Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Double standards even in terms of ‘internal law’ and liberal dogma

“There are other times when I seek out the wisdom of those human beings who refused to turn their faces from forms of social terror and found strength to endure.” A good and stimulating interview . Contrary to the title though, the treatment of the relevance of Malcolm X’s ideas in the exchange between Yancy and Sawyer are marginal.  

He is a bourgeois businessman and hypocrite, complicit in crimes against Kurdish, Palestinians and others. “Erdoğan is the quintessential demagogue — he issues challenging statements to the established order while maintaining the status quo. Erdoğan’s denouncements of Israel tend to coincide with periods of heightened violence. But once public outrage declines, it’s back to business as usual .”

And we have our small dreams Such as to wake up healed of disappointment .. We did not dream of impossible things! We are alive, we survive, and we dream on. —Mahmoud Darwish

The genocidal drive to 'exterminate all the brutes' is embedded deep in the US and European leaders’ psyches . Related Source: Internet Archive

“ No day of celebration with its mandatory collective rhythms , to share with all the strangers I don’t care about. Because our grandfathers’ grandfathers, and so on, celebrated, we too should feel the urge to celebrate. That is nauseating.” —Antonio Gramsci I celebrate every defeat or even a setback of American, British, French, Russian state violence and military adventure. I would celebrate a regime change in the U.S., UK, France, Russia … I celebrated the recent French defeat in ‘the Sahel’. I celebrated the American ‘defeat’ in Afghanistan. I celebrate any defeat, a toppling of or a setback for the Arab regimes.  I celebrate any setback for both NATO and Russia. I would celebrate any defeat or even a setback for the IDF and the reactionary Israeli state. I celebrate the birth of any Palestinian child. I celebrated the death of Henry Kissinger. I would celebrate the death of Hilary, George, Barack, Joe, Tony, Immanuel, Ursula, Vlad … I would celebrate any labour movement and any la

The BBC probably never mentioned John Pilger before until he died. Using google, one cannot find his name on the BBC.  I did not always agree with Pilger’s way of reporting, but he was one of those who opened my mind to how I should relate to and analyse the corporate media and how crimes and complicities are hidden or ignored. That was the time Chomsky's and Herman’s Manufacturing Consent – The Political Economy of the Mass Media fell in my hands. Here is something the British Broadcasting Corporation and Jessica Murray of the Guardian have deliberately, in their usual selectivity, ignored to mention: The War on Democracy   The War On Democracy (English subtitles) from John Pilger on Vimeo .