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‘The Children Haunt Me at Night’: The Protest That’s Forcing Israelis to Face Kids Killed in Gaza

“It turns out that parents are writing names on their children’s limbs, so that it will be possible to identify them when they die” Ronen Argov at a recent protest. “We’ve reached a level of violence and cruelty where making things palatable for those who refuse to know is like supporting someone’s addiction. I won’t… Read More ‘The Children Haunt Me at Night’: The Protest That’s Forcing Israelis to Face Kids Killed in Gaza

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: If Gaza’s corpses can vanish from our conscience, what else are we becoming blind to?

NB: This is what needs to be said repeatedly, because so many people have shut their eyes to the most brutal campaign of mass extermination since the American punishment of Vietnam, which left some 4 million dead over a decade. The rate of murder in Gaza would please the operators of the death camps run… Read More Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: If Gaza’s corpses can vanish from our conscience, what else are we becoming blind to?

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Scapegoating the Algorithm

America’s epistemic challenges run deeper than social media. (NB: It’s not just an American problem) Dan Williams Many people sense that the United States is undergoing an epistemic crisis, a breakdown in the country’s collective capacity to agree on basic facts, distinguish truth from falsehood, and adhere to norms of rational debate.  “The Yellow Press,” by… Read More Scapegoating the Algorithm

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चुनाव आयोग को मेरी चुनौती, मेरी रिपोर्ट को गलत साबित करके दिखाए ? Ajit Anjum / The Dangerous Farce of the ongoing SIR in Bihar and the Price of Exposing it

बिहार में मेरे खिलाफ FIR ? ‘SIR’ की रिपोर्टिंग का नतीजा ? || Ajit Anjum – बिहार में चुनाव आयोग के दावों का फैक्ट चेक करने की वजह से मेरे ख़िलाफ़ बेगूसराय में हुई FIR ? क्या ‘SIR’ के दौरान मिली कमियों को उजागर करना गुनाह है ? ‘SIR’ की रिपोर्टिंग से बौखलाए प्रशासन की… Read More चुनाव आयोग को मेरी चुनौती, मेरी रिपोर्ट को गलत साबित करके दिखाए ? Ajit Anjum / The Dangerous Farce of the ongoing SIR in Bihar and the Price of Exposing it

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After Singer Neha Singh Rathore, FIR Against Dr. Medusa Over Posts on Pahalgam Attack

Both the FIRs, against folk singer Neha Singh Rathore and Dr. Medusa, have been lodged under multiple charges including “endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India” New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh police have registered an FIR against folk singer Neha Singh Rathore under multiple charges including “endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India”. Shortly… Read More After Singer Neha Singh Rathore, FIR Against Dr. Medusa Over Posts on Pahalgam Attack

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Why BBC Editors Must One Day Stand Trial for Colluding in Israel’s Genocide

the BBC has largely ignored Israel’s campaign of murdering Palestinian journalists in Gaza. A greater number have been killed by Israel in its war on the tiny enclave than the total number of journalists killed in all other major conflicts of the past 160 years combined Jonathan Cook / Jonathan Cook Blog Veteran journalist Peter Oborne… Read More Why BBC Editors Must One Day Stand Trial for Colluding in Israel’s Genocide

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From Mumbai 26/11 to Pahalgam, India has entered the post-truth era

During Operation Sindoor, the Indian media did not merely broadcast propaganda – it deliberately subverted the truth. Nissim Mannathukkaren The India-Pakistan conflict in May left a deep chasm in the subcontinent. It also revealed a breakdown on both sides of the border on what constitutes fact and the truth. This reflects an unprecedented polarisation of… Read More From Mumbai 26/11 to Pahalgam, India has entered the post-truth era

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