Elie Wiesel is a Romanian Jew who survived Hitler’s concentration camps. He became a respected writer and campaigner against genocide and global injustices. In 1999 he spoke at the White House reflecting on the passing century. In a powerful and touching speech drawing from his own experiences, he confronted the ‘perils of indifference’ towards suffering.
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Paul Simon, now seventy years old, has made music as fresh and uplifting as ever for his twelfth studio album.
With both sides claiming to have ‘won’ following the June 30th strikes, how did the media war over pensions reforms and the strikes play out? And what, if anything, did we learn?
With the 30th of June marking a day of national strikes against pension reforms by many in the public sector, one profession is given the spotlight: teachers. Are the requests behind their protests truly justified, or is it time they were more realistic about the future?
Over 750,000 public sector workers will strike on the 30 June in protest over the government’s planned pension reforms, but this one day strike is more symbolically important than economically
New film starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to heighten awareness of the repression of the Burmese regime, as star is deported on arrival in Rangoon