Tag: Global War and Violence

Declaration of the Independence of the Mind (1919). Manifesto Signed by Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Rabindranath Tagore, Jane Addams and Others

Brain workers, comrades, scattered throughout the world, kept apart for five years by the armies, the censorship and the mutual hatred of the warring nations, now that barriers are falling and frontiers are being reopened, we issue to you a call to reconstitute our brotherly union, but to make of it a new union more… Read More Declaration of the Independence of the Mind (1919). Manifesto Signed by Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Rabindranath Tagore, Jane Addams and Others

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Chris Hedges: Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States

Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States As Donald Trump returns to the White House, many are raising concerns about the possible decline of liberal democracy. What then would a second Trump term mean for the next four years for the United States? And what impact will the president’s foreign policy have on the Middle… Read More Chris Hedges: Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States

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Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians

Despite the ceasefire, Benjamin Netanyahu is capitulating to extremists who have no problem with ethnic cleansing. And they’ve found an ally in Donald Trump Ben Reiff The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has now entered its second week. Over the past two weekends, Hamas has handed over seven Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of… Read More Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians

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1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years)

A brief history of the Italian Biennio Rosso (two red years) and the mass factory occupations of 1920 where half a million workers ran their workplaces for themselves. The reformist unions then negotiated an end to the conflicts, clearing the path for the fascist reaction – the Biennio Nero (two black years) of 1921-22. After… Read More 1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years)

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Julián Casanova: The Spanish Civil War, 80 years after

First posted July 21, 2016 During the early hours of 18 July 1936, General Francisco Franco declared a state of war and his opposition to the Second Spanish Republic. In undermining the Republican government’s ability to keep order, the ensuing coup d’état precipitated unprecedented open violence. Thus began the Spanish Civil War. From April 1939… Read More Julián Casanova: The Spanish Civil War, 80 years after

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Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan

NB: Nothing conveys the shameless racism of the American Empire better than Trump’s use of words like ‘cleaning out’ Gaza, as if Palestinians are a pile of trash. Coming after the actions of Biden, who is responsible for the murder of tens of thousands of innocent people, and who presented 30 billion dollars to the… Read More Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan

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All That’s Left of You review – deeply moving epic of Palestinian intergenerational trauma

Cherien Dabis’s drama, spanning nearly 75 years in one Palestinian family, is a heart-wrenching, if sometimes blunt, portrait of displacement… The framing for this Arabic-language family saga, spanning from 1948 to the near-present, evinces the film’s primary modes – lived-in, propulsive, multifaceted drama with a fraught, ardent sense of place, and heart-on-its-sleeve, direct plea for… Read More All That’s Left of You review – deeply moving epic of Palestinian intergenerational trauma

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