Disney’s Cartoon Offensive: How Walt Disney Took on Hitler’s Propaganda Machine using only Ink and Imagination When the world was at war, even Mickey Mouse’s studio found itself drafted into the fight. In the early 1940s, Walt Disney turned his … Continue reading Disney vs. Hitler: How Donald Duck Defied the Nazi’s!
Graham Linehan, the Irish comedy writer behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd, has gone on trial in London accused of harassing a transgender teenager and damaging her phone during a confrontation at a public event. The 57-year-old appeared at … Continue reading Graham Linehan on Trial Over Alleged Harassment of Transgender Campaigner
The letter from the police arrived when I was out. It was early March. I’d been at a meeting with actors and artists, discussing how we could collectively speak out against Israel’s actions in Gaza. After the meeting, I saw … Continue reading Palestine demonstrations – Was it important for the police to be called?
n the crisp October air of Laramie, Wyoming, 1998, a young college student named Matthew Shepard became the face of something far larger than himself. His name would soon be etched into the conscience of a nation — not just … Continue reading The Legacy of Matthew Shepard: A Journey from Tragedy to Activism
He arrived not as a saviour but as a businessman. A well-dressed man with a golden pin, an appetite for fine dining, and a handshake that could grease the wheels of empire. Oskar Schindler was no prophet. In 1939, he came to Kraków to make money. By Robert, Historical Features Editor He left with a list that saved 1,200 Jews from the furnaces of Auschwitz. In the pantheon of wartime stories, few are as emotionally complex or morally charged as that of Schindler—the Sudeten German industrialist who profited from Nazi war contracts and cheap Jewish labour, only to risk everything … Continue reading Oskar Schindler: A Businessman Who Became a Hero
California Senator Alex Padilla (D) was forcefully removed and put in handcuffs during a Department of Homeland Security press briefing from Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles. Padilla attempted to ask about the escalation of ICE deportation raids tied to … Continue reading Senator Dragged from DHS Press Conference —Handcuffed for Asking a Question!
