Month: October 2023

Beyond Orwell: The High-tech Lynching of the Masses

Just a few generations ago, most understood that former Communist George Orwell’s classics Animal Farm and 1984 were novels written as a warning about how freedom is lost to the tyranny and intolerance of totalitarianism. Animal Farm and 1984 were particularly apt for teaching young people at a time when the shocking revelations about Soviet […]

The sadness behind the story of a Central European Nightingale

MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: Neda Ukraden the beautiful chanteuse was born on 16 August 1950). Neda is a Serbian-Croatian singer. Her professional career stretches back to 1967. Neda Ukraden was born in Glavina Donja, a village near the small Croatian town of Imotski, to Serb parents Anđelija (1924–2018) and Dušan Ukraden (1927–1997). She lived in Imotski […]

Amalia ~ A Name That Evokes Soul

MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC REPORT Renewed enthusiasm for national identity expressed through music lies behind the current craze for Amalia Rodrigues Portugal’s Queen of Fado. The international fame and appeal of the chanteuse fame once eclipsed French soul-singing waif Edith Piaf and Nana Mouskouri of Greece. Amalia. The Film, […]

Australia’s Regime on High Alert as the Populist Right Supports Palestine’s bid for freedom

Occupied Palestine: the ongoing Hamas struggle against the combined forces of the Western Alliance could encourage what the liberal-leaning media describe as ‘neo-Nazis’ and ‘extremists’ (i.e., opponents of Israel and America policies) at home. Palo Alto, California: ‘Australia is on high alert for signs of neo-Nazis and Islamic extremists […]