it’s hard for the human brain to encounter evil in ludicrous form, and still recognise it as such. That’s how it creeps up on you. That’s why you ask how such crimes were allowed to happen in the past. The answer is that it rarely arrives with the intent and identifying hallmarks of a villain.… Read More Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel
Netanyahu does not often use the word ‘honesty’ in his statements. On Friday, he used it twice when announcing the halting of the Lebanon campaign against Hezbollah, confessing that the group remains standing – and that the threat along Israel’s northern border remains Jonathan Lis Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Friday that he had… Read More Between the Lines, Netanyahu Admitted That He Has Failed in Lebanon
Pope Leo XIV has positioned himself as the most political pope in many years. The consequences are being felt in Israel and the territories as well Nettanel Slyomovics Last Sunday, exactly one week after Easter, the U.S. president took to social media to launch an attack on the pope. Donald Trump declared that Leo XIV… Read More After Clash With Trump, Pope Leo Sets New Goal: To Stop Settler Violence
Bamenda — Pope Leo warned that the world is being ravaged by “tyrants,” in forceful comments made after US President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff for his stance on the war with Iran. Leo has emerged as strong critic of the conflict and his speech again preached a message of peace and rebuked leaders using religious language… Read More Pope warns of world ravaged by ‘tyrants’ in the wake of Trump attacks
There is only person who is really battling for the soul of the nation. He chose the name Leo for a reason: Saint Leo stood up for laborers, and this Leo has shown a similar instinct, from his missionary work in Peru to his criticisms of immigration crackdowns Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion… Read More The Real American War Is Between Trump and This Holy Warrior / Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil
NB: Our RSS/BJP rulers, who trumpet their greatness to the whole world, who have given us a VishwaGuru leader; do not want us to hear the last voice of a six year old Palestinian girl, pleading for help, murdered by a genocidal regime to which they have now come to owe allegiance. By so doing,… Read More Filmmakers, Activists, Israelis, Indians Condemn ‘Unlawful’ Ban on ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’
Bertold Brecht (1898-1956) I came into the cities in a time of disorderAs hunger reigned.I came among men in a time of turmoilAnd I rose up with them.And so passedThe time given to me on earth. I ate my food between slaughters.I lay down to sleep among murderers.I tended to love with abandon.I looked upon… Read More Bertold Brecht: To Posterity (1938) / Pablo Neruda: Nuevo Canto de Amor a Stalingrado (1942) / Victory: Ilya Ehrenburg, 9 May 1945
Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face George Monbiot Irealise this is a serious breach of etiquette. But could we perhaps abandon good manners and contextualise Donald Trump’s attack on Iran? The intense western interest in… Read More We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem
The US-Israel war on Iran marks the decline of the Modi era. These years have shown, at immense cost, what happens when a leader confuses personal brand-building with nation-building. Sushant Singh THE US-ISRAEL WAR ON Iran has exposed, across the board, the limits of state capacity and the hollowness of carefully crafted images. Amid this escalating… Read More The Tides have Turned
Bhagat Ram Talwar, one of the greatest spies of the Second World War SILVER: The spy who fooled the Nazis by Mihir Bose Navtej Sarna Spies, by definition, live in a world of grey, but the life of Bhagat Ram Talwar, alias Silver, seems to have been exceptionally shadowy. Born a Hindu Pathan in the… Read More An unlikely Prince of Spies
After the truth-shower 