Tag: Global War and Violence

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here

NB: Nothing illuminates the meaning of nihilism better than Zionisms ongoing genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people. The word annihilation derives from nihil: absolute nothingness. So does the term nihilism. In both domestic politics and international relations, the imperial project means precisely this: absolute control or absolute destruction. To understand imperialism we need only take… Read More Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here

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Who was Frank Thompson / A Very English Hero: The Making of Frank Thompson by Peter Conradi – review

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters revives interest in British major shot in Bulgaria by Kristen Ghodsee When former Pink Floyd front man, Roger Waters, visited Bulgaria in August, one of his must-see sights was the grave of Major Frank Thompson, in the village of Litakovo outside of Botevgrad. If you are exiting from the Sofia Metro… Read More Who was Frank Thompson / A Very English Hero: The Making of Frank Thompson by Peter Conradi – review

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Israel Should Let the Aid Flotilla Reach Gaza or Risk Adding to Its Global Indictment

Haaretz’s lead editorial Dozens of ships have been making their way through the Mediterranean Sea for weeks now toward the Gaza Strip. This is the Global Sumud Flotilla, an effort by hundreds of international activists to break Israel’s siege on Gaza. But it’s primarily aimed at drawing international attention to the humanitarian crisis, the hunger… Read More Israel Should Let the Aid Flotilla Reach Gaza or Risk Adding to Its Global Indictment

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No Music For Genocide

Within a few months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, every major label either unilaterally removed their entire catalogue from Russia or closed operations entirely, implicitly or explicitly condemning Putin’s actions while donating to Ukraine. No such measures have been taken against Israel, or in support of Palestine, after decades of illegal occupation and 23 months into Israel’s accelerated genocide.… Read More No Music For Genocide

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Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military

The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies. Laura Snapes Massive Attack have become the latest act – and first major-label one – to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company… Read More Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military

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Prof. Madhavan Palat on Genocide: Barbarism in Civilization in the Twentieth Century. September 14, 2025

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The Society for the Study of Archives cordially invites you to the launch of its journal ‘Reading the Archive’, a graduate journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The event will feature an inaugural lecture by Prof. Madhavan K. Palat on Genocide: Barbarism in Civilization in the Twentieth Century The lecture will be chaired by Prof. Salil Misra, Visiting Faculty, BML Munjal University,… Read More Prof. Madhavan Palat on Genocide: Barbarism in Civilization in the Twentieth Century. September 14, 2025

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‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000. By now, 321 Palestinians PER DAY have been killed or wounded

NB: Imagine! what would Biden and Trump and good Christian MAGA faithful and Keir Starmer etc., say if this figure were registered for their citizens for EVEN ONE DAY, rather than 710 days? They have sunk so deep in the mire of blood and tears which they have created (since 1948, when they terrorised 760,000… Read More ‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000. By now, 321 Palestinians PER DAY have been killed or wounded

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Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza

Joseph Gedeon in Washington Two Democratic senators claim they have reached the “inescapable conclusion” that Israel is acting on a systematic plan to destroy and ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza to force locals to leave, and they say the US is complicit. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, both members of the Senate foreign… Read More Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza

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