The latest 'JustPeace Ukraine' is available at

https://martincurt.substack.com/p/can-you-hear-me-a-film-by-francis

A letter from the publisher, Fr Martin:

G’day cobbers!

In the 304th year of the Romanov empire,
in the 577th week of Putin's invading Ukraine,
and in the 160th week of the R’F’s war on Ukraine, the Russo-Ukrainian War,

Kyiv is in Ukrainian hands.

A film from

☼¶ The Kyiv Independent <[email protected]>¶ ψ☼
“Can You Hear Me?”about the life of army medics and their time for rest and recreation in Sweden. A film by Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko - 58 minutes.

I recommend this beautiful but harrowing film, especially to warriors, returned-service people, hakims, medics, chaplains: oh, and to schoolteachers (but not to their pupils — R-rated). Read More »

This is a cool poster celebrating Queensland's cultural diversity.

And if you're in Meanjin this weekend, perhaps you'd note our sponsorship announcement about the Multicultural Mass at the recently-opened Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs church in Inala on Sunday afternoon.

It feautures in the latest Just Peace Ukraine, which leads with

an essay by Andreas Umland on why free Ukraine matters -- and not only for Ukrainians.
https://open.substack.com/pub/martincurt/p/4h19how-ukraines-fight-solves-global?r=1enxgv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Latest "Just Peace Ukraine"
This week’s cover image is a photo taken by Ukrainian photographer, Maryan Kushnir. Her images have provided an exceptional, if heartbreaking, visual record of the war in Ukraine and the courage of Ukraine’s soldiers and citizens. You can follow her amazing work here. (thnx Mick Ryan)

https://martincurt.substack.com/p/4h05-were-at-the-beginning-of-a-new

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The picture is of Nadezhda Buyanova, who was born in Lviv on 29 March 1956, but has lived in Russia since 1995. The Ukrainian-born paediatrician faces long sentence on ‘fake news’ charge based on true words about Russia’s war against Ukraine. (Thnx Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)

You can read more about Ukraine and Ukrainians' struggle for freedom in Just Peace Ukraine, a weekly round-up of readings and commentary mostly about the Russo-Ukrainian War, but with heaps of other interesting stuff as well.

https://open.substack.com/pub/martincurt/p/4g15-lashing-out-understanding-russias?r=1enxgv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Read More »

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