I’ve been watching and reading a lot of Slavoj Zizek in the past month, and I really believe he is one of the most influential philosophers of our time. I just finished an article he wrote about the London riots, in which he mentioned Egypt: Unfortunately, the Egyptian summer of 2011 will be remembered as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’
Zizek on the Revolution
Posted in Capitalism, Egypt, Global, Netherlands, Palestine, Revolution, tagged Economics, Egypt, Israel, Military, Netherlands, Palestine, Revolution on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Unrealistic expectations
Posted in America, Palestine, Pinkwashing, tagged America, Palestine on June 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I was just researching for my paper on pinkwashing, and came across this beautiful quote in one of the articles by an American, Maggie Sager: We expect Palestinians to not throw stones at the IDF jeeps who come to teargas their protestations against the illegal confiscation of their entire villages while we wouldn’t bat an [...]
Beautifully sad
Posted in Palestine, tagged Israel, Palestine on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bassem Tamimi, the popular committee leader of Nabi Saleh, was arrested more than one month ago for his role in organizing unarmed demonstrations against Israeli occupation. Tamimi’s trial began at the Ofer military court. Below is Tamimi’s full statement to the court. Link here. Your Honor, I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to [...]
Just watched a movie about Palestine
Posted in Palestine, tagged Israel, Occupation, Palestine, Why? on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Why is this happening to Palestine? Why do they have to go through checkpoints in their own country? Why is it so hard for them to leave and get an education? Why can they be arrested and beaten for no reason? Why does the world constantly take Israel’s side? Palestine was given away by the [...]
