Father of dead Canadian soldier supports white poppy

by | Nov 10, 2006

Father of dead Canadian soldier supports white poppy -10/11/06 The father of Canadaís o Father of dead Canadian soldier supports white poppy -10/11/06 The father of Canadaís only female soldier killed in Afghanistan, has said that he would be happy for his daughter to...

Anti-Jewish attacks in Germany compared to Nazi era

by | Nov 9, 2006

The president of German’s Central Council of Jews, Charlotte Knobloch, has drawn parallels between recent extremist attacks in eastern parts of Germany and the 1930s era under Adolf Hitler when the Nazi’s were consolidating power – writes Anli...

US churches call for withdrawal from Iraq

by | Nov 9, 2006

US churches call for withdrawal from Iraq -09/11/06 The General Assembly of the Nation US churches call for withdrawal from Iraq -09/11/06 The General Assembly of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and Church World Service today called for “an...

Newsreader Jon Snow condemns ‘poppy fascism’

by | Nov 9, 2006

Newsreader Jon Snow condemns ‘poppy fascism’ -09/11/06 Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow Newsreader Jon Snow condemns ‘poppy fascism’ -09/11/06 Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow has waded into the debate about the requirement of figures in public life...

Violent solutions not ‘normal’ but mythic, says theologian

by | Nov 9, 2006

The current argument in Britain and Canada over white peace poppies as a legitimate alternative or complementary means of remembrance has highlighted what some regard as the pernicious nature of the quasi-religious idea that violence is ënormalí and produces...