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Fifty years down the line and still a deafening silence about the assassination of Herbert Chitepo
Herbert Chitepo. A stamp of approval from a government that dares not answer a vital question – Who killed him and why? Who killed Herbert Chitepo in March… Read more >
History repeats itself: First as a Nazi salute and then as “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm”
Elon Musk making one of his “awkward gestures” at a rally of Trump supporters in Washington In the 1930s, giving the Hitler Salute was a way of demonstrating one’s… Read more >
General Synod 2025: Some Church of England bishops would be forced to stand down were they subjected to scrutiny by a truly independent board of child sex abuse examiners
Outspoken and courageous, Dame Jasvinder Sanghera. She has raised a subject that will cause hearts in the Church’s out of touch hierarchy to miss a beat or two The… Read more >
GENERAL SYNOD 2025: The appalling child abuse scandal is the elephant in the room as Church of England leaders meet in London
Justin Welby, forced to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury but still living at Lambeth Palace in London (Picture by Trevor Grundy taken at World Council of Churches (WCC) summit in… Read more >
Genocides and ethic cleansings continue to haunt us. Aren’t we all sick to death of those two meaningless words “Never again!”
Memories are made of this: Kulaks were seen by Stalin as wealthy exploiters of the “struggling urban-based Russian masses.” This frightened woman was forced to leave her home with her… Read more >