this is the end, well, 1492 onward — imagine that bullshit, that war mongering, the entire fucking Green Screen set already masked as News and Documentarian Reality.
Nov 23, 2025
THIS is complete lunacy. “ Following a decorated run on the film festival circuit, the documentary Rolling Stone calls “extraordinary,” The New York Times says is “truly remarkable,” and Documentary Magazine says is “one of the best combat films ever made” will have its broadcast and streaming premiere on PBS this Tuesday.
A stunning portrayal of war in the trenches from the Oscar®-winning team behind 20 Days in Mariupol, 2000 Meters to Andriivka is a FRONTLINE and Associated Press collaboration. Weaving together combat bodycam-footage and powerful moments of reflection, the documentary follows a brigade of Ukrainian soldiers trying to liberate a Russian-held village — and facing the dawning realization that for them, this war may never end.
“You will not emerge from this film unchanged,” says The Guardian.
SUCIDE economies.
Here, decency: We are at a dangerous moment in human history. Philosopher and thinker David Korten says,
“We stand at a crossroads between two possible futures. In one future, we continue on the path of separation and likely bring the human chapter of creation’s journey to an untimely end. In the other future, we find our rightful place as responsible, loving members of the Earth community in an ecological civilization, helping to guide creation’s journey into a future of harmony and new possibilities.”
The choice could not be more profound. It is, in a real sense, a test of what it truly means to be human. Alternative Radio.
Speaker
David Korten is a philosopher and visionary. For several decades, he was an insider in the development establishment. He worked for the Ford Foundation and USAID and taught at Harvard’s Graduate School of Business. Having severed his ties to the past, today he is a leading voice for economic and social justice. He is the author of When Corporations Rule the World, The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism, The Great Turning, Agenda for a New Economy, and Change the Story, Change the Future.
Days before Refaat’s death, he republished one of a 2011 poem on X (previously Twitter) — titled “If I Must Die,” which will be forever remembered:
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up
above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
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‘Know your enemy’; International Law is not your friend – conversation with Prof. Isa Blumi
I sit down again with Prof. Isa Blumi to run through recent events, including the UNSC approval of Resolution 2803 that gives a green light to the Trump ‘final solution’ for Gaza in full compliance with Zionist genocidal policies…
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I sit down again with Prof. Isa Blumi to run through recent events, including the UNSC approval of Resolution 2803 that gives a green light to the Trump ‘final solution’ for Gaza in full compliance with Zionist genocidal policies.
Minutes before we spoke, I received news that “Israel” had struck an apartment block in the southern Beirut suburbs. To date, there are 5 killed and 27 injured but these numbers are likely to increase. “Israel” fired 6 precision missiles at the building on a Sunday afternoon when markets would be at their busiest with people shopping or having coffee.
We also talk about the role of Russia and China in the upcoming ‘New World Order’ – social media capture of discourse, preventing any sensible debate or argumentation on any subject related to global resistance strategies and campaigns.
Other work by Isa Blumi:
Isa’s recent interview with the American University Beirut (AUB)
Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia tells us about the World
Speaking above Yemenis: a reading beyond the tyranny of experts
PDF: Re-worlding the Gulf: Anomaly as Geopolitical Function
Special Issue Middle East Critique: The Gulf and the World (2025)
Special Issue IRCICA: Islamophobia in Europe (2018)
Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939: Migration in a Post-Imperial World (2013).
War and Nationalism: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 and their Sociopolitical Implications (2013).
Foundations of Modernity: Human Agency and the Imperial State (2012).
Reinstating the Ottomans: Alternative Balkan Modernities, 1800-1912 (2011).
Chaos in Yemen: Societal Collapse and the New Authoritarianism (2010).
Rethinking the Late Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History of Albania/Yemen, 1878 (2003)
Yemeni Houthis Take Direct Action Against Gaza Genocide
The JIG is up:
While scholars have made many claims about US military interventions, they have not come to a consensus on main trends and consequences. This article introduces a new, comprehensive dataset of all US military interventions since the country’s founding, alongside over 200 variables that allow scholars to evaluate theoretical propositions on drivers and outcomes of intervention. It compares the new Military Intervention Project (MIP) dataset to the current leading dataset, the Militarized Interstate Disputes (MID). In sum, MIP doubles the universe of cases, integrates a range of military intervention definitions and sources, expands the timeline of analysis, and offers more transparency of sourcing through historically-documented case narratives of every US military intervention included in the dataset. According to MIP, the US has undertaken almost 400 military interventions since 1776, with half of these operations undertaken between 1950 and 2019. Over 25% of them have occurred in the post-Cold War period.
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Her Substack, TODAY. Write, woman, WRITE!
I started to write about Jerry Seinfeld. It was reported that he stood on a stage at Duke University and compared the movement for Palestinian freedom to the Ku Klux Klan. He reportedly suggested that “Free Palestine” is a coded way of saying “I don’t like Jews” and claimed that the Klan was “a little better” because their hatred was “honest.” I began writing an open letter to educate folks who may believe him on what the Ku Klux Klan actually was, and still is.
“Don’t be afraid to look into the dark places — that’s where you can learn how to stay in the light.” Ava DuVernay dishes on her new Hulu film “Origins,” adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Caste,” and explains how the movie leans into the dark parts of history that school doesn’t teach.
She and Kelly discuss why it’s crucial to learn the history of prejudices in society so that we can overcome them. Ava also dishes on creating online learning companions to accompany her films so viewers can dive deep into the material and “never stop learning.”
Never have I watched this Kelly, but . . .
Back to school, Toothless in Wisconsin. Thanks for putting money into this Substack and sharing your five “free” subscriptions.” Masterclass, only two hours-plus LONG!
Dr. Isa Blumi: Destroying Yemen – A History of Capitalist Imperialism
Yeah, that anti-war war movie:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99addg Full Movie, in German.
With Subtitles = https://m.ok.ru/video/4540531542631
Paul Haeder, Author 