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The Encampments
ACTIVISM: From Chicago 7 to Columbia, The Encampments shows how protest is reframed as threat, as language like terrorist and «anti Semite» is used to silence dissent.
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Pragmatism and repressive politics
TURKEY: This autumn, we met two intellectuals in Istanbul about today's Turkey - and attended a major conference there on political economy. Here, we look at the use of power, freedom of expression, the media, militarisation and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's political pragmatism.
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«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
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The military ambitions of oil states
WEAPONS: There are a number of developments in the three oil states of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar, which Jean-Loup Samaan explores in his latest book. These are the three oil states that account for 17 percent of all arms purchases worldwide. Saudi Arabia wants to become a nuclear power in order to stand up…
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It is not possible to wipe out Hamas
HAMAS: Leila Seurat provides a good basis for understanding what went wrong on 7 October, when Hamas made a drastic change of course. The purpose of it all was to put the Palestinian cause back on the global agenda, and it has largely succeeded.
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The forgotten conflict
YEMEN: With the mainstream Western media's infatuation with Ukraine, wars raging across other parts of the world are forgotten, the devastation in Yemen primary among them.
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Devoted to a double life
RELIGION: After decades of living a secret life, a filmmaker travels to a Japanese monastery in an exploration of truth, faith and love.
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Jihad Rehab: A Question of Ethics
This article was previously published at POV Magazine, Canada’s destination for documentary culture. I think Meg Smaker approached the unfortunately-titled Jihad Rehab with good intentions. I really do. However, the shrewdest move a filmmaker can sometimes make is to step back from a project. Jihad Rehab could have benefited from more experience, both professional and…
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The Syrian intelligentsia observe the destruction of their homeland
SYRIA: How does one survive in times of war? By forgetting, or by remembering...?