Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

A free ebook by Ilan Pappe

A book review.  The full text is subject to subscription, but what is available is enough I think to encourage us to explore the book.  Photography, War and the Media in Vietnam and Iraq

 

"Because we cannot save ourselves without contesting oligarchic control, the fight for democracy and justice and the fight against environmental breakdown are  one and the same . Do not allow those who have caused this crisis to define the limits of political action. Do not allow those whose magical thinking got us into this mess to tell us what can and cannot be done." "The earth is in a death spiral" See also how Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals

Syria: on academic freedom and responsibility

Turkey Inside the Islamic Cult Whose Leader is Embraced by Israeli Figures

Ahed Tamimi عهد تميمي Western governments are not interested in marketing her!

Imaginary friends An underground amusement park in Syria

Bare life in Aleppo and in the Mediterranean and "Demystifying the Syrian Conflict" At the time Erdogan receives a Syrian child who got out of Aleppo ...

"The Syrians who are fighting their state are indefensible. Too bearded to be trusted, fratricidal on top of that, they are defying the laws of geopolitics in the Middle East, and could very well provoke World War III. Syrians, then, must not be defended. But what can be done faced with the spectacle of indignity streamed almost live from Syria since 2011? This spectacle is unprecedented. Never before in history has a crime against humanity been filmed day by day, turned int o a spectacle with the cooperation of both victims and executioners, broadcast by the big television networks and streamed on social media, intercut with ad breaks, consumed by the general public, and commodified by the art market. At the time of Auschwitz, only God was supposed to see what happened in the showers. It was only after the liberation of the camps that accredited filmmakers could capture evidence of the crimes, which were recognized as such by the legal authorities. Those images, however, were co

Of course refugee children should face dental  tests – we need to make sure we’re getting the ones we ordered and British hospitality

The Great Libya War Fraud

"How the refugee crisis became invisible"

That media of "our liberal democratic society" Sounds of Blairite Silence

Poppies, patriots and pro-Brexit propaganda: Revisiting the myths of Britain's past

" A careful assessment of the  Bolivarian Revolution  reveals that Chávez’s socialism only ever manifested itself rhetorically: real gains like income redistribution proved compatible with the global capitalist order." Why Twenty-First Century Socialism Failed

The report is written by a liberal institution. Contrary to the report, in my opinion the Guardian and the Daily Mirror , are not left-wing (itself a loose term). The Guardian , for example, gives voice to some left-wingers, but it is generally liberal. The last few decades has made anyone who is not (neo)liberal, a left-winger. The dominant press of the 5 families have redefined what a left-winger is.  Journalistic Representation of Jeremy Corbyn in the British Press

New Media and the Arab Spring

Libya Libya: a legitimate and necessary debate from an anti-imperialist perspective "Progressives" Who Support the War: Gilbert Achcar's Defense of Humanitarian Intervention The Media War on Libya: Justifying War through Lies and Fabrications

Sunday between noon and 1pm on 104.4 FM (London) Or resonancefm.com (worldwide) Listen to Jonas, the youngest pro Israel Jew I ever met. He is 12 years old, but able to hold a meeting at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London. Iran : Mourad Shirin from the Iranian Revolutionary Marxists' Tendency speaks on the current situation in the country. Articles: Iran Falls to US PSYOPS The New York Times and Iran The New York Times and the Iranian elections