Geopolitics
Middle East Eye – French TV censors actress Adele Haenel after she condemns Israel’s genocide in Palestine
Being anti-genocide gets you cancelled from the TV in France now. Read the article HERE.
Freedom of Speech
Geopolitics
Marchella Ward – Zionism has warped the lexicon, so words are now convenient weapons
Words are weapons, and the Zionists use control over language to criminalise their political enemies. Marchella Ward is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. She is currently writing a book entitled Classicism: How […]
Geopolitics
Middle East Eye – German court rules comparing Israel to Nazi Germany constitutes ‘protected speech’
A blow to Germany’s rising authoritarianism. Read the article HERE.
Media
Bart Cammaerts – Banning left wing commentators is a sign of authoritarian overreach
A Labour government banning left-wing activists from entering the country because they advocate for Palestine just about sums up the moral dearth of those in power in the UK today. Bart Cammaerts is Professor of […]
Corruption
Karl Hansen – The Hasan Piker Ban Exposes the Power of the Israel Lobby
‘The decision to ban Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from the UK marks further escalation in the clampdown on critics of Israel.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
AA – US commentators Cenk Uygur, Hasan Piker say UK barred them over Israel-related remarks
The UK is descending into an authoritarian hellhole. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Rayan Freschi – In France, the word intifada is on trial
When words are mischaracterised and those mischaracterisations can be upheld by courts and lead to people going to prison, freedom of speech is under serious threat. Rayan Freschi is a CAGE researcher based in France. […]
Geopolitics
Joe Gill – ‘Death to the IDF’ is not antisemitic. Reserve your outrage for Israeli crimes in Gaza.
The hysterical reaction of the British establishment to a musician’s solidarity with Palestinians shows that they are on the defensive over the UK’s complicity in genocide. Joe Gill has worked as a journalist in London, […]
Geopolitics
Patrick Bond – Boris Kagarlitsky and the Future of the Russian Left
The Russian marxist has been willing to speak truth to the powerful in Russia and the West, and that’s incurred the wrath of Putin. Patrick Bond is professor of sociology at the University of Johannesburg […]
EU politics
Ingar Solty: In Germany, Liberals Lead the Authoritarian Turn
‘The rise of the anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland has prompted a wave of troubled reactions in Germany. But authoritarianism isn’t just a far-right creation, and today, liberals are leading the charge against basic democratic freedoms.’ […]