Kyiv is so beautiful, Victoria Amelina reflects, it’s no wonder Putin wants it. She also said that if Putin were to get what he wants and Russia steals Ukraine, she and most of her friends would soon be in prison or dead. Read More:
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Stephen Graham, co-writer of Adolescence suggests the murder of young girls by young boys has been on the increase. The rates of all female homicides in the UK have fallen over the last ten years. The most common murderers of young girls are not boys but adult males.https://drb.ie/a-strange-affair/

Raphael Samuel and EP Thompson sought to resurrect the lives of the marginalised, in Thompson’s case the weavers and artisans, in Samuel’s itinerant labourers, gypsies, rough sleepers and travelling showmen. Read More:
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Europe has long been been subordinate to the US. Many found the supine an acceptable position, compensating with a cultural sneer. However, the fear of being squelched militarily by the Russians and economically by the Americans has concentrated minds. Read More: drb.ie/crash-baby-c...

Warsaw, doomed to disappear, became an invincible city, and the history of Poland is cemented into its cityscape. Even under communism, this reconstructed city of Russian merchants and royal pomp provided many people with a new start. Read More: drb.ie/articles/sem...

drb essay: The spiralling wealth of private companies and their political ambitions now seriously threaten our ability to defend ourselves and to implement the kind of international co-operation between states that is vital for our survival. Read More: drb.ie/articles/the...

As the millennials might put it, the world is falling apart and that’s been very hard on me. We live in an age of anxiety. We have horror to help us think about this anxiety – horror, the genre that tells us we are right to be scared. Read More: drb.ie/articles/bla...

The denial of autonomy to women in the Greek city was related to their absence from war. Women were to have male offspring, to fight and debate in the polis. But Medea said, ‘I would rather stand behind a shield in three battles than give birth to a single child.' read More drb.ie/articles/pow...

How can Palestine achieve self-determination? The Israeli state is not the only problem. The US and European countries are historically involved and culpable.
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