Tag: thinking about fascism

The Jena Declaration on race and eugenics (2019) / Conference on the concept of ‘race’ at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, 2021

The Jena Declaration affirms that there are no “races” in the biological sense in humans, since the genetic variation within human populations is often greater than the genetic variation between these populations… In the human genome, for example, there is not a single difference among the 3.2 billion base pairs that separates Africans from non-Africans. So not… Read More The Jena Declaration on race and eugenics (2019) / Conference on the concept of ‘race’ at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, 2021

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To Honor the Memory of Those Massacred on October 7, Israelis Must Recognize Their Actions in Gaza

There was a massacre in Israel. In Gaza, there was a genocide. Gideon Levy In the first months following October 7, I constantly used the term massacre to describe what had happened. What I saw with my own eyes as I wandered through the southern border area with photographer Alex Levac could only be defined… Read More To Honor the Memory of Those Massacred on October 7, Israelis Must Recognize Their Actions in Gaza

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After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel

It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned Janine di Giovanni In Syria, where I worked during the years of Bashar al-Assad’s terror, people were often taken away to torture cells before dawn by masked men. The timing was deliberate. It disoriented them at their most… Read More After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel

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Victory in Palestine Action trial, say families / Acquittals Demolish Lies About Palestine Action

Palestine Action activists cleared of the aggravated burglary of a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm The families of six Palestine Action activists have hailed a jury’s verdict as a “monumental victory” after they were cleared of the aggravated burglary of a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm. Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner,… Read More Victory in Palestine Action trial, say families / Acquittals Demolish Lies About Palestine Action

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Starvation by design: How Israel turned food into a weapon of war in Gaza

From destroying calories to ‘re-engineering’ society, data and experts reveal how the hunger in Gaza was not a byproduct of war, but a calculated strategy that reached its deadliest peak in 2025. Mohammad Mansour A malnourished Palestinian child is examined at al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on June… Read More Starvation by design: How Israel turned food into a weapon of war in Gaza

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If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live

Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth Carlos Hernández Photo: Alberto Di Lolli Dear reader, for the first time since I became a journalist, I have to tell you I wish you weren’t reading what I’ve written. Because if you’re reading this,… Read More If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live

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The dagger of the assassin was concealed beneath the robe of the jurist

The dagger of the assassin was concealed beneath the robe of the jurist: Justice case; Opinion delivered by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal; 1947 Juridical personalities known for partisanship and cruelty: Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville; Roland Freisler; Andrey Vyshinsky… an endless list: Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was appointed public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris on 10 March 1793,… Read More The dagger of the assassin was concealed beneath the robe of the jurist

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