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  • ART AND SOUL 47
  • FOOD OF LOVE 68
  • MOVING IMAGES 26
  • PEN 43
  • REOPENLAB 90
  • SWORD 39
  • WORDSMITHS 36

Pen: Today’s Questions

Brave New World: A Chillingly Accurate Dystopia - Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Warnings
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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Warnings

Tiokasin Ghosthorse - Voice of the Earth, Spirit of the Lakota

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Zarina Zabrisky – Kherson and the Human Safari

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Laika and The Ethics of Sacrifice

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  • Palestine: Lives Between Maps
    Palestine: Lives Between Maps
  • G By Zaffar Kunial - Between Poetic Heritage and Political Horror
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  • Brave New World: A Chillingly Accurate Dystopia - Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Warnings
    Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Warnings
  • Stephen Murray - Notes from the ICU : Part 1
    Stephen Murray – Notes from ICU part 1
  • The Timeless Relevance of James Baldwin
    The Timeless Relevance of James Baldwin
  • John Sweeney: A Maverick Journalist
    John Sweeney: A Maverick Journalist
  • Robert Fisk: The Courageous Chronicler
    Robert Fisk: The Courageous Chronicler
  • Magna Carta to Brexit
    British Government and Politics: Magna Carta to Brexit
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    Africa: it’s a Continent Not a Country
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  • Laika and The Ethics of Sacrifice
    Laika and The Ethics of Sacrifice
  • Palestine: Lives Between Maps
    Palestine: Lives Between Maps
  • Promises Project presents re-OpenLab: Robert Miles - Hypnotronik Revisited
    re-OpenLab: Robert Miles Revisited 04
  • LGBTQ Flag
    LGBTQ+ Rights: From Shadows to Spotlight
  • Promises Project presents re-OpenLab: Mushroom Jazz - Mark Farina Revisited
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  • Promises Project presents re-OpenLab: Bedouin's Saga Radio Revisited
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    Graphic Novels – Panels of Power
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  • Artist Peter Kennard
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  • Zarina Zabrisky – Kherson and the Human Safari
    Zarina Zabrisky – Kherson: Human Safari
  • Artist Peter Kennard
    Peter Kennard: the Canvas of Conscience
  • Exit Planet Earth Art Gallery EPE 1-6
    EXIT PLANET EARTH Art Gallery EPE 1-6
  • The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media - Is it Truly Anti-Social
    Social Media – a Double-Edged Sword
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    Revolution and Civil War
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    Refugees – The 1 Urgent Call
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    The Civil Unrest of May 1968
  • The Power of Protest
    The Power of Protest

Dive into Pen vs Sword Magazine

  • ART AND SOUL 47
  • FOOD OF LOVE 68
  • MOVING IMAGES 26
  • PEN 43
  • REOPENLAB 90
  • SWORD 39
  • WORDSMITHS 36

Today's Conversations

  • Brave New World: A Chillingly Accurate Dystopia - Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Warnings
    Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Warnings
  • Tiokasin Ghosthorse - Voice of the Earth, Spirit of the Lakota
    Tiokasin Ghosthorse
  • Zarina Zabrisky – Kherson and the Human Safari
    Zarina Zabrisky – Kherson: Human Safari
  • Whos future is it anyway? Can AI build a more inclusive future?
    Whose Future Is It Anyway?
  • Julian Assange: Whistleblower or Journalist?
    Julian Assange: Whistleblower or Journalist?
  • Darcus Howe A Legacy of Resistance and Social Justice
    Darcus Howe: Resistance and Social Justice
  • Alan Turing: Beyond the Turing Test
    Alan Turing: Beyond the Turing Test
  • Peter Tatchell, Human Rights and Social Justice
    Peter Tatchell: A Tireless Advocate
  • Desmond Tutu: Hope, Justice, and Reconciliation
    Desmond Tutu: Hope, Justice, and Reconciliation
  • Jimmy Lai The Fearless Champion of Press Freedom
    Jimmy Lai: Fearless Champion of Press Freedom

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