Mainstream, Vol 63 No 3, Jan 18, 2025
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America’s Academic Gulag (w/MIT Student Activists)
The Chris Hedges Report With Richard Solomon and Prahlad Iyengar “You can’t just sit there and build drones and not talk about who it’s serving and who does it help,” says Richard Solomon, PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and member of the Coalition for Palestine at MIT. On this episode of… Read More America’s Academic Gulag (w/MIT Student Activists)
Oblivion Culture: Countering the German taboo on Palestinian trauma
A decisive part of the trauma experienced by Palestinians in Germany comes not only from its being rendered taboo, but also from what Pierre Bourdieu calls symbolic violence. The term describes the violence of those discourses that normalize and legitimize systemic violence…. Symbolic violence justifies the expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians and the seizure of… Read More Oblivion Culture: Countering the German taboo on Palestinian trauma
Inside Modi Govt’s War Room to Whitewash Global Indices
The Ministry of Truth, Part 1: How the Prime Minister’s Office has ordered a systemic operation to discredit and ‘fix’ global rankings which show the government in bad light. And, to home-cook some charitable replacements. Shreegireesh Jalihal New Delhi: In Hyderabad’s Taj Deccan last year, Smriti Irani, then India’s Women and Child Development Minister, took… Read More Inside Modi Govt’s War Room to Whitewash Global Indices
Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars
Unlike most Israeli news outlets, my paper shows the suffering in Gaza and Lebanon. That’s why the government has targeted us. The boycott of Haaretz lacks a legal basis, but Netanyahu couldn’t care less Aluf Benn ruth is the first casualty of war” goes the old cliche, but like any other adage, it holds a… Read More Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars
Julian Assange again risks his life defying the CIA and Pentagon to testify against them to a 46-nation gathering in Europe
With myriad crimes committed against those invaded and occupied in the Middle East, those spied upon everywhere, and those trying to expose these abuses, not a single perpetrator has ever been prosecuted or even investigated… If the impunity of genocidal Israel on its current rampage through the Middle East puzzles you, keep in mind that… Read More Julian Assange again risks his life defying the CIA and Pentagon to testify against them to a 46-nation gathering in Europe
Georgia’s Emory University called ‘thuggish’ over unilateral protest rules
Timothy Pratt Atlanta’s Emory University began the new school year last week with the president Gregory Fenves unilaterally announcing a new policy prohibiting tents on campus, “building occupations and/or takeovers” and protests after midnight – in violation of the school’s shared governance policy, according to faculty members in positions of leadership who spoke to the… Read More Georgia’s Emory University called ‘thuggish’ over unilateral protest rules
An artist made scathing sculptures of Mao over a decade ago. Now, he’s detained for slandering China’s heroes, family says
Under Xi, the ruling Communist Party has vowed to eradicate “historical nihilism” — or any views that question or challenge its official version of history, including glorified images of sanctified national heroes.China passed a law in 2018 banning any insult or slander of national “heroes and martyrs,” including military personnel. The offense was added to… Read More An artist made scathing sculptures of Mao over a decade ago. Now, he’s detained for slandering China’s heroes, family says
Harris wants to bring ‘joy, joy, joy’ to Americans. And more bombs for Palestinians
Pro-Palestinian protesters at the Democratic convention have been met with stony faces, jeers – and violence GAZA casualties, live statistics NB: What does it mean, when tens of thousands of Palestinian corpses and mutilated children mean less to you than Israel’s so-called right to commit genocide? What kind of peace will descend upon Palestinians who… Read More Harris wants to bring ‘joy, joy, joy’ to Americans. And more bombs for Palestinians
‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past: George Orwell, 1984 When you have a monopoly over power, you develop an obsession with secrecy: Frank Dikotter Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent In the early hours of 4 June 1989, Li Rui, a veteran of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), was… Read More ‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary
After the truth-shower 