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Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of politicians, legislators, activists, women in politics and the everyday voter.
Putin is A Walking Dead
The cover image for this story is one of my favorite cartoons by Alesha Stupin because of its symbolism and allusions to various images, incidents and facts in Putin's life. It is based on the famous photo of topless Putin riding a horse that is often used to illustrate his masculinity and strength.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in The Swamp
Putin Killed Navalny
Both men in the cover photo for this story, the leading Russian opposition figures, are now dead. With a span of 9 years, in the same month of February. When Nemtsov was assassinated on Feb.27, 2015, I could not believe it and was numb for a couple of days. Same thing happened when the news of Navalny's death broke on Feb.16, 2024.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in The Swamp
From the 'great abstainer' to a Euro no-brainer for Wales
Oh yes he’s the “great abstainer” and he’s “pretending that he’s doing well” in a lovely series of little podcasts being put out on Instagram at great expense by the Conservative Party... but money well spent on Alun “Friend of Israel” Cairns as it’s only a drop in the ocean in comparison to the Tory government’s investment on kid-killing weapons to bolster Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign of genocidal ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
By Steve Harrison2 years ago in The Swamp
Before Colin Kaepernick took a knee, there was Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Before former quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem in 2016 garnering national media attention and receiving praise from the black community and hate from conservative Americans showing it as a sign of "disrespect", there were black sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos took the stand putting on their black leather glove during the national anthem at the Olympic Stadium during the 1960s. Their protest garnered national media attention and caused them to be banned from sports until years after their protest they had gained respect.
By Gladys W. Muturi2 years ago in The Swamp
How Wales plays a part in Israeli campaign of genocide in Gaza
In the summer last year I remember hearing about Senedd Economy Minister Vaughan Gething blowing the horn about an advanced United States-based engineering company expanding its presence with a new centre of excellence at Cardiff Airport, St Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan.
By Steve Harrison2 years ago in The Swamp
Children being slaughtered while faint-hearted sit on the fence
The genocide in Gaza has gone from north to south over the past five months with the southern city of Rafah, where more than a million people are sheltering, the latest target in Israel’s ethnic-cleansing mission to destroy the heart and soul of the Palestinian enclave.
By Steve Harrison2 years ago in The Swamp
False flags flying in Middle East to inflame a global catastrophe
I woke up yesterday to the heartbreaking news that the United States and United Kingdom had been stepping up their efforts to foment the outbreak of World War III by mercilessly bombing targets in Iraq and Syria. The weather outside sounded frightful and in Cardiff later in the day Wales’ Six Nations campaign would kick off against Scotland at the Principality Stadium.
By Steve Harrison2 years ago in The Swamp
It’s Black History Month. Top Story - February 2024.
It’s Black History Month. “I don't even know what that means.” I took this previous sentence from a mostly white oriented film, Blades of Glory (2007) that made the phrase ever more popular in the culture. The phrase found its way on a hip hop song with the clean title, “In Paris” by Shawn “JAY Z” Carter and the artist formerly known as Kanye West, Ye.
By Skyler Saunders2 years ago in The Swamp
We can lead a cause to Waters but you decide whether to drink
You know how it is sometimes, when you wake up from a dream and there’s this earworm wiggling around in your brain? Well, since last Saturday’s humanitarian crusade in Cardiff in solidarity with the people of Gaza suffering mercilessly at the hands of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), I’ve had a slightly modified snippet of music from Pink Floyd’s 1979 concept album The Wall ringing in my head.
By Steve Harrison2 years ago in The Swamp
How to con the world that the 'genocide' in Gaza is justified
Before I went onto the pressreader.com website this morning I had little doubt I already knew the answer to the question I sought to confirm, I simply wanted clarification that my suspicions were correct before starting on this article.
By Steve Harrison2 years ago in The Swamp
Humanity or hegemony... now’s the time to make that decision
Since the first Cardiff humanitarian crusade in solidarity with Palestine in 2024 took place at the start of the year I’ve found it difficult to write about those that have followed due to sheer frustration that the genocide is still ongoing, now into its 114th day, and because my former employer MediaWales and its Wales On Sunday publication continue to totally ignore the marches against it, something that would have been unthinkable during my 30 years as a journalist.
By Steve Harrison2 years ago in The Swamp
