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THE DEAD DON’T HURT
Join Viggo Mortensen in New York at @RegalMovies screenings of THE DEAD DON’T HURT May 31 and June 1. He wrote, directed, scored, and co-stars in this new Western.
THE DEAD DON’T HURT is a story of star-crossed lovers on the American frontier in the 1860s. See the new Western starring Vicky Krieps and Viggo Mortensen exclusively in theaters May 31.
... full articleTyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed
May 28, 2024
When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.”
Karim Khan did not provide specific details of attempts to interfere in the ICC’s work, but he noted a clause in the court’s foundational treaty that made any such interference a criminal offence. If the conduct continued, he added, “my office will not hesitate to act”.
... full articleI was one of the first people in the Palestinian world, in the late 1970s, to say that there is no military option, either for us or for them, and I’m certainly the only well-known Arab who writes these things – and who writes exactly the same things in the Arab press that I say here.
Nadaban para ser libres: el equipo de Amjed Tantish fulminado por la guerra en Gaza
May 25, 2024
Trece chicos posan sonrientes y en bañador junto a sus entrenadores ante una piscina de 25 metros de largo en Yabalia, en el norte de la franja de Gaza. Es una fotografía de julio de 2023, pero parece que hubieran pasado muchos años. La inmensa mayoría de los nadadores de este equipo nunca se han zambullido en una piscina de competición ni han salido de los 365 kilómetros cuadrados de este territorio, pero llevaban años entrenando con ahínco, entre olas de violencia, restricciones de movimiento y la falta de medios materiales. Su objetivo era llegar a unos Juegos Olímpicos.
... full articleThe ruling of men is the effort to direct the individual actions of many persons toward some end. This end theoretically should be the greatest good of all, but no human group has ever reached this ideal because of ignorance and selfishness.
Trump’s ‘unified reich’ video was a message not a mistake
May 23, 2024
We’ve been here before. Donald Trump says or does something outrageous, and then walks it back slightly. But his message as a would-be authoritarian – or far worse – gets through.
The latest iteration was a video shared this week on his Truth Social account that (by featuring would-be headlines) promised a “unified reich” if Trump wins a second term as president.
The word “reich”, of course, is closely tied to Adolf Hitler, who called his Nazi empire the “Third Reich”. You don’t have to be a student of world history to understand that instantly.
... full articleMemory is a mirror that scandalously lies.