The Fallacy of ‘Security’ and the Israeli-Palestinian Question…
November 9, 2011 | 15 Comments
Recently UNESCO accepted Mahmoud Abbas’ bid for the recognition of the Palestinian state in the United Nations. The bravery that surrounded the bid, its tactical astuteness and the bravery of the nations that actually voted in favour of Palestinian recognition cannot be overstated ( it resulted in the loss of 28% of UNESCO’s funding with [...]
Republican voters should take a chance on Congressman Ron Paul……
August 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
I am no expert on American politics, I’ll be the first to say so, and I don’t like commenting on things where I may not have the full facts but I am very interested in the upcoming federal election for many reasons and felt unbelievably compelled to write this little piece about Congressman Ron Paul. [...]
London………..
August 9, 2011 | 4 Comments
“How beautiful a London street is then, with its islands of light, and its long groves of darkness, and on one side of it perhaps some tree–sprinkled, grass–grown space where night is folding herself to sleep naturally”…..Virginia Woolf. In times like these I find myself thinking about two statements made about the city of London: [...]
The Audacity of Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire, Multi-Level Corruption and the British Public.
July 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
The United Kingdom has been rocked by the recent revelations that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation’s subsidiary newspaper the News of the World has been hacking into telephone lines and mobile phone lines of vulnerable members of the British public, families of murder victims, as well as families of fallen soldiers and certain politicians. The level [...]
Japan Earthquake.. largest on record..
March 11, 2011 | 2 Comments
As of 10:00 AM GMT the Sendai earthquake in Japan has claimed 26 lives measured at a magnitude 8.4-8.9 on the Richter scale. The tsunami generated has been devastating and has damaged a large part of northern Japan. The images are shocking and there are serious worries about the damage the spread of the tsunami [...]
A new Pan-Arabism?….I’m not so sure…
March 8, 2011 | 4 Comments
I’ve purposely waited to write this piece… reason being, I simply wanted to see whether or not we were going to witness another spate of uprisings crushed by autocratic rulers and regimes, like we saw in Iran in 2009, Western Sahara in 2005, UAE in 2004/05 etc, and I guess like we are seeing in [...]
Royal Dutch Shell and the tragedy of Nigeria’s Ogoni region…..
January 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
The red sections on the adjacent map of Nigeria mark the nine states that encompass the Niger Delta, the states are: 1. Abia, 2. Akwa Ibom, 3. Bayelsa, 4. Cross River, 5. Delta, 6. Edo, 7.Imo, 8. Ondo, 9. Rivers. Royal Dutch Shell has been the largest player in the Niger Delta area of southern [...]
Who wins if South Sudan separates?
December 9, 2010 | 7 Comments
On January 9th 2011 an historic day will be witnessed by those that currently live in the largest country on the African continent; namely, Sudan. Ever since 1997’s ill fated Khartoum Peace Agreement, the pressure has been on – by mainly Western powers and especially by the Bush administration and its acceptance of masses of [...]
The State of The Catalonian Coast…
October 27, 2010 | No Comments
Having just spent three wonderfully sunny and warm days on the Spanish coast researching coastal processes and development, I’m astounded at the shambolic state of the coast line in this part of Spain. At the risk of this sounding like a Geography essay, I feel it had to be touched upon in order to shine [...]
UK Coalition announces deep cuts. Countries of the Commonwealth, watch this space.
October 20, 2010 | 6 Comments
In most countries around the world that boast a parliamentary system, the word ‘Tory’ is usually synonymous with the phrase ‘cuts in spending’ or if not, at the very least, some form of increased ‘privatization’. This sentiment usually has two responses: the first is that cuts in spending are necessary for economic growth due to [...]