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George Orwell: Vanity and despotism
But what light does our difference here throw upon the problem before us? What connection is there between the sartorial splendours of the educated man and the photograph of ruined houses and dead bodies? Obviously the connection between dress and … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-militarism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, George Orwell, State and terror
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The War on Iran: Immoral allies, False claims and Unnecessary Bloodshed
From the Verso Books blog (11/03/2026) Ilan Pappe on US and Israeli immorality and why Palestine lies at the heart of the war on Iran.
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Tagged anti-militarism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, Ilan Pappe, iran, israel, palestine
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The Attack on Iran Is an Attack on All of Us
From the CrimethInc. collective (28/02/2026) The US and Israeli attack on Iran is morally repugnant. It is calculated only to benefit an elite of racist, Islamophobic warmongers. It will not benefit Iranians or ordinary people anywhere on earth.
Simone Weil: Reflections on barbarism (1939)
Many people nowadays, moved by the horrors of every kind that our time provides in a number overwhelming for anyone the least bit sensitive, think that, as a result of an excessively great technical power, or a kind of moral … Continue reading
Simone Weil: The power of words (1937)
In every sphere, we seem to have lost the very elements of intelligence: the ideas of limit, measure, degree, proportion, relation, comparison, contingency, interdependence, interrelation of means and ends. To keep to the social level, our political universe is peopled … Continue reading
Simone Weil: Reflections on War
The perspectives of a revolution seem therefore quite restricted. For can a revolution avoid war? It is, however, on this feeble chance that we must stake everything or abandon all hope. Simone Weil The masks have fallen away, or they … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: War is peace
Among the horrors of war that are often forgotten is its survival in peacetime through industrial transformations. It is well known – but forgotten – that the barbed wire with which many still fence their fields and properties comes from … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-militarism, civil war, Giorgio Agamben, State and terror
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Night of the Demon/Rendez-vous avec la peur
Remake of Jacques Tourneur’s film in six parts, by Nicolas Klotz (From Lundi matin #481, 23/06/2025) 1. The bright TRACES of missiles and bombs that pierced the night sky over Tehran on Friday, 13 June… also pierced television screens, our … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-imperialism, anti-militarism, Gunther Anders, iran, israel, Jean-Luc Nancy, Nicolas Klotz, palestine
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Franco “Bifo” Berardi: Racist global war
Desertion frugality friendship: how to survive while human history ends in horror. Over the past decade, I have frequently used the term “global civil war” to describe the third world war that has been creeping in since 2022 and was … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-militarism, anti-racism, civil war, Franco "Bifo" Berardi
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Israel’s Long War on Lebanon
From the CrimethInc. collective (14/05/2026) A Joint History of the Zionist and Lebanese Entities In the following analysis, Ayman Makarem of the From the Periphery media collective reviews a century of colonial violence in Palestine and Lebanon to illuminate the current Israeli … Continue reading →