Tag: Global War and Violence

Amar Kanwar: This exhibition will change your life, if you let it

Amar Kanwar’s film installations at London’s Serpentine North gallery Martin Robinson Amar Kanwar, The Peacock’s Graveyard, 2023. (Film still) Digital video installation, 7 screens, dimensions variable, 28 mins, 16 sec. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. This is a transcendent show full of revelations, the kind of show that could change your life… Read More Amar Kanwar: This exhibition will change your life, if you let it

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Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?

Patrick Wintour n a 1965 speech justifying the war in Vietnam, Lyndon B Johnson argued that the goal was to ensure “every country can shape its own destiny” since only in such a world could the US secure its own freedom. However, he also admitted “such were infirmities of man that force must often precede… Read More Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?

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The Arab States and the US-Israeli War on Iran

Ali Abootalebi Informed Comment The Arab states have long suffered from weak political legitimacy and ineffective governance. Authoritarian rule remains pervasive. According to Freedom House, no Arab country is currently classified as “Free,” while Jordan, Lebanon, and Comoros are rated “Partly Free.” Kuwait, following the suspension of its elected parliament in 2024, is now classified as “Not… Read More The Arab States and the US-Israeli War on Iran

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta: the Graham Bill is America confusing its power with virtue — yet again

By externalising the blame for the war in Ukraine onto India and China without corresponding pressure on Trump to end at least the one war he can easily end — Iran — American democracy has dealt a blow to itself The Graham Bill, targeting India and China for oil purchases from Russia, is a grotesque… Read More Pratap Bhanu Mehta: the Graham Bill is America confusing its power with virtue — yet again

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A rare warning about Jewish terrorism, and how Israel’s response to ‘NAZA’ drew more attention than the film did

A leading Israeli think tank issued a rare strategic alert on Tuesday warning that Jewish terrorism against Palestinians in the West Bank threatens Israel’s security, international standing and functionality as a state. This is only the second strategic alert that the Institute for National Security Studies has ever issued. The first came in March 2023, seven months before the… Read More A rare warning about Jewish terrorism, and how Israel’s response to ‘NAZA’ drew more attention than the film did

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Gaza Doc ‘NAZA,’ From ‘No Other Land’ Directors, earn record-breaking 24.5 minute Venice Ovation

Ellise Shafer, Nick Vivarelli “NAZA,” the new documentary from Israeli “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, earned a massive 24.5-minute ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere on Thursday. This marks the longest-ever standing ovation in Venice — besting the 22 minutes for “The Voice of Hind Rajab” last year — and apparently the longest… Read More Gaza Doc ‘NAZA,’ From ‘No Other Land’ Directors, earn record-breaking 24.5 minute Venice Ovation

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In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?

For now, it is Palestinians who are being killed & displaced. But ideologies of supremacy and domination threaten us all. Ahdaf Soueif Last week, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s minister of national security, put out an AI-generated video that showed a conveyor belt of overweight Palestinian prisoners – dreaming of food and education – entering one of his prisons;… Read More In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?

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9/11: The Saudi Connection – BBC World Service Documentaries

‘FDR’s 1943 proclamation that America would defend Saudi Arabia would be reaffirmed by every American president, most prominently in the 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine and the 1980 Carter Doctrine. In 1944, the United States sent its first military mission to Saudi Arabia, and in 1945 the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a military cooperation agreement… Read More 9/11: The Saudi Connection – BBC World Service Documentaries

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