Dani Barley
Howdy! I am a writer, researcher and general nerd originally from the US and I now proudly call Western Sydney home. I am a passionate disability activist and proud booster of writing in all of its varied forms.
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Timothy McVeigh – Justice or vengeance?
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — The headline on the front page read in big bold letters, “8.14 am. It was over”. The US federal government has executed Timothy McVeigh, the man who committed the worst act of terrorism on US soil. According to President George W Bush, notorious for executing 152 people in six years while governorContinue…
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Students fight the military machine
Two years after the invasion of Iraq, which generated the biggest protests in history, the anti-war movement in the United States is re-gathering strength. At the forefront of this movement has been the families of soldiers in Iraq, and now, increasingly, students organising to stop military recruiters on their schools and campuses. The US militaryContinue…
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Thirty years on, Milk’s life still as relevant today
MilkRuntime: 128 minutesDirected by Gus Van SantWritten by Dustin Lance BlackStarring Sean Penn, James Franco and Josh Brolin “And you have to give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all willContinue…
Years go by, will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand?
Wild Whisperings of a Wandering Woman 