https://znetwork.org/author/patrickcockburn/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:36:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/patrickcockburn/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/luring-doctors-from-poorer-countries-is-the-uks-quiet-scandal/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/luring-doctors-from-poorer-countries-is-the-uks-quiet-scandal/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:35:59 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1220221 The looting of artistic and religious objects from Africa and Asia by British invaders in the 19th century causes much rancorous debate about whether the artefacts should be returned to the countries they were originally stolen from. But discussion is much more muted about equally acquisitive expeditions launched by Britain today that may ultimately cause more suffering than [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/luring-doctors-from-poorer-countries-is-the-uks-quiet-scandal/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-age-of-hypocrisies/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-age-of-hypocrisies/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:07:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1201030 There is something hugely hypocritical in the way that American political leaders and media pundits denounce the imprisonment of American citizens abroad, while staying silent about mass incarceration for similar offences in the US. 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Turkey is threatening to complete the ethnic cleansing of Kurds from northern [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-mass-ethnic-cleansing-of-syrian-kurds-is-collateral-damage-from-the-war-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-polio-shaped-my-life/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-polio-shaped-my-life/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1198666 I was unlucky in catching polio. It was in Cork, Ireland in 1956 during one of the last polio epidemics ever in western Europe and the US. 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