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Susan Dirgham

Susan Dirgham

Pearls and Irritations

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Julian Assange’s interview with Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

While the Australian government encourages us to view the late leader of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, as a terrorist, very many Australians who...

06.10.2024 8

Pearls and Irritations

Susan Dirgham

How should Australia respond as Israel provokes war?

Israel, the Australian government’s ‘ steadfast friend ’, has committed an act of terror against the people of Lebanon. It came not long...

01.10.2024 10

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Majdal Shams: lies, law and war

The picturesque town of Majdal Shams — just a 40-minute drive from Damascus — featured in Israeli director Eran Riklis’s award-winning film ...

22.08.2024 9

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The ‘necessary evils’ of Australia’s allies

“At a public meeting in 1971, C.P. Ellis – head of the Ku Klux Klan in Durham, North Carolina – tore up his KKK membership card in what was...

26.06.2024 10

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On Syria, sanctions, terror and war – an open letter to Australian parliamentarians

When we choose not to show empathy for the people of Syria, it leads us to ignore their country’s ancient history and the rich fabric of Syrian...

22.03.2024 30

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An opportunity for parliamentarians to work for peace

“If wars can be started with lies, peace can be started with truth,” Julian Assange: Petition EN5846 to the House of Representatives calls on...

08.02.2024 20

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Letter from Damascus: The impact of sanctions

A Syrian friend in Damascus was commissioned to translate Bridge of Clay, a tender, beautiful novel by Australian author Markus Zusak. As it is not an...

01.02.2024 7

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Antidotes against the allure of war: information and empathy

‘In the document drawn up by a top secret and high-level working group that met in Washington in September 1957, Mr Macmillan and President...

21.12.2023 10

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