The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday May 28th, 2022 – Amnesty International Day
Amnesty International Day calls upon everyone – no matter their nationality, culture, or race – to rise up and get involved in a number of different events that are going on around the world to protect human rights. Amnesty’s involved in a whole host of issues concerning the likes of torture, reproductive and sexual freedom, international justice, disappearances, and armed conflict. Through the research and campaigning of this organization, it plays a huge role in helping to free those who have been unfairly jailed, bring perpetrators to justice, and help fight all types of abuse.
The #British Art of Black Propaganda by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
Never underestimate the potency, and deceptive malice, of the British political mind. In responding to the threat posed by Imperial Germany during the First World War, the British propaganda campaign made much of the atrocity tale, the nun raping German and the baby bayoneting Hun. The effectiveness of the campaign was so impressive it sowed doubt amongst a generation about the reliability of war crimes accounts.
In its efforts to try to win US support for its cause against Hitler in World War II, the train of British propaganda again operated with a concerted effect, demonising isolationists and denigrating supporters and members of the America First Committee. The great hope there was that Britain would fight the Germans to the last American. It led to one of the largest covert operations in UK history conducted under the auspices of an agency known as “British Security Coordination”. During the course of its operations, BSC subject matter entered the American political bloodstream, aided by the injecting activities of Walter Winchell, Drew Pearson, a radio station (WRUL) and the Overseas News Agency (ONA).
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Days #poem by Jan Sand
“The consequence of Wednesdays
Parented by Tuesdays
Enchained in turn by Thursdays
That parse our times and lives
Assigns the rigid order
To package star events
That nestle in our minds
And join to make us whole.”
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Tang & Ram #036 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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