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November 5, 2024 · 11:36 pm

Race Relations in Britain Today: Readings via Responses to Audrey Maxwell’s 1998 Study

Michael Roberts 

After I presented my late departed sister Audrey Maxwell’s study, one presented in a book oAudrey Mugn Cross-Cultural Marriage edited by Rosemary Breger & Rosanna Hill [1998, Oxford, Berg] in TPS, I moved on to ……..

Audrey Mug  A ]  https://thuppahis.com/2024/10/31/addressing-audrey-maxwells-research-on-cross-cultural-marriages-in-englan/

AUDREY Mug shots B] and circulated an invitation to scholars and friends in Britain seeking critical thoughts on her study and/or reflections on relations between coloured immigants people and dinky-die BriA tons today; see ………………………………. https://thuppahis.com/2024/10/31/ag-audrey-maxwells-research-on-cross-cultural-marriages-in-englan/

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October 31, 2024 · 6:32 pm

Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza Today

An EDITORIAL in the Haaretz, 29 October 2024 with this title “If it looks like Ethnic Cleansing, it probably is” …. with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi

Isn’t it ironic to see many Israeli Jews playing the role of the Nazis who eliminated their Jewish ancestors through urban bombardment, ethnic cleansing and genocide.

For three and a half weeks, Israeli forces have been besieging the northern Gaza Strip. Israel has almost completely blocked the entry of humanitarian aid, thereby starving the hundreds of thousands of people who live there. Information emerging from the besieged area is only partial, because ever since the war began, Israel has barred journalists from entering Gaza.

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October 30, 2024 · 9:47 pm

Israeli Tourists and Investments in Arugam Bay Area Under Threat

ITEM in THE GUARDIAN, 29 October 2024 with this headlin

The golden sands of Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay are usually carefree, a place for tourists to surf the famous break and relax on the beach.

But last week, the slow rhythm of the bay was dealt a shock. The US embassy, followed up by Sri Lankan police and Israel’s national security council, warned of a serious terrorist threat in the area. Israeli travellers were believed to be the intended target of a planned attack and were told to evacuate immediately. Hundreds of police and senior intelligence officials descended on the small coastal town, setting up patrols and road blocks.

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October 22, 2024 · 1:37 pm

The Epitome of “EVIL” … Today’s Soulmates with Hitler

Brian Victoria

In an increasingly secular world, calling someone or something “evil” will seem to many as an anachronistic label, conjuring up as it does a reddish figure featuring a fiendish face and horns, pitchfork in hand, with wings and a tail. A truly dreadful and fearsome sight indeed!

Christians have traditionally viewed evil as a rebellion against God, embodied in the figure of “Satan” (aka Devil). Satan was identified as the cause of all suffering in the world.  Further, it was Satan’s fall from Heaven that illustrated the cosmic battle between good (God) and evil (Satan). As such, Satan existed as a malevolent force outside of ourselves, constantly attempting to entice us to accede to his wicked ways.

By comparison, in contemporary thought, evil is examined through psychological, social, and cultural lenses. Thus, evil can arise from one’s own psychological disorders, group dynamics or the sociopolitical/socioeconomic systems under which we live. No longer is it seen as a metaphysical or malevolent moral force lying outside of ourselves.

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October 9, 2024 · 2:56 pm

Meirsheimer’s Forecast in 2009 — Seeking to ”Save Israel From Itself”

John Meirsheimer, in The American Conservative, 18 May 2009….. article entitled “Saving Israel From Itself” …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by Tthe editor, Thuppahi

The two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the Jewish state’s long-term security—and our own.

Israel and Palestine in Middle East on contour map. Palestinian territories of Gaza and West Bank. Jerusalem and Jordan River on outline map. Theme of Israel, war, conflict.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The United States and Israel fundamentally disagree about the need to establish a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. President Obama is committed to a two-state solution, while Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is opposed and has been for many years. To avoid a direct confrontation with Washington, Netanyahu will probably change his rhetoric and talk favorably about two states. But that will not affect Israel’s actions. The never-ending peace process will go on, Israel will continue building settlements, and the Palestinians will remain locked up in a handful of impoverished enclaves in the West Bank and Gaza. Anticipating this outcome, Obama has told Congress to expect a clash with Israel.

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September 26, 2024 · 3:30 pm

Ceylonese Migrants to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s

Earlson Forbes, whose title in THE CEYLANKAN, vol 27/2, May 2024 is “Fortress White Australia: What early Ceylonese migrants [1949 t0 1969] were up against” … now placed in TPS in a revised form to accomodate illustrations that proved recalcitrant

The Six Australian Colonies came together on the 1st  of January 1901 to form the independent Nation of the Commonwealth of Australia.  From 1788 (First Fleet arrival at Sydney Cove) to the time of Federation, Australia was populated by convict and free settlers almost exclusively from Britain.  The 1901 census put the population at 3.7 million.   Aboriginals were not counted in this census. A small percentage of the population was made up of Pacific Islanders and Chinese.  The Chinese entered Australia in the second half of the 19th century at the time of the Gold Rush in Australia (mid-19th century) and in the years following. Between 1851 and 1870 about 50,000 Chinese were estimated to have entered Australia. Pacific Islanders had been brought to Australia in the second half of the 19th century as labourers.

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September 24, 2024 · 9:07 pm

The Branding of Islamic Migrants to Ceylon Over the Centuries

WHEN Shamara Wettimuny’s article  in the History Workshop Journal entitled “The Colonial History of Islamophobic Slurs in Sri Lanka”  …. was placed in FACEBOOK it received the following set of comments: some prejudiced against and some in favour. The ethnic difference in the authors is quite marked and thereby marks the depth of ethnicity in the island context …. TODAY.  

Moving at a tangent, I stress that the research work that generated the book by Roberts, Colin-Thome & Raheem which is entitled People Inbtween (1989 Sarvodaya) becomes profoundly relevant to this set of engagements. Note that my deployment of the THUPPAHI concept for my web-site’s brand name emerged from this body of research. So, do visit this entry as well: https://thuppahis.com/why-thuppahi/

The original article can be access in THUPPAHI at ………………… https://thuppahis.com/2020/09/07/experiencing-denigration-in-sri-lanka-the-muslims-yesterday-and-today/

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September 16, 2024 · 8:36 pm

A Muslim Militia in the East of Sri Lanka Sponsored by the State

Rajan Hoole, being Chapter 3 of his book “Sri Lanka”s Easter Tragedy: When the Deep State Gets Out of Its Depth”

  1. A State-sponsored Muslim Militia in the East

Mohamed Zahran Cassim, whose fate made headlines in Wahabi terror, was born in Kattankudy in 1986. In understanding his rise and death in a suicide blast of Easter, 21st April 2019, it is useful to keep in mind Velupillai Prabhakaran and how his terror machine subdued an entire people. Zahran’s zeal and ire were initially directed towards subduing the Sufi population of Kattankudy. We shall see that the patronage and protection afforded to him by a section of the Sri Lankan security establishment, changed course because of unexpected mishaps after he led an attack on Sufis on 10th March 2017. Despite efforts by his handlers, an independent magistrate issued an arrest warrant for him, making him a wanted person. Forced to leave Kattankudy, he was manoeuvred, as circumstances suggest, into becoming an instrument of suicide terror.

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September 12, 2024 · 5:44 pm

Up Yours! The English Middle Finger INSULT Directed at the French

The History of the Middle Finger

Well, now ….. here’s something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn’t history more fun when you know something about it? Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future.


Battle of Agincourt

 

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August 3, 2024 · 7:39 pm

Mearsheimer on Israel’s International Crimes

Theodore K

20230125 UC Political Science Website Photo. Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Cobb, Cummings, Harper, Pick, Rosenwald, Saieh, and SSRB . (Photo by Joe Sterbenc)

John Mearsheimer has provided the world with an insightful analysis on Israel, Netanyahu, and the US Rules Based Order.

SEE …. LISTEN … to Prof. John J. Mearsheimer: “Netanyahu’s Grave Mistakes” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4opzJiXAz0
Thus inspired …. THEODORE K’s THOUGHTS:  “Netanyahu has no interest in peace. His goal is genocide of the Palestinians, to make Gaza uninhabitable,  to expand Israel into Gaza and the West Bank, as the US cheer him on to the tune of the Rules Based Order – the “Rules Based International Order” Australia supports and keeps ranting on about.

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