? When does an atrocity become a massacre? Or, put another way, how many killings make a massacre?...When is a massacre not a massacre?...

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‘When does a killing become an outrage? When does an atrocity become a massacre? Or, put another way, how many killings make a massacre?...When is a massacre not a massacre?...

WHERE ARE THE TEARS? By Amber Poole

WHERE ARE THE TEARS? By Amber Poole

“FINISH THEM,” she writes on the artillery used to kill 36,000 Palestinians, an estimated 15,000 of them children. I know the Nazis and the Soviets displayed this kind of cruelty, as do the...

WHERE ARE THE TEARS? By Amber Poole

“FINISH THEM,” she writes on the artillery used to kill 36,000 Palestinians, an estimated 15,000 of them children. I know the Nazis and the Soviets displayed this kind of cruelty, as do the...

How To Stop Fascism

How To Stop Fascism

This kind of ‘radical evil’ starts out looking benign. It always starts by casting doubt upon the victim, by convincing them they are less than a specific standard. By making...

How To Stop Fascism

This kind of ‘radical evil’ starts out looking benign. It always starts by casting doubt upon the victim, by convincing them they are less than a specific standard. By making...

Poverty: The American Way

Poverty: The American Way

A wage earner, particularly a woman alone with children will be looking at a different prospective. A different kind of slavery. Economic bondage. Her options are few.

Poverty: The American Way

A wage earner, particularly a woman alone with children will be looking at a different prospective. A different kind of slavery. Economic bondage. Her options are few.

Can There Be Peace in the Modern World (Part Two)

Can There Be Peace in the Modern World (Part Two)

What if suddenly, within my reach, but not quite, a sniper got him and he fell to the ground, dead. What if he hadn’t even the time to cry out,...

Can There Be Peace in the Modern World (Part Two)

What if suddenly, within my reach, but not quite, a sniper got him and he fell to the ground, dead. What if he hadn’t even the time to cry out,...

Cover art for Il Agora Blog-Essay Section of Bust-Down Books. Dimly lit old town eastern appearing deserted alleyway with stone street, clay jars in the path and merchant style setups in front of the buildings that line the road.

Can There Be Peace in the Modern World? Part I ...

Can there be peace in the modern world is my question? What have we lost; how can we identify the wrong turn Jung talks about so as to re-route ourselves,...

Can There Be Peace in the Modern World? Part I ...

Can there be peace in the modern world is my question? What have we lost; how can we identify the wrong turn Jung talks about so as to re-route ourselves,...