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"A week after U.S. Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wrote to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department ...
15/07/2025

"A week after U.S. Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wrote to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defence demanding a halt to the use of Guantanamo as a detention facility, CBS obtained internal government records exposing the Trump administration’s accelerating transfer of detainees. Departing from the earlier policy of only holding migrants from South America pending deportation, the U.S. is now also detaining migrants from Africa, Asia and Europe at Guantanamo.
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Ramona Wadi explores the Trump administration's use of the Guantanamo Bay facility and revisits the historic treaties underpinning US-Cuban relations.

https://cassandravoices.com/current-affairs/global/guantanamo-founded-on-u-s-occupation/

"There was one place open. A private party in someone’s house going late into the night. The house stood on the edge of ...
04/07/2025

"There was one place open. A private party in someone’s house going late into the night. The house stood on the edge of the river with a Christmas tree of white twinkling lights in the window. There were cheerful voices inside, warm in the snowy night. It was a birthday. The stranger wearing the brown fedora and the long coat opened the door and the patrons registered his presence with a dart of the eyes in the candle light. Dancing between the chattering voices was music. The beautiful sound of violins. He sat down in a black leather chair and closed his eyes. He started wondering about music. Music the liberator, the soul of dreams, emancipator of captives, of slaves, uplifter of the downhearted. He wondered whether music was evidence of som**hing unique in us. Music, sorrow and saviour. Creator of dark and light. The meaning of barren planets. The fertile spirit of the wasteland. Crying tears of sorrow and tears of joy. It is both winning and losing. It is hope. It is delight. It is anger tamed. It is dancing. It is the life in the smile, somehow surviving the death of the world.
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An from a new story by Dominic Mallen called Psychopomp

https://cassandravoices.com/culture/literature/fiction/psychopomp/



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Covid-19 Vaccines: Informed Consent?.."If that isn’t bad enough som**hing else in the vials, and I don’t understand why ...
03/07/2025

Covid-19 Vaccines: Informed Consent?
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"If that isn’t bad enough som**hing else in the vials, and I don’t understand why it is there. This wasn’t presented to the FDA in the original application for licensing as ‘it was considered to be a non-functional part of the plasmid.’ Its presence has been disputed by some regulatory bodies and researchers, but is now actually recorded in the manufacturer’s literature.

This substance is Simian virus 40, not all of the virus, just a portion called a promoter/enhancer sequence. In another incarnation this same substance – genetic material from a monkey virus – facilitates the entry of genetic material into the nucleus and hence the genome of the individual treated. This is the desired aim in this other incarnation, but is it the desired aim in the Covid vaccines? If not then why is it there?
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Dr Billy Ralph asks what percentage of the 70% of the world's population who received the COVID vaccines can truly say that they gave 'informed consent'?


"So, when I entered recovery for my m**hamphetamine use disorder, I felt ashamed of my promiscuity. Until, in treatment ...
02/07/2025

"So, when I entered recovery for my m**hamphetamine use disorder, I felt ashamed of my promiscuity. Until, in treatment for post-traumatic stress and anxiety, my counselor pointed out that most of my earliest s*xual experiences were crimes against me. This list includes my stepfather’s molestation and s*xual threats, the family friend who grabbed my naked breasts, every adult male who had s*x with me when I was under the legal age of consent, and each s*xual encounter where I complied due to fear.
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After suffering abuse as a child, Mary Beth O'Connor became addicted to m**h-amphetamine. After that she traded s*x for the drug. Read full article for her story of recovery culminating her becoming a federal judge.

https://cassandravoices.com/society-culture/teenage-s*x-for-m**h/

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"I lost him in a physical sense in June of 2023. Though we hadn’t always been close, his absence tore som**hing open in ...
30/06/2025

"I lost him in a physical sense in June of 2023. Though we hadn’t always been close, his absence tore som**hing open in me—som**hing I hadn’t known was holding me together. It felt like I had lost a layer of myself, the kind that only one who has lost a parent can recognise. Grief quickly arrived as a hole in my heart that I thought could never be filled again. It’s funny how time works – it plays tricks. Now I feel guilty that I am not sad enough. At first, the sadness was all-consuming. Now, it feels like not enough. When I think back to the weeks following deaths occurring, the loss seemed unconquerable – like a landscape or terrain that I couldn’t cross. Tears would come as I drove to work, causing me to pull over. A song would play, and sadness would follow, my mental state undone by a single lyric. I thought then that this hole could never be filled, that this experience, or the dark shadow of it, would shape me from that moment on. Now I know that, although this hole can never be truly filled, light can filter in. It can come streaming gracefully in hues of gold, through love, people and moments, and slowly allow me to come back together.
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An excerpt from 's article 'The Release of Love' which explores the final months of her father's life, reflecting on mortality, presence and the silences between words.

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"I lost him in a physical sense in June of 2023. Though we hadn’t always been close, his absence tore som**hing open in ...
30/06/2025

"I lost him in a physical sense in June of 2023. Though we hadn’t always been close, his absence tore som**hing open in me—som**hing I hadn’t known was holding me together. It felt like I had lost a layer of myself, the kind that only one who has lost a parent can recognise. Grief quickly arrived as a hole in my heart that I thought could never be filled again. It’s funny how time works – it plays tricks. Now I feel guilty that I am not sad enough. At first, the sadness was all-consuming. Now, it feels like not enough. When I think back to the weeks following deaths occurring, the loss seemed unconquerable – like a landscape or terrain that I couldn’t cross. Tears would come as I drove to work, causing me to pull over. A song would play, and sadness would follow, my mental state undone by a single lyric. I thought then that this hole could never be filled, that this experience, or the dark shadow of it, would shape me from that moment on. Now I know that, although this hole can never be truly filled, light can filter in. It can come streaming gracefully in hues of gold, through love, people and moments, and slowly allow me to come back together.
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An excerpt from 's article 'The Release of Love' which explores the final months of her father's life, reflecting on mortality, presence and the silences between words.

https://cassandravoices.com/society-culture/the-release-of-love/



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"She was summoned back from the dead, a spirit with form to keep me company, sword, sister for me, brother- man. I misse...
24/06/2025

"She was summoned back from the dead, a spirit with form to keep me company, sword, sister for me, brother- man. I missed her, was lonely so she came. Her voice tore down buildings as she flew around me, and though it comforted me, the price was too high, people were going to get hurt, the earth was sinking in, the ground cracked and sunk. My sister brought me to a canyon, vast desert open plains and still they crumbled from my dead wife’s voice. This place was suitable, but was no way to live. I would have my love by my side but no one could come near. And she was a floating thing, I could never really touch her, flying pixie with dark air, dark hair. ‘This is the only safe place’ my sister said, but even then the mountain tops were crumbling on the horizon. Blue sky yellow ground and yellow tumbling mountain tips breaking away and falling down. ‘Send her back’"

Our for June is Irish Puerto Rican artist Jaed

https://cassandravoices.com/culture/music/musician-of-the-month-jaed/

U.S. citizens Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi were detained and executed in Chile during the early days of the US-backe...
20/06/2025

U.S. citizens Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi were detained and executed in Chile during the early days of the US-backed dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Investigative reporter and author John Dinges, who has written extensively about Latin America and Operation Condor, investigates the earlier premise that both men were murdered by the Chilean military upon direct orders from the U.S. government. Chile in Their Hearts: The Story of Two Americans Who Went Missing After the Coup (University of California Press, 2025) finds no evidence to confirm direct US involvement, upon which earlier books, as well as the 1982 film Missing, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek, were based.

Review by Ramona Wadi.

https://cassandravoices.com/history/review-chile-in-their-hearts/

"Some efforts were made from the 1950s onwards to produce Irish comics that promoted the cultural norms and references o...
18/06/2025

"Some efforts were made from the 1950s onwards to produce Irish comics that promoted the cultural norms and references of a state that broke from the values of the British Empire after 1922. These entrepreneurial efforts had limited success. Economies of scale was one limiting factor. The Irish population was either stagnant or only slowly increasing. The Irish comics had no income from advertising.

In the 1950s there was a monthly Irish comic called The Leprechaun. In the 1960s and 1970s a comic titled Our Boys appeared, and one called An Gael Ōg which was for young readers learning Irish. These latter titles were produced by the Christian Brothers. Since the 1970s the educational Folens company has published Christmas annuals with titles like Súgra, Siamsa and Spraoi for parents to place beneath Christmas trees. Some Celtic themes, some aspects of contemporary life and some Irish language fun are included in the titles. These only appear once a year. Irish children still go to shops and newsagents to buy The Beano, Spiderman and a few American publications.

Perhaps there’s a market for an Irish-produced monthly childrens’ comic? We have many illustrators of stimulating children’s books in Irish and English who could surely be attracted to such an enterprise. The movie animation industry in Ireland has contributed to films that were nominated for Bafta and Oscar awards. I hope some of this artistic talent can be garnered for the launch of a comic or two that Irish children and their parents would gladly read.
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Garreth Byrne recalls comics from his childhood in the 1950s and 60s at which time there was a vibrant market in Irish comics, along with British favourites.

https://cassandravoices.com/society-culture/the-comics-of-yesteryear/


No animals died by Deborah MasonOur research on toads and carabidsconsidered predator and prey.Japanese toads and bombar...
17/06/2025

No animals died

by Deborah Mason

Our research on toads and carabids
considered predator and prey.
Japanese toads and bombardier beetles
were ‘introduced’, let’s say.
The relationships were explosive –
but complied with current laws.
We intend to show you footage.
Please, hold your applause.

Our m**hodology? Each beetle placed
in tongue’s reach of a toad.
Each swallowed.
Chemical explosions soon showed
toads bulging, swelling,
changing shape –
till finally, through emesis,
they let their prey escape.

Our results? All beetles were ejected –
and survived. No toads died.
We timed explosions, measured vomit,
observed from every side.
We’ve now described how toxic creatures
can avoid digestion.
Ah yes sir, at the back there,
do you have a question?

Reference
Sugiura, S., Sato, T. 2018 Successful escape of bombardier beetles from predator digestive systems. Biol.Lett. 14: 20170647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0647

Feature Image: Japanese Common Toad by Yasunori Koide.

'Sciascia was a specialist on the mafia, and he demonstrated how they kill and destroy. First, they isolate and disempow...
13/06/2025

'Sciascia was a specialist on the mafia, and he demonstrated how they kill and destroy. First, they isolate and disempower and then they denigrate. Often, demonising or scapegoating their prey. And those who seek to investigate them – such as the anti-corruption Sicilian Judge Giovanni Falcone – who act on principle are destroyed. This is exquisitely detailed in Equal Danger (1971), his best book.

David Langwallner discusses the continued relevance of the Sicilian journalist, parliamentarian and anti-mafia critic Leonardo Sciasa.

https://cassandravoices.com/history/public-intellectuals-leonardo-sciascia/

"He pauses, unzips a mini sack with a little carry-on pharmacy he carries on top of his bulletproof jacket, takes out a ...
10/06/2025

"He pauses, unzips a mini sack with a little carry-on pharmacy he carries on top of his bulletproof jacket, takes out a small set of medical wound dressings, and pushes it into my closed hand: “A gift for you, Indiana Jones!”

I say, “Indiana Jones… Is that because of my hat?”

“The lady is from America,” Marina says. I am getting used to this explanation of my presence in Ukraine, because even though I don’t feel like a foreigner here, it helps making my Russian-only speech, which might have been perceived as unpatriotic otherwise, (or for that matter the strangeness of my Indiana Jones hat) seem fine.
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Indiana Jones on a Kharkiv Bus is new fiction by Nina Kossman.

https://cassandravoices.com/culture/literature/fiction/indiana-jones-on-a-kharkiv-bus/

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