Author: Jacques René Zammit
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Seize the moment
This article first appeared on The Shift News on 10.12.2019. Sunday afternoon turned out to be quite surreal. As the sun began to set on The Eternal City, I stood at the top of the Spanish steps looking down on a huge crowd of people gathered to follow the Pope’s Immacolata procession. At that precise moment, some…
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Il-poplu magħqud qatt ma jkun mirbuħ
Dan id-diskors li ktibt fl-okkazjoni tal-ewwel manifestazzjoni għall-Ġustizzja li saret ġimagħtejn wara l-assassinju ta’ Daphne Caruana Galizia. Għadu rilevanti iktar minn qatt qabel. X’intom tagħmlu hawn? X’inġbartu tagħmlu għal darba oħra madwar din l-għajta għall-Ġustizzja? Għadkom ma xbajtux? Għadkom ma għajjejtux? Ħarsu waħda fuq il-lemin u fuq ix-xellug tagħkom. X’ġew jagħmlu hawnhekk dawn in-nies illum? X’inhi…
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The Progressive Left
Listen to what Malta’s left has to say. Listen to the political arguments on the systemic failure. The neoliberal experiment has failed. This is the answer to the assertion of the lackeys of the government who go on television to tell anyone who still has the patience to listen that “is-sistema ta’ Muscat hadmet”. 10…
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Il-Ħniżralja
Poezija ta’ Antonio Tufigno Kelb kien xamm riħa ta’ ħami,Beda jinbaħ bla waqfienBil-frakass u l-kjass li għamel Gozz widnejn qamu flimkien. B’dan l-allarm hekk tqajjmu l-ħnieżerĠo nofs raqda b’naħra fondaKontra qalbhom iċċaqalquĦarrku ftit is-sonza tonda, Għax kien hemm min qed josserva,Xi falkuni hekk frustieri.Ma setgħux fit-tajn jiċċaftruJew jinħbew fil-kantunieri. Konfrontati bl-għajnejn fissiTal-għasafar hekk attentiKellhom bla gost…
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Id-Dehen lil min jaħkimha
Għaliex 40,000+ qatt ma huma se jkunu biżżejjed biex jirbħu lura ruħ pajjiżna Kattolċi, Latini u Ħaddemin Il-Malti huwa poplu nisrani. Hekk għadha tistqarr l-ogħla liġi ta’ pajjiżna : “Ir-reliġjon ta’ Malta hija r-Reliġjon Kattolika Apostolika Rumana.” (Artiklu 2, Kostituzzjoni ta’ Malta). L-innijiet taż-żewġ partiti li jissieltu għat-treġija tal-pajjiż it-tnejn jassumu li qed iwettqu r-rieda…
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Whispering a revolution
This article first appeared on the Shift news. In May 2017 I co-founded a group called the Advocates for the Rule of Law. We took out a full-page advert on The Times of Malta in which we announced vacancies for the proper functioning of democracy. That was the beginning of a brief campaign in which we raised…