Tag: critical theory

Raphael: A Portrait review – lengthy but illuminating study of Renaissance master

 there’s something admirable about Burton’s diligence and essay-like style; there are no curatorial talking heads involved, still less swooping travelling shots inside well-appointed art galleries Andrew Pulver Source: Universal Images Here is a mammoth 148-minute documentary about the Renaissance painter Raphael, which in its sheer length and detail is an impressive achievement in itself by… Read More Raphael: A Portrait review – lengthy but illuminating study of Renaissance master

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Arsenal of Genocide: US Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza / NATO Spreads Nuclear Weapons and Risk

The Arsenal of Genocide: The US Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza On May 8, 2024, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery of 1,700 500-pound and 1,800 2,000-pound bombs, and threatened to withhold more shipments if Israel went ahead with its full-scale invasion of Rafah.  The move… Read More Arsenal of Genocide: US Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza / NATO Spreads Nuclear Weapons and Risk

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More than half the world cannot speak freely, report finds

Sharp rise in number of people facing a crisis in freedom of speech, while authors particularly alarmed by deterioration in India under Narendra Modi Half the world’s population cannot freely speak their mind according to a new report on freedom of expression. In its annual report, the advocate group Article 19 found the number of people… Read More More than half the world cannot speak freely, report finds

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Between Victory and Defeat

How can the left escape burnout? Hannah Proctor; Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat SAM ADLER-BELL the left can sometimes become “more attached to its impossibility than to its potential fruitfulness, a Left that is most at home dwelling not in hopefulness but in its own marginality and failure, a Left that is thus caught… Read More Between Victory and Defeat

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Documentary Details How Netanyahu Funded and Boosted Hamas

By Four Corners / ABC News (Larry’s List) Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas – but he enabled its development. Four Corners asked Israeli insiders how this happened in the new documentary, The Forever War *********************************************** The Gaza genocide as explicit policy: Michael Hudson names all names The End of Innocence The Palestine Exception to… Read More Documentary Details How Netanyahu Funded and Boosted Hamas

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Economic inequality in India: ‘billionaire raj’ is now more unequal than British colonial rule

WORLD INEQUALITY DATABASE Given its geographic size and population, now the largest in the world, the distribution of economic growth in India has significant implications for global inequality dynamics. This underscores the importance of accurately measuring income and wealth inequality in India. In this paper, Nitin Kumar Bharti, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, and Anmol Somanchi… Read More Economic inequality in India: ‘billionaire raj’ is now more unequal than British colonial rule

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Is the AAP imploding? Swati Maliwal episode points to the fractures within

The Aam Adami Party (AAP) seems to be on the verge of an implosion. The maverick behaviour of several of its leaders points to widening fault lines within the party. Bharat Bhushan The arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s close aide, Bibhav Kumar, has brought the party crisis to his doorstep. The Swati Maliwal episode is… Read More Is the AAP imploding? Swati Maliwal episode points to the fractures within

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What is behind Modi’s campaign doublespeak?

Narendra Modi’s communally provocative statements are important in spreading an anti-Muslim animus among the electorate, especially among Dalits whom the BJP fears might vote along with the minorities against the BJP Bharat Bhushan In his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a reporter “the day I do Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of… Read More What is behind Modi’s campaign doublespeak?

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