Kester Brewin

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  • Why This is a Religious War, But Not a War Between Religions

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    In a previous post examining some of the its psychodynamic roots, I suggested that the current tragedy in Gaza is, in fact a religious conflict. But not because three faiths are somehow at war over doctrine. This is not a war between religions, but a war created by religion. I want to expand on that slightly.…

  • New Poem: Dimmer

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    Dimmer All this time spent on small swipes and hand gestures miniscule thumb movements small digits knitting together such thin threads in hope of warm touch. A life, dim lit in cars, alone and on trains with blue teeth chattering into the elsewhere, wondering, in the small part of somewhere how friendship became…this. (c) KB…

  • Psychodynamics of the Middle East 101: Why America Needs Hell, and Israel Doesn’t Want Peace

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    With the recent flaring up of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian territory in Gaza the question has again been raised ‘will there ever be peace?’ My view, having visited the region a number of times, is that the leadership of Israel simply do not (yet) want peace. How can this be? How could a…

  • New Poem: Dawn Chorus

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    Dawn Chorus Ok! Alright! I hear you! I know the light has come again, little sparrow… did you think, perhaps it mightn’t? We talk in a very superior way of bird-brains and scoff mockingly, at your joy-song at each dawn-break as if you thought it was some daily miracle that the light has come again……

  • For Nic… | Mutiny for a Great Cause

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    As you may have read, my very dear friend Nic Hughes passed away last week. He was diagnosed with cancer of the gall bladder, with secondaries in his liver last December (see his very moving post from 18th June via link above.) The metaphor of ‘fighting’ cancer is a troubled one, but he fought hard…

  • Coming to America | Mutiny USA

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    Been a pretty crazy time leading up to this, but really excited to be flying over to the US this Friday for 10 days or so of events promoting Mutiny!, mostly with my fellow insurrectionist, Pete Rollins. I’m particularly pleased to be able to be bringing this book to the US, because one of the…