Things got lost in our remembrances.
Category: Arts
Chris Hedges: A Diary of Genocide
An interview with Atef Abu Saif, the Palestinian novelist who chronicled his experience surviving the most recent onslaught in Gaza. Born in the besieged territory, Saif has known war his whole life.
Lost in Translation: Outcry Over the ‘Last Supper’
A series of serious misunderstandings has led to an uninformed outcry in the Christian West over a short scene in the Opening Ceremony at the Paris Olympics, writes Cathy Vogan.
Vijay Prashad: Rust Belt & Broken Road
From the 1942 “American century” to Trump’s “American carnage,” the U.S. has shifted from a post-WW2 boom to decline and is now facing political divides, economic crisis, poverty and social decay.
Patrick Lawrence: No More Silence
If Zionist ideology ever fit into the modern world, and I will leave this an outstanding question, it no longer does.
The Corporate News Media at Work
Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart, writes Jonathan Cook. The differing coverage of these comparable events is the clue to the media’s true function.
WATCH: Roger Waters, Cat Stevens Play for Gaza
Waters, Stevens and rapper Lowkey performed live on Friday for Gaza. Watch the replay here.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Silence of the Artists
Celebrities are reluctant to criticize the U.S.-centralized empire because they benefit from it directly.
Patrick Lawrence: Late-Imperial Duplicities
Chris Hedges: PEN America Self-Destructs
In May 2013 Hedges resigned from PEN America when it appointed former State Department official Suzanne Nossel to run it. A decade later, PEN America has become a propaganda arm of the state, including on Julian Assange.