Tag: thinking about fascism

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

They dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others: Turkish activist ErsinÇelik Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Damian Carrington in London The environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in… Read More Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

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How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized / Palestinian NGO requests help to recover thousands of bodies buried under rubble

Thousands of Palestinians remain buried beneath Gaza’s rubble, according to a Palestinian NGO, who has issued an urgent appeal to the international community for help recovering the bodies of the dead after nearly two years of war. The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared said today that without urgent international assistance the bodies of… Read More How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized / Palestinian NGO requests help to recover thousands of bodies buried under rubble

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Great Betrayal: Why Arab & Muslim rulers backed Trump’s Gaza plan / Imperialist subjugation of Palestine to continue, genocidal murderers to be rewarded

NB: This is typical racist blackmail at the point of a gun: surrender or we will continue slaughtering and starving children, women and men. It is also noteworthy that Trump and Netanyahu changed the terms of the ‘deal’ behind the backs of the other participants in the negotiations, ensuring Israels continuing control over Gaza. This… Read More Great Betrayal: Why Arab & Muslim rulers backed Trump’s Gaza plan / Imperialist subjugation of Palestine to continue, genocidal murderers to be rewarded

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RSS’ success also has seeds of destruction

The RSS’ intellectual stagnation and myth-based narratives risk alienating it from India’s knowledge-driven society Bharat Bhushan One hundred years ago, on Vijayadashami Day, September 27, 1925, the men who gathered at the residence of Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in Nagpur could have hardly imagined how powerful the organisation they were founding would become. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a… Read More RSS’ success also has seeds of destruction

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Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes

Thousands marched in cities across the world following the interception of the flotilla and detainment of activists including Greta Thunberg Follow latest updates live As Israeli forces began their long anticipated interception of a pro-Palestinian flotilla nearing war-torn Gaza, the ripples of the event spread across the world, triggering mass demonstrations, diplomatic censure and threats… Read More Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes

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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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