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When You Say Nothing At All

15 June 2020: So Pete Titchener and I played as Residents in the same folk club at the Black Horse, Telham 45+ years ago. He’s in Australia and I’m in UK but due to the wonders of modern technology look what we have – some Covid-19 lockdown and socially-distanced wizardry (musicians in Australia and I’m in UK). It was great fun to do, and Pete’s done a fantastic job. I’m really pleased I responded to his challenge

⚘⚘⚘ Big thank you to the wonderful band – Micheal O’Callaghan on guitar, and Pete Titchener on rhythm and lead acoustic guitar, and also electric bass.

“When You Say Nothing at All” was written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz

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Black Lives Matter

Morning Star: I can’t breathe – Protesters clash with police after death of George Floyd

PROTESTERS clashed with police in the US city of Minneapolis today, responding to Monday’s killing of a black man in police custody.

Footage of a white police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for eight minutes, ignoring his pleas for help, was captured on video.

Hundreds took to the streets where the 46-year-old was killed displaying banners reading “I can’t breathe,” the words he was repeatedly heard saying.

Demonstrators were met with a wall of riot police who fired tear gas and projectiles at the crowd.

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The Coronavirus Crisis in North and East Syria: from Rojava Information Centre:

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1. Nine years of war, systematic targeting of health and water infrastructure by occupying Turkish forces, lack of international recognition, and the January 2020 closure of the only UN aid crossing into North and East Syria (NES) have left the autonomous region at extreme risk from coronavirus.

With the World Health Organization (WHO) refusing to support it directly, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) is reliant on its own meagre resources and aid routed via the Assad government, little of which ever arrives to the north-east.

At the time of writing (5 April), only 7 potential cases of coronavirus have been identified, though the lack of testing facilities outlined below means the real prevalence is far higher.

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