Anthony McIntyre's Blog, page 179

Cancel Culture, Censorship, Boycotts And The Israel/Palestine Conflict

Barry Gilheany ✍ The University of Leipzig has cancelled a guest lecture by the Israeli historian, Professor Benny Morris, who was set to speak about the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and jihad on 5th December at its Institute of Practical Theology. In the words of the university website: “The lecture is dropped from the agenda” and the decision is justified by the Institute on the

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Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be Curious1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge to aid effortRights expert demands release of Russian doctor jailed

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The Dirlewanger Brigade

Dixie Elliot ✍ The Dirlewanger Brigade was a Nazi penal unit during WW2 which was named after its sadistic commander Oskar Dirlewanger.Made up of murderers and rapists, they were regarded by the Nazi high command as being the ideal genocidal killers.Like the Israeli army of the present day they thought nothing of burning civilians, children included, alive in hospitals, large barns and

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Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousUS to investigate Spain's reported denial of Israel bound shipsOpen Call to the Japanese Government and International Community to

Could Assisted Dying Law Pave Way For The Second Holocaust?

Dr John Coulter ✍ Jesus wept - that’s the shortest verse in the Bible, found in the New Testament Gospel of St John chapter 11, verse 35. But that emotion best sums up my reaction when I heard the horrendous news that The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25 had passed its second reading in the House of Commons late last month. In spite of Labour enjoying a massive

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Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousAmid Anti-Trans Wave, Chase Strangio to Make History as First Trans Lawyer to Argue at Supreme CourtSteve Bannon Aims To Make

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Oil’s History ⏺ Dissecting The Many-Headed Hydra

People And Nature 🔖 Review by Simon Pirani of Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power And The Making Of The World Market by Adam Hanieh (Verso 2024).18-November-2024Witnessing genocide can be paralysing. The horror of Israel’s onslaught on the civilian population of Gaza seeps in to the spaces in our heads, interrupting and disrupting attempts to think.My memory keeps connecting

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Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousGaza journalist Bisan Owda in FT’s 'most influential women' listIsrael attacks north Gaza hospital for fifth timePope unveils