Posts Tagged: WWI

  • Propaganda is not new. But to mobilise nations and their soldiers it had its invention in WWI. The use of highly dramatic posters with messages appealing to bravery, guilt, and social obligation were created.

    Understanding propaganda

    Russia is protecting Ukraine “Today Russia started a special military operation to protect people who have been subject to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for the last eight years”. Thus the Russian state media reported the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 (from The Washington Post). This is propaganda. CBS quotes Nick […]

  • Image of wreath at a war memorial saying Their name liveth for evermore -- the ultimate sacrifice

    Sacrifice—lest we forget

    It is the 105th Anniversary of Anzac Day today and I am reposting one of my most meaningful words of the week. Sacrifice means to give something of value, often altruistically, with the hope of gaining something in return or to avoid greater loss. And from this comes supreme sacrifice: to give your life in the belief that […]

  • Picture of a tank with soldiers posing on top of it

    Tank

    While in the UK in 2105 we went to the Imperial War Museum. I was looking forward to seeing some WWI tanks but there were very few there. However, I did pick up a little word history: tanks as armoured, gun-mounted vehicles moving on caterpillar tracks got their name as part of their top-secret development […]

  • Refugees from Belgium WWI

    Are we fleeing the refugee definition?

    Providing sanctuary or asylum to refugees is a humanitarian ideal that has been honoured by nation states since the beginning of history. However, in recent times refugees have become an international issue with difficult and often politically unpalatable solutions. Part of the problem for governments is determining “legitimate” refugees from opportunists. Economic migrants and refugees […]

  • Image for a post about earth quake with an introduction using part fo a poem from Hilda Doolittle

    Earthquakes and shaking words

    Earthquakes are primordial forces and the word itself is old and mysterious. Cwacian, comes from Old English and meant quake, tremble, and chatter (of teeth).