Photo credit: CNN An Australian citizen will join Greta Thunberg in the third attempt this year to by activists to break Israel’s blockade of Gazza and deliver food and humanitarian supplies, departing from the Global Sumud Flotilla from Barcelona. SBS News reports that Abubakir Rafiq, an activist and content creator from Sydney. is traveling with the group. Rafiq said on board…
Photo credit: Daily Mail Asylum seekers have been moved into luxury 300,000 pounds town houses complete with en-suite bathrooms, electric vehicle charging points and underfloor heating. Express reports that this has sparked outrage from local residents who say they’ve been kept in yhe dark. The four privately owned, three-bedroom properties have a rental value of 1,200 pounds per…
Turn by turn We dey run. Great idea I have, Give them crumbs, They’ll worship you. Little knowing What you’re giving belongs to all. Militocrazy! Khakistocrazy! Agbadacrazy! Civilianocrazy! Chopintocrazy! All na craze! A no wan craze o? OK! Peopletocracy! Massestocracy! Who is straight? If you no wan craze, Stop the gaze. Free your sense, Stop being…
Photo credit: The Los Angeles Times Israel has called on Palestinians to leave Gaza City, a move the Red Cross has warned against. Euro News reports that Israel wants to slow down or halt the entry of aid into northern Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel has started its expanded military offensive in Gaza City. On Friday, Israel declared the…
Photo credit: the Guardian In what appears to be an ill wind blowing across Europe, anti-immigration rallies are set to happen on Sunday in Australia. SBS News reports that controversial anti-immigration protests are set to take place in major cities across the country with ‘March for Australia” organisers calling for an end to what they describe as the government’s policy…
Photo credit: the Conversation I sit on a park bench alone beneath a drift of leaves;a scuffle of rubbish rushes up with the wind:scraps of red plastic,crumpled paper hats, masks:a smell in the air,singed and bitter. I sit on this park bench,New Year’s Day. And have I sat here forever alone listeningto the cacophony of…
Fast for forty days, Masses fast everyday. Awe ti b’awe nle, Biribiri gan la ngba! We already spent, Without being sent Aeons in fast, Cos we lack. So when you say We must pay, Through fasting, We are smiling. Already we’re hungered Cos we pondered Over nothing to eat, We have no wheat. We are…
