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Quick Hits: Victory in Europe Day
As we mark the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe – VE Day – we celebrate the sacrifices of the many who fought – and died. So what about VT Day – Victory against Terrorism? Alas that day will never be here.
Anti-immigrant Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated by a left-wing activist who did not like his political views.
The series gives us hope that in the not too distant future mass violence is behind us. But is it? There is an awful lot of violence in Star Trek – is it terrorism on occasion?
50 years ago, 4 Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War were killed by US National Guardsmen: some protesters had burned an ROTC building
Star Wars is a classic battle of good vs evil. In this podcast, Phil Gurski explores if the good guys are terrorists and if the Force is a terrorist ideology.
A labour protest in Chicago in 1886 descended into a riot when an anarchist lobbed a bomb at police called out to re-establish order.
Justice was served to some extent when US Navy Seals located and killed Al Qaeda terrorist leader and 9/11 mastermind Usama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011
On this day in 1995, The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassinated Sri Lankaa President Premadasa during a May Day event and killed 17 others.
On this day in 2016, Abu Sayyaf terrorists beheaded one Canadian and another later from a group of hostages they had seized in the southern Philippines.