Charles Glass
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Author, journalist, broadcaster and publisher. Latest book is "Soldiers Don't Go Mad" from Penguin Press.
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Sculptor Davide Dormio today in Parliament Square with his "Anything to Say" tribute to Manning, Assange and Snowden.
#FreeAssange
#FreeAssangeNow
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A chance to give something to Manning, Assange and Snowden to thank them for what they've done for us:
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Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick, who created the iconic Che Guevara poster, has adapted a photo of Ahed Tamimi to make this image of her. Good on Jim. See it here:
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@theintercept
Where is the follow-up coverage of this important story? Nothing so far in NYT, Guardian et al.
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Message to Trump and Putin: Think before you shoot. Scott Ritter: We need hard evidence about what happened in Douma before threatening war.
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The sectarian cleansing continues under the eyes of the Turkish Army in Syria.
Property seizures by hardline rebels stoke fears among Idlib province’s fading Christian community - “There are just two Christian families in Idlib left,” who hang on to keep property.
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Saber Al-Ashqar, aged 29, protesting occupation in Gaza. Great photo of a brave man.
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Khalid Khalifa's new novel just arrived. If it's as good as his others, it will be great.
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If Ecuador turns Julian Assange over to the British authorities, it will live with the disgrace of breaking its promise of asylum to a defender of free speech. Shame. Shame.
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Chomsky visits Lula in prison. "The primary charge against Lula, based on plea bargains by businessmen sentenced for corruption, is that he was offered an apartment in which he never lived." Must reading.
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Syria’s fate, like Lebanon’s following the Israeli invasion of 1982, has fallen into the hands of foreigners: Russians, Iranians, Americans, and Turks, and to a lesser extent Saudis and Qataris...
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Syria's great novelist, Khaled Khalifa.
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My latest from Syria in current New York Review of Books:
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Four days to publication of THEY FOUGHT ALONE: The True Story of the Starr Brothers, British Secret Agents in Nazi-Occupied France.
#SOE
#France
#Resistance
at
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Responding to Trump’s statement that the “Palestinians disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great Vice President to meet them," Hanan Ashrawi said, “Not meeting your oppressor is not a sign of disrespect. It is a sign of self-respect.” One has to admire her.
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Always a great day when the first copy arrives. Thanks to everyone at Penguin Press for making it happen.
@penguinpress
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My tribute to my old friend Don McCullin in the current Harper's magazine.
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Interesting piece by Max Blumenthal on Syria's White Helmets at
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Edward Said: The Last Interview. Still worth listening to him.
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Brilliant analysis by Patrick Cockburn in the
#Independent
on British government grandstanding and incompetence.
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This would be better than Clinton's pardon for Mark Rich. Free Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Foreign correspondent Charles Glass on whether it was right for Theresa May - with NATO's blessing - to fire missiles at Damascus and other Syria issues at
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Read Norman Finkelstein's book on Gaza:
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Gideon Levy in Haaretz: A Law That Tells the Truth About Israel
The nation-state law makes it plain. Israel is for Jews only, on the books.
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London Memorial for Jalal Talabani, Saturday 14th October 2017
3–7pm, Royal Lancaster Hotel
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Maureen Dowd's right. Cheney was worse than Trump. How did the US end up with either of them?
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Sanders v. Warren: genuine differences on foreign policy at
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Same old story: Allende, 1973. Khan, 2023.
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Support great independent bookstores this holiday season and beyond.
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Wall Street Journal on "Charles Glass’s brisk, rewarding account of the innovative doctors and their “neurasthenic” patients who suffered unprecedented psychological distress (and in unprecedented numbers) on the Western Front."
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Kind words from the author of "American Prometheus," on which Christopher Nolan based his new film "Oppenheimer."
#AmericanLegion
#VFWHQ
#DAVHQ
#IAVA
#wwp
#VVAmerica
#AMVETSHQ
#MOPH_HQ
#PVA1946
#AVCupdate
#SoldiersDontGoMad
#PTSD
#WWI
#writer
#storytelling
#writingcommunity
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France is saved from Le Pen. Good time to buy a beautiful house in Provence:
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How poor is the judgement of the very people who are meant to be a restraining force on Trump? Read Patrick Cockburn in the Independent:
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Congratulations to Russell Crowe for helping to save the great Le Chef restaurant in Beirut after its destruction in the post explosion of August 2020.
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Sign to request the Australian Government to end UN-declared case of arbitrary detention of Australian Citizen Julian Assange to give him safe passage to Australia.
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#PenguinRandomHouse
posting my new book for pre-orders. A month and four days to launch! Plese order and retweet. Thanks.
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Review of Andrew Bacevich's America’s War to Control the Greater Middle East.
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The Syrian conflict, having long since fallen into the hands of foreigners, is flying along on its second wind. Charles Glass in The Nation.
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Review of Ronen Bergman's "Rise Up and Kill First," which has performed the valuable service of denying us the right to pretend — as so many Germans did in 1945 — that we didn’t know.
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Publisher's weekly rave review of THEY FOUGHT ALONE: "Glass’s vividly written work adds an important chapter to the story of the Resistance."
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Another horror saga from the House of Kavanaugh. It's not too late to stop this farce.
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Obama asked the CIA to write the history of its secret wars. The classified document, say those who have read it, is a record of failure from Albania to Cuba to Angola to Nicaragua. Yet Obama went ahead with the covert program for Syria...
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Emily Thornberry in British House of Commons on Saudi policies that Britain must not ignore. Good for her.
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Sad loss of a unique talent. He had an impeccable sense of comedic timing and massive talent as writer and painter. And he was one hellvua showman. We'll miss you, Barry.
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Just came across this of an old friend and colleague, the great Welsh photographer Philip Jones Griffiths. Many good times in the field and back in London. This was his "astonished" look, astonished that I could use a camera.
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Great feature on John de St. Jorre's new, magnificent book:
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@alihadi68
@BBCNews
The criminals are those who detaining Julian. This is a disgrace for which the US and UK governments are responsible.
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Julian Assange has lost access to the internet and the right to receive visitors at the Ecuadorian London Embassy. Demand an end to Assange's cruel and unnecessary isolation.
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My review of Lindsey Hilsum's biography: "Colvin’s trajectory, personal as much as professional, was fascinating by any standard for the passion and turmoil that shadowed her from birth to untimely death. This is a great story, well told."
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For free download of my history of the American Hospital in Paris during the two world wars, go to:
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⚡️ “21-year-old volunteer paramedic killed by Israeli sniper fire”
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Great documentary, "Churchill and the Movie Mogul," soon to be released. I loved it.
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My latest in The Intercept on the tragedy of Syria and its refugees:
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Pre-order "They Fought Alone" due from Penguin Press on 11 Sept. Daring saga of two Anglo-American brothers in the French Resistance:
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Praise for "They Fought Alone: The True Story of the Starr Brothers..." from the great Alan Furst: “Highly detailed and fast-paced, Charles Glass’s They Fought Alone is a must-read for those whose passion is the Resistance literature of World War II.” …
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Listen to NPR's John Hockenberry interview with me on war against IS in Iraq
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Reading from the Intro of Soldiers Don't Go Mad, now available at all decent bookshops.
#VFWHQ
#DAVHQ
#IAVA
#wwp
#VVAmerica
#AMVETSHQ
#MOPH_HQ
#PVA1946
#AVCupdate
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When war broke out in Europe on 1 September 1939 nearly 5,000 US citizens in Paris ignored the American...
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Watch this discussion on prospects for Syria and read
This Saturday: Award-winning author, journalist & filmmaker
@CharlesMGlass
on Syria to Turkey & the CIA to ISIS/Daesh
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Kind note from my great publishers at Penguin Press.
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Don't waste $5 billion on a wall. Give people a reason to stay home. Spend the money to rebuild their societies and economies, and leave them alone!
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Former Australian Secret Intelligence Services operative and his attorney go on trial for allegedly disclosing secret information about the agency in an effort to blow the whistle on corruption. How Australia cheated tiny East Timor. ]
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