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End the Violence In Gaza – Global Review Issue #1

Art & Design, Blog, Featured, Illustration, Middle East, News, Politics

July 31, 2014

During the past three weeks Israel has continuously committed heinous acts of terror against the Palestinian People. The hypocrisy of world leaders and the impotence of their silence is as disturbing as the barbaric acts of violence Israel has unleashed on Gaza. ...

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Abbott Meets Ethnics

Australia, Blog, Illustration, Politics

July 3, 2014

A quick sketch I drew for an excellent satirical piece published on Sajjeling....

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Disaster Capitalism

Australia, Blog, Illustration, Middle East, Pakistan

February 19, 2013

A series of illustrations I drew for the launch of Antony Loewenstein’s exhibition of amazing photos from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and across Australia. The month long event also showcased a preview to Antony’s upcoming documentary on disaster capitalism and his book,...

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Judge asks al Qaeda, Iran, Taliban to pay $6B for 9/11

Blog, Middle East, USA

August 2, 2012

An American Federal Magistrate Judge has said that al Qaeda, the Taliban and Iran are all liable to pay up to $6 billion in damages for the 9/11 attacks in New York. So lets get this straight. *Osama bin Laden, leader of al Qaeda and Saudi national, claims responsibility for 9/11 *15 of the 19 …...

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The Battle for Aleppo

Blog, Middle East

August 2, 2012

Incredible footage by the BBC’s Ian Pannell and cameraman Darren Conway, as they were trapped in a fire fight between Assad government forces and Free Syrian Army rebels in Aleppo, Syria. Full BBC report here...

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Inside Syria’s War

Blog, Middle East

August 2, 2012

An exclusive report by journo friend, Yaara Bou Melhem, with the Free Syrian Army. Yaara has managed to gain unprecedented access to the FSA along with a rare interview with its leader, Colonel Riad al-Asaad and entry into the elaborate labyrinth of secret tunnels used by the rebels....

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Winning the hearts and minds, one war crime at a time.

Blog, USA

April 20, 2012

The US are supposedly champions of human rights, they uphold the ideals of freedom and democracy, they are beacons of light in an otherwise dark world, they reprimand others left right and centre for committing atrocities and invade other countries to bring peace and stability. Bizarrely, these champions...

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Murder, Media and What We Read

Articles, Blog, Middle East, Politics, USA

March 16, 2012

When innocent men, woman and children are killed, it is called murder, so why does this not translate onto the pages of what we read as we ingest our daily fill of mainstream media? Writes Reuben Brand. The gruesome murder of 16 innocent people, nine of whom where children, by a US soldier in Afghanistan...

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Assad Regime Hit List Targets Thousands

Blog, Middle East

March 2, 2012

A 718 page document that contains the names, addresses, phone numbers and activities of thousands of Syrian dissidents is being used as a hit list by the Syrian regime to systematically target its own citizens. Mother Jones: “The infamy of Syria’s Mukhabarat intelligence service is well known....

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Freedom, Democracy, Stupidity and War Crimes

Articles, Blog, Middle East, Uncategorized, USA

March 2, 2012

US Marines: Not the sharpest tools in the shed, but I guess one only need a blunt object to bludgeon a country to death. Writes Reuben Brand. Burning copiesof the Qur’an in Afghanistan – just another day at the office for the pride of America, the US Marines. Hundreds of angry Afghans have vented...

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