Tag Archives: Syria

While we slept

Posted on February 7, 2023 by henry tapper

While we slept, people lay trapped in pain and without relief in freezing cold in southern Turkey and Northern Syria. While they were suffered I was dancing to a band in Brighton and talking with some refugees from Iraq after … Continue reading →

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Imaginary terror exposed

Posted on August 30, 2013 by henry tapper

The decision by the House of Commons not to agree (even in principle) to Britain’s military intervention in Syria was surprising and uplifting. There will be three immediate consequences. 1. We will not open yet another front on the war … Continue reading →

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Hand wringing over Poland and Syria

Posted on June 9, 2012 by henry tapper

I’m fed up with myself for wringing my hands over genocide in Syria and racism in Poland. I listen to the radio, watch web images and well up with anger that these things are happening. My anger is useless, I … Continue reading →

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“Our weapon is the camera”

Posted on September 27, 2011 by henry tapper

Perhaps the measure of political control in Libya is calibrated by fear.
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