Tag: thinking about fascism

The Elders call for urgent review of foreign military assistance to Israel over Gaza atrocities

“If the world can watch this scale of brutality and suffering and not prevent it, we have lost our common humanity” – The Elders was founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007. We are an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights and a sustainable planet. Statement: The Elders today call for governments… Read More The Elders call for urgent review of foreign military assistance to Israel over Gaza atrocities

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Drowning Voices

How legal frameworks are being used to throttle free speech and the media…The dangerous beauty of this framework is that each bill touches upon only certain key aspects that may be crucial for freedom of speech, but, together, they constitute a gargantuan web that is difficult to escape. ANANT NATH On 10 November 2023, the… Read More Drowning Voices

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Racist Genocide by Israel: over 1,000 murdered in 48 hours with US/UK Arms, Finance and Permission

Hundreds more Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air raids in the past 24 hours in Gaza as the Israeli army ordered more areas in and around the enclave’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate. The Director General of the Government Media Office in Gaza told Al Jazeera on Sunday that more than 700… Read More Racist Genocide by Israel: over 1,000 murdered in 48 hours with US/UK Arms, Finance and Permission

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Henry Kissinger: the Dr. Caligari of American Empire

‘no legal notice was more gratifying than the one CounterPunch received when Ken Silverstein published these photos of Henry Kissinger picking his nose during a press conference on Brazil. As Ken noted, “Kissinger was OK having his picture taken with murderers like Pinochet but upset when outed as a snot eater‘ (The Cabinet of Dr.… Read More Henry Kissinger: the Dr. Caligari of American Empire

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The Netanyahu doctrine: how Israel’s longest-serving leader reshaped the country

He first became prime minister in 1996, and has been pushing the country further right ever since. Most agree his political days are numbered – but the approach he established will prove very difficult to shift by Joshua Leifer An attack like Hamas’s 7 October massacre was not supposed to have been possible. Certainly not while… Read More The Netanyahu doctrine: how Israel’s longest-serving leader reshaped the country

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Myanmar’s Military Junta Appears to Be in Terminal Decline

Ronan Lee Myint Swe, the acting president of Myanmar’s military government, has warned that the country “will be split into various parts” after his armed forces suffered huge territorial losses to resistance fighters recently. His response was to call on Myanmar’s people to support his military forces, a call that is likely, based on previous experience, to… Read More Myanmar’s Military Junta Appears to Be in Terminal Decline

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President Biden needs to Dump his War Hawks and Turn to Peace Work if he wants to Salvage his Presidency

The rate of the killing of Palestinian civilians is similar to the rate of killing during the Cambodian genocide.  Within a week of the Israeli assault, 880 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies, and genocide studies signed a statement warning the public and political leaders of the possibility of genocide…“As scholars and practitioners of international… Read More President Biden needs to Dump his War Hawks and Turn to Peace Work if he wants to Salvage his Presidency

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Israel told us to move to south Gaza. Then it said it would bomb the south too. So where do we go now?

Rozan As I began to write this, here in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Israeli missiles were striking nearby. Once you get over the initial shock of the loud explosions, the shaking of the house and your knees, the first instinct is to immediately rush to calm the children whose cries somehow seem louder and more… Read More Israel told us to move to south Gaza. Then it said it would bomb the south too. So where do we go now?

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How long will Palestinians go on being scapegoats for the West’s Atrocities in World War 2 ?

“As for the people of Gaza, not only are they being forced to pay for Hamas’s actions: they [Gazans] are being forced, once again, to pay for Hitler’s crimes.” SARA JAMSHIDI Seattle, Wa. (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – If an Arab writer would create a Palestinian version of Schindler’s List, and if an Arab,… Read More How long will Palestinians go on being scapegoats for the West’s Atrocities in World War 2 ?

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The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza

NB: So much for Ivy League education. Some life is more precious than other life. Some people have the right to defend themselves; while others, especially if backed by Uncle Sam, must not even protest whilst being slaughtered. After all, they’re just ‘human animals’. Your racist prejudice shines through the ivy. The statement of the… Read More The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza

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