Marco Rubio on Western civilization… (but the American empire can’t get its shit together)

Marco Rubio asks Europe to help US recolonize Global South (lecture to Munich Security Conference) BIG PROBLEMS TO DISCHARGE THE PLANNED U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN has a hitch: most of the missile-targeting crew are queuing for toilets on the lead vessel, the USS Gerald R Ford. This is not a joke. A set of emails… Read More Marco Rubio on Western civilization… (but the American empire can’t get its shit together)

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Lord of the Flies

The BBC just released a new adaptation of Lord of the Flies, the classic novel by William Golding. It’s beautifully made, but it’s still telling the wrong story… Stories are never just stories. We become the stories that we tell ourselves.” A few years ago, I went looking for the *real* Lord of the Flies.… Read More Lord of the Flies

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Director of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ declines ‘Most Valuable Film’ award

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania chooses not to claim prize at ‘Cinema for Peace’ gathering in Berlin Six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab was killed along with five relatives and two medics sent to rescue her during an Israeli tank attack in Gaza City on January 29, 2024. (Photo: family photo) Berk Kutay Gokmen The director… Read More Director of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ declines ‘Most Valuable Film’ award

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The Jena Declaration on race and eugenics (2019) / Conference on the concept of ‘race’ at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, 2021

The Jena Declaration affirms that there are no “races” in the biological sense in humans, since the genetic variation within human populations is often greater than the genetic variation between these populations… In the human genome, for example, there is not a single difference among the 3.2 billion base pairs that separates Africans from non-Africans. So not… Read More The Jena Declaration on race and eugenics (2019) / Conference on the concept of ‘race’ at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, 2021

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

DANIEL A. MÉTRAUX Tora! Tora! Tora! provides a powerful visual image of the Pearl Harbor crisis. We are given a highly unique presence in Tokyo as the Japanese plan their mode of attack, but unfortunately, the movie’s attention is focused almost exclusively on the attack on Pearl Harbor. The truth is that Pearl Harbor was only… Read More Tora! Tora! Tora!

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To Honor the Memory of Those Massacred on October 7, Israelis Must Recognize Their Actions in Gaza

There was a massacre in Israel. In Gaza, there was a genocide. Gideon Levy In the first months following October 7, I constantly used the term massacre to describe what had happened. What I saw with my own eyes as I wandered through the southern border area with photographer Alex Levac could only be defined… Read More To Honor the Memory of Those Massacred on October 7, Israelis Must Recognize Their Actions in Gaza

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‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18

The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework Emine Saner A16-year-old boy and his mum went to see their GP, Dr Rangan Chatterjee, on a busy Monday… Read More ‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18

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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps

Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis We have an urgent responsibility. Our existing economic system is incapable of addressing the social and ecological crises we face in the 21st century. When… Read More We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps

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