Tag: thinking about fascism

Tearing up the map

NB: ‘Lebensraum’ as national policy; racism, genocidal complicity amongst vast sections of the Western population; total contempt for both morality and international law; limitless expansion of territory by force; the politics of permanent emergency (as per Carl Schmitt); the embrace of bloodlust and cruelty as markers of virtue rather than emblems of evil – all… Read More Tearing up the map

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British Intelligence (MI5)’s file on Eric Hobsbawm

Frances Stonor Saunders on MI5 and the Hobsbawm File First posted March 26, 2015 On 25 January 1933, the 16-year-old Eric Hobsbawm marched with thousands of comrades through central Berlin to the headquarters of the German Communist Party (KPD). When they arrived at Karl Liebknecht Haus, on the Bülowplatz, the temperature was –18°C. They shuffled and… Read More British Intelligence (MI5)’s file on Eric Hobsbawm

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Keyboard warriors

Alex Karp, Palantirianism, and the tech industry’s embrace of total war. By Jacob Silverman Last July, four high-ranking tech executives — all of them involved with artificial intelligence — were sworn into the US Army Reserves with the rank of lieutenant colonel. They were part of a new unit called Detachment 201, also known as the… Read More Keyboard warriors

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The Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime

NB: Barring honourable exceptions, Western establishments are irredeemably racist. For them, it is a rule of thumb that some of don’t count as human beings. Their behaviour reminds us of the Nazi laws on ‘life unworthy of life‘ DS Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and… Read More The Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime

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As a Palestinian Father Struggled to Save One Son, a Uniformed Settler Shot His Other Son, Too

NB: These are the kinds of bestial personality spawned by Zionism: monsters devoid of the slightest empathy for their fellow human beings. And Israel is the lawless state which has been funded, armed and protected by Western establishments for decades, aided and abetted by their Arab puppets. There will be no going back: the hypocrtical… Read More As a Palestinian Father Struggled to Save One Son, a Uniformed Settler Shot His Other Son, Too

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Germany’s erosion of constitutional dignity

By Gautam Bhatia EQUATOR March 14, 2026 Many years ago, in a Western university that shall remain nameless, I was prescribed an academic article that compared approaches to freedom of expression in the US and Europe. The principle governing constitutional free speech doctrine in the United States, the article grandly proclaimed, was that of “liberty”.… Read More Germany’s erosion of constitutional dignity

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Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this

There are rules and world leaders must insist they be honoured in practice and in spirit. After this atrocity in Iran, a more effective tribunal for crimes against children is essential Gordon Brown The killing of a reported 168 people, primarily schoolgirls, in the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab in Iran has shaken to… Read More Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this

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Dismay as ancient heritage sites across Iran damaged in US-Israel bombing

Golestan Palace in Tehran, a world heritage site, and buildings in historic city of Isfahan harmed, despite Unesco sending coordinates Julian Borger and Deepa Parent The governor of the historic Iranian city of Isfahan has accused the US and Israel of a “declaration of war on a civilization” as heritage sites across the country suffer… Read More Dismay as ancient heritage sites across Iran damaged in US-Israel bombing

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