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MY ESSAYS
In 2005 I submitted my first written article to COUNTERPUNCH, and was amazed that they accepted it. They're very
choosy.
Since then I've been lucky enough to have had over 100 articles on various topics published! Here they
are, the latest at the top of the pile.
There's some eye-opening stuff, and if you read them
backwards, you'll follow the saga of my arrest and imprisonment and trial in Istanbul, eventually leading to my deportation,
ironically caused by the subject of my very first published article in 2005!
2015
CARRY ON, CORBYN!
THE PERILS OF POLITICAL CARTOONERY
POLICE GUNS OF BRIXTON
TURKEY'S PRICKLY PRESIDENT
THE QUEEN RULES
CUTTING UP THE QUEEN
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FUR FETISH
GAY SWEATSHOP DAYS
"FUCK TORY SCUM!"
RUPERT MURDOCH AND THE ISRAELI GENIE
WINSTON CHURCHILL:THE IMPERIAL MONSTER
BRITAIN'S CRUELLEST PRIME MINISTER - (CHURCHILL PART 2)
2014
MARY'S IMMACULATE DECEPTION - a pre-nativity play
A PROTESTOR'S PROGRESS IN PARLIAMENT SQUARE
THE SLIME MINISTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN - Conservative Friends of Israel
ENGLAND'S MEAN UNPLEASANT LAND
PLAYING DICK CHENEY ON THE LONDON STAGE - 'We, Macbeth'
2013
KIDNAPPING JESUS AT CHRISTMAS - Down and Out in Cameron's Britain
MY MISDEMEANOURS FOR MANDELA
GOING BROKE AND BONKERS IN BARCELONA
Through a stained glass darkly
2012
Operation Sledgehammer
WELCOME TO ISLAMBUL! - Life in Erdogan's Mosqueopolis
KEFFIYEH CRIME IN TURKEY - The Case of Cihan Kirmizgül
THE BEARDING OF BARAK OBAMA? - Presidential Sexuality
2011
SHOUT!- "This is Not the Time for Your Opinion"
BAD LAWS HAVE TO BE BROKEN - London Log
FROM BRIXTON TO TOTTENHAM - London Riots
THE HUNGER STRIKE IN WESTMINSTER SQUARE - Okhwan Yoon's Fast
TURKEY SHOES ISRAELI ARMY
MISSING THE RAPTURE - Confessions of a Stand-In Jesus
A POEM FOR THE ROYAL WEDDING
2010
WORLD STRIKE DAY 2012 - Toward a Moneyless World
THE VATICAN VERSUS JESUS - Kiss My Ring
ART AS A DEFENSIVE WEAPON - What Do You Say to This, Your Honor?
2009
PANIC IN ISTANBUL - Smoke, Meyhem, and the World Bank
TOLLBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - A World Without Water?
ON FINANCIAL FOOLS DAY - Camera-shy Coppers
UNREST IN ISTANBUL - The Crisis Hits Turkey
2008
JESUS IN MEGIDDO PRISON - Whose Side Are You On?
SURRENDER THE BONES OF GERONIMO! - Frat Boy Graverobbers
FRY 'EM! - The Raytheon Pain Ray
JAILING THE JOINT - Brown on Dope
POLITICIANS AS DOGS - Art on Trial in Turkey
ART ON TRIAL - Art or Insult?
THE DAY I BOMBED THE HOUSE OF COMMONS - "I Suppose You Just Wanted to Cause a Stink, Right?"
GEORGIE IN JESUSLAND - If Jesus Were Alive Today He'd Be An Arab
PLAYING SOLDIER - You Too Can Have Your Child "Beasted"
IN THE DUNGEON OF THE ZABITA - Rescuing the Runes
2007
SAY GOODBYE TO PURGATORY - Pope Rat Gets Indulgent
THE POPE VERSUS TERRY HIGGINS - Condom Nation
FORGETTING LENNON'S BIRTHDAY - Imagine No Money
OSAMA ON 9/11 - What the Perp is Saying these Days about the Empire, Capitalism, and JFK
WORKING FOR MOTHER TERESA - Memoirs of a Rebellious Volunteer
WHO'S CHEATING? - Remembering Princess Diana
LITTLE BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU - Spying by Flying Drones
BLAIR'S CONVERSION - The Catholicization of Tony Blair
INCIDENT AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY - The Queen's Celebration: Slavery Without Regrets
FREE KAREEM AMER! - Egyptian Law Student Jailed for Blogging
2006
DENY SANTA IF YOU WISH, BUT YOU CAN'T DENY THIS - Should Stupid Thoughts Be Crimes?
KINGDOM OF FEAR - The Saudi Rules
THE KING'S NEW CLOTHES - A Play Written in a Turkish Jail
WATCHING THE GUARDS - A Prison Diary
ESCAPE ATTEMPT IN PRISON TRANSFER - Extract from a Diary in Turkish Police Custody
CRIMINAL COLLAGE - The Bush's Dog Case
SILENCING THE PEACE PROTESTER OF PARLIAMENT SQUARE - If I Had a Bell ...
WATER OR GOLD? - Mining Glaciers
HEADSCARF - Uproar in Turkey Over the Hijab
THE RICH YOUNG MAN - A Miracle Play
2005
BANG BANG! - YOU'RE DEAF! - Sonic Weapons Over Palestine
TO DI FOR - Charlie and Camilla Cross the Pond
INSULT YOUR COUNTRY - How Orhan Pamuk Got into Trouble
BILLY GRAHAM'S LAST CRUSADE - Blessed Are the Warmakers
THE MADNESS OF MONEY - "As We Forgive Our Debtors"
OH MY GOD! - Gunning for Blasphemers
ROLL OUT THE BARREL - Blood, Oil, and Baku
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION - Censoring the "Carnival of Chaos"
CRAWLING - Military Conscription in Turkey
THE TROUBLE WITH MENWITH - Tagging British Peace Activists
FLAGS - Kiss or Burn?
CARDINAL SINS - On the Vatican Catwalk: Scarlet Surplices, Delicate Lace and Gold Tassels
TWO WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL - I'll Keep My Hat On
IT'S TOO LATE NOW FOR JOHN PAUL TO REPENT - And Jesus Said: "Call No Man Your Father"
"IMAGINE" AND THE KORAN - Listening to Lennon in Istanbul
SHUT YOUR MOUTH OR GO TO PRISON! - Turkey's New Penal Code is No Joke
CARTOON CAPERS - Turkey's War on Political Cartoonists
In 2004 I was invited to design the covers of 3 books published by COUNTERPUNCH.
CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE FINISHED BOOK-COVERS.
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