Jean Giono’s The Man Who Planted Trees tells of a shepherd’s single-handed effort to re-forest a desolate valley in the Alpine foothills of Provence in the early 20th century. If you haven’t read it, and lingered over illustrator Michael McCurdy’s … Read More »
this post also features in offguardian With so many brown skinned men, women and children in the Middle East maimed, bereaved or having their lives terminated by the high tech and highly profitable products of America’s military industrial complex, it’s … Read More »
Since becoming Labour Deputy Leader in September 2015, Tom has had just shy of £97,000 from two Israel lobbyists, Trevor Chinn and David Garrard, and from Labour Friends of Israel. On Facebook I came across the list below, taken from … Read More »
[ezcol_1half]Perhaps you gave, as I did, that Panorama special – yes, that one – a miss. Or maybe, a glutton for torture, you actually watched it – in which case you’ll be needing professional help. Here, with his habitually unruffled … Read More »
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Ten second summary. This book is a timely response to three groups: those yet to grasp that Israel in its current form is an outrage comparable to apartheid South Africa; those who recognise this truth but fail (as had … Read More »
this post also features in offguardian [ezcol_1third] It pains and embarrasses me that I used to admire Dame Margaret Hodge. Her steely grillings of millionaires, in her capacity as chair of the select committee on tax avoidance, had once warmed … Read More »