WITH OPEN ARMS 'I need to say something about our Australian Government and Refugees... and of how much shame I feel being an Australian overseas. January 19 and 26, 2014 mark two very important days for all of us. The first is World Day of Migrants and Refugees and the…

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FUNDAMENTALISM: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM Robert J. Burrowes Countercurrents January 8, 2014 Fundamentalism is a widespread problem. It often manifests in a religious context - making it highly visible - but there are plenty of secular fundamentalists too. If we are to understand fundamentalism we should not view it as a…

QUOTES FROM ELIE WEISEL, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel; born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish-American professor and political activist. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration…