The Rafah Tent Massacre

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and hundreds more injured on Sunday in a blaze caused by an Israeli airstrike on a Rafah tent camp full of displaced people. The massacre has been widely condemned: Several countries and global organisations have condemned...

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Massacres, Then and Now

Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Between Rock and a Hard Place. On this holiday Monday: First, if you missed yesterday’s post, here are 15 varied songs marking the day. Next: My “Memorial Day Massacre,” which came out over PBS one year ago,...

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Reflections on Memorial Day, 2006

Originally posted Memorial Day 2006 Various commentators on the network political shows on Sunday, May 28 reminded us to take some time to remember, on Memorial Day, those who had died in our current and past wars. Some even suggested that we do so at a particular...

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Songs for Memorial Day

Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Between Rock and a Hard Place. Fairly eclectic group, but here goes: John Prine unveils “Sam Stone” in very early TV appearance. A little-known early Joni Mitchell song, “The Fiddle and the Drum,” performed by...

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