The renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister, and nephews in December 2023. He was just forty-four years old, but had already established a worldwide reputation that was further enhanced when, in the wake of his death, the poem that gives this book its title became a global sensation.
Archiv: the Human Left
If I must die
Refaat Alareer
(1979 – 2023)
Dr. Refaat Alareer was a Palestinian writer, poet, translator, university professor and activist from the occupied Gaza Strip. On December 6, 2023, he was murdered by an Israeli airstrike along with his brother, sister and their children in Israel‘s ongoing genocidal siege of Gaza of 2023.
Just five weeks prior to his killing, he shared his poem titled „If I must die“, and pinned it to his Twitter profile. Amidst the outpouring of grief, as news of his death spread online, many people from around the world paid tribute to Refaat by offering their own translations of his prophetic poem in to their local languages.
This website is a collection of some of these dozens of heartfelt translations in memory and honor of Refaat Alareer, @itranslate123, and in support of the the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
Is it possible that after 42,000 people killed, you cannot empathize with the Palestinians?
(October 30, 2024)
In her address to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese expressed frustration, saying, „I always experience a sense of shock and delusion when I come to this room because many of you recite the same script you had last year.“ She acknowledged the condemnation of Hamas‘s attack, the solidarity shown to Israeli victims, and calls for the release of hostages but questioned the lack of empathy toward Palestinians, stating, „Is it possible that after 42,000 people killed, you cannot empathize with the Palestinians?“ Albanese criticized those who had ignored the crisis in Gaza, saying, „Empathy has evaporated from this room, and empathy is the glue that makes us stand united as humanity.“
Francesca Albanese: „Gaza is now a wasteland of rubble, garbage and human remains.“
(October 31, 2024)
Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, presented her latest report to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 30 October 2024.
Atomic Bomb Survivors Win Nobel Peace Prize, Say Gaza Today Is Like Japan 80 Years Ago
(October 11, 2024)
AMY GOODMAN: After the Nobel Peace Prize was announced, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, Toshiyuki Mimaki, spoke to reporters in Tokyo.
TOSHIYUKI MIMAKI: [translated] What? Nihon Hidankyo? How did Nihon Hidankyo? It can’t be real. It can’t be real. … We will appeal to the world, as we always have done, for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the achievement of an everlasting peace. … Why Nihon Hidankyo? I thought for sure it would be the people working so hard in Gaza, as we’ve seen.
AMY GOODMAN: That was Toshiyuki Mimaki, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, which won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize today. He wept as he spoke. He went on to say, quote, “In Gaza, bleeding children are being held [by their parents]. It’s like in Japan 80 years ago.”
LIVE: Nova music festival memorial ceremony on Oct. 7 attack anniversary | REUTERS
Thousands of Israelis visit the Nova Music Festival memorial, the location of a rave party where Hamas killed 364 and kidnapped 44 partygoers and staff on Oct. 7, to pay tribute and mourn the victims as Israel marks the first anniversary of the attacks.
October 7 tributes and commemorations at Tel Aviv ‘Hostages Square’
Israelis gather in “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, where hostages‘ families and supporters mark one year since Hamas launched its surprise assault on Israel.
Elias Khoury on Writing
“Literature speaks in many ways. It speaks to the present, of course, and to the future, if it is good literature. But literature is also a way for the writer to make a dialogue with the dead. This is the power of literature. It is not like religion: religion gives you the feeling that you are eternal. Here, there is no eternity at all, but it opens the possibility of dialoguing with the dead.”
Lebanon mourns the loss of leading novelist Elias Khoury
“Never in my life have I felt that life gives you more than you deserve more than at that moment, where literature transforms into reality,” Khoury said in an interview at the time.
Khoury’s well-known love for Palestine meant even more to Itani when he was falsely accused of collaborating with Israel in Lebanon in 2017.
At the time, Khoury wrote a fierce piece defending Itani, and expressed his disgust towards those pursuing him.
When Itani went to thank Khoury, the latter told him, “Are you serious? I raised you!”
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My cousin‘s poems were the heartbeat of Palestine. Israel killed him but his words live on
Rashad was killed for his talent and inspiration – for daring to be a voice of hope in a world that so desperately needs it. Israel is not just targeting individuals; it is trying to break us as a people, to erase Palestinian culture, identity and existence.
These efforts at erasure have been ongoing for 76 years, since the Nakba. They have targeted our leaders, intellectuals and artists. Indeed, Rashad’s story is not unique: Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians like him, people who dared to dream of a better world, and to use their talents to inspire others.
I don’t know what to say or do in the face of such grief. Rashad shone so brightly. I will not let his memory fade.
Senator Murray Statement on the Death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
“I am heartbroken and angry about the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, an American citizen, in the West Bank today, who was reportedly peacefully protesting against illegal settlement activity. The government of Israel must deliver answers immediately and hold the perpetrators of this killing accountable. I will be in close touch with the Biden administration to press the Israeli government for full transparency and accountability. My heart is with Aysenur’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.
“Moreover, Israel must take swift action to put an end to the illegal settler-driven violence that has escalated to a dangerous level in the West Bank. Extremist settler violence in the West Bank, and the associated, ongoing expansion of illegal settlements and outposts, must come to an end—it is important for Israel’s own security and the stability of the entire region.”
Israel Just Killed Another American in the West Bank. Will the U.S. Ever Respond?
Earlier this year, two 17-year-old Palestinian Americans were killed in the West Bank: Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, a Louisiana native who was shot in January by an off-duty Israeli officer and a settler, and Mohammad Khdour, a high school senior from Florida who was shot in the head by an Israeli gunman several weeks later. In both cases, the U.S. government decried the killings but have yet to launch investigations.
Saif Sharabati, friend of activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi killed by Israel, recalls their last phone call
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Israeli superstar Chanan Ben Ari singing at the Levaya for hostage Ori Danino HY’D with Ori’s bro.
(…)
Hundreds Attend Funeral for Slain Hostage Eden Yerushalmi in Petah Tikva
Footage shows relatives crying over Yerushalmi‘s body while her father is seen reading prayers. Later, a procession is shown carrying the body wrapped in an Israeli flag for burial.
Israel-Hamas War Live Updates: Funeral Service Held for Israeli Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polino | N18G
A funeral is held for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli American taken hostage in the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks and whose body was recovered from a tunnel in Gaza.
Funeral held for Israeli hostage Almog Sarusi after his body was recovered from Gaza
The funeral was held on Sunday for one of the six hostages whose bodies were recovered by the Israeli military from Gaza
South Africa Asks U.N. Court to Intervene to Avert ‘Genocidal Starvation’ in Gaza
(07.03.2024)
Israel has strenuously denied the genocide allegation, and on Thursday its foreign ministry called on the court to reject South Africa’s latest request.
“South Africa continues to act as the legal arm of Hamas in an attempt to undermine Israel’s inherent right to defend itself and its citizens, and to release all of the hostages,” Lior Haiat, a spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said on social media.
It was not immediately clear when the court would respond to the request.
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Rede von Marcel Reif bei der Gedenkstunde für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
hochverehrte Frau Szepesi,
auch ich möchte mich bei Ihnen bedanken dafür, dass Sie hierhergekommen sind und gesprochen haben zu uns – nicht um Sühne oder gar Rache einzuklagen, sondern: um zu erinnern, um zu wecken, wo nötig. Damit geben Sie diesem neuen, anderen Deutschland mit unfassbar großem Herzen eine zweite Chance – eine zweite Chance, es anders zu machen, besser zu machen und es richtig zu machen! Dafür kann Ihnen dieses Deutschland und können Ihnen diese Deutschen nicht genug danken.
(…)
Aber diese zweite Chance darf nicht – darf niemals und nirgends – vertan werden! Und deshalb: Ich mag das Wort „Mahnung“ in diesem Zusammenhang nicht, es lässt mir zu viel vermeintlichen Spielraum. „Nie wieder!“ ist mitnichten ein Appell. „Nie wieder!“ kann nur sein, darf nur sein, „Nie wieder!“ muss sein: gelebte, unverrückbare Wirklichkeit!
Rede von Eva Szepesi bei der Gedenkstunde für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
(31.01.2024)
Ab diesem Zeitpunkt war ich nur noch die Nummer A-26877
Zu den stundenlangen Appellen draußen im eiskalten Schnee, wo mir die Finger und Zehen erfroren, kamen noch die Misshandlungen dazu….
Ich wurde immer schwächer, lag auf der Pritsche und nahm kaum noch wahr, was um mich herum geschah.
Eines Tages bekam ich mit, dass die Deutschen alle Häftlinge zusammentrieben.
„RAUS ! AUFSTELLEN ! LOS ! MARSCH !“
Ich blieb liegen, hatte keine Kraft mehr zu reagieren.
Dann war es auf einmal still in der Baracke.
Neben mir lagen noch einige Frauen regungslos. Sie waren tot.
Ich weiß nicht wie lange ich so da lag, doch irgendwann spürten meine vom Fieber brennenden Lippen, eine Hand die mich mit kaltem Schnee fütterte.
Der Schnee tat gut, er stillte meine Schmerzen.
Dann versank alles wieder im Dunkeln.
Als ich das nächste Mal das Bewusstsein wieder erlangte, leuchtete ein feuerroter Stern über mir.
Als mein Blick langsam klarer wurde, erkannte ich einen russischen Soldaten der sich lächelnd über mich beugte.
Die menschliche Wärme in seinem Blick tat mir gut.
Es war der 27. Januar 1945 und ich lebte.
(…)
Und dann kam der 7. Oktober.
Der Tag an dem der tödlichste Angriff gegen Juden seit der Shoah stattfand.
Der Tag an dem die Terrororganisation Hamas Babys, Kinder, Eltern und Großeltern, in Israel bestialisch ermordete – nur weil sie Juden waren.
Der Tag an dem die Hamas glücklich tanzende Jugendliche auf dem Nova Friedensfestival vergewaltigten ermordeten und verschleppten……
Meine Enkelin die in Israel lebt, hätte auch dort sein können…
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren es hätten auch IHRE Kinder sein können….
Immer noch sind über 100 Geiseln in den Händen der Hamas,.
Ich hatte so gehofft, dass ich das heute nicht mehr sagen müsste.
BRINGT SIE NACH HAUSE, Jetzt !!!!
Der 7. Oktober, der Tag, der für uns Juden auf der Welt ALLES veränderte….
Mein Alltag hier in Deutschland, ist seitdem geprägt von erhöhten Sicherheitsmaßnahmen.
Von vermehrten antisemitischen Vorfällen.
Von Ängsten.
Von Gesprächen die mit „Ja Aber..“ beginnen….
Oder dem so lauten Schweigen aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft….
Mir selbst wurden Lesungen kurz nach dem 7. Oktober in Schulen abgesagt… da nicht für meine Sicherheit gesorgt werden könnte.
Die letzten Male sprach ich in Schulen unter Polizeischutz.
Ich weiß, dass ich das Trauma der Shoah an meine Kinder, Enkel und Urenkel weitergegeben habe.
Aber, dass sie jetzt diese Existenzängste auch REAL erleben müssen,
schmerzt mich sehr.
Die Shoah begann nicht mit Auschwitz. Sie begann mit Worten…
Sie begann mit dem Schweigen und dem Wegschauen der Gesellschaft.
Es schmerzt mich,
wenn Schüler jetzt wieder Angst haben in die Schule zu gehen – nur weil sie Juden sind.
Es schmerzt mich,
wenn meine Urenkelkinder immer noch von Polizisten mit Maschinengewehren beschützt werden müssen, – nur weil sie Juden sind.
Ich wünsche mir,
dass nicht nur an den Gedenktagen an die toten Juden erinnert wird,
sondern auch im Alltag an die Lebenden.
S i e brauchen jetzt Schutz.
Es erschreckt mich,
das rechtsextreme Parteien wieder gewählt werden.
Sie dürfen nicht so stark werden, dass unsere Demokratie gefährdet wird.
Wir sind kurz davor.
Ich wünsche mir das die Gesellschaft nicht schweigt, wenn am Nebentisch antisemitische Äußerungen fallen.
Wer schweigt macht sich mitschuldig.
Ich wünsche mir,
dass Studenten ihre jüdischen Kommilitonen unterstützen, wenn sie angefeindet werden.
Ich bin dankbar, dass unsere Regierung sich gleich nach dem 7. Oktober, mit Israel solidarisiert und sich hinter die Jüdischen Gemeinden in Deutschland gestellt hat.
Ich fühle mich durch unsere Demokratie beschützt…Noch…
Aber es macht mir große Sorgen und ich bin traurig zu Sehen, was sich auf den Straßen abspielt,
die Bereitschaft zur Gewalt…
der Judenhass…der Menschenhass..
Warum verteidigen nicht alle Menschen dieses wunderbare Grundgesetz und unsere Demokratie in der wir leben ?
Statement on UNRWA
Norway is a major donor to UNRWA. Currently, some countries have paused their aid to the Palestinian people through UNRWA in this situation. Norway has decided to continue its funding. While I share the concern over the very serious allegations against some UNRWA staff, I urge other donors to reflect on the wider consequences of cutting funding to UNRWA in this time of extreme humanitarian distress. We should not collectively punish millions of people.
We must distinguish between what individuals may have done and what UNRWA stands for. UNRWA has 30,000 staff across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. 13,000 of these work in Gaza to distribute aid, save lives and ensure the population’s essential needs and rights. The people of Gaza urgently need humanitarian assistance and must not pay the price for the actions of others.
Frankfurt – Germany, reciting the poem of poet, academic, and storyteller, the Palestinian martyr Professor Refaat Al-Areer @itranslate123 in several languages during a protest that called for #StopGazaGenocide #NotATarget #NotANumber
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.
Two months ago today, Rushdi al-Surraj was killed by an Israeli airstrike. He was a journalist, a husband, and a father. He left behind heartbreaking glimpses of what it means to be a family, amidst the horrors in Gaza. Every life lost is a world ended, an unfathomable tragedy.
If I must die, let it be a tale.
#FreePalestine
#Gaza
هذه طفلة فلسطنية تبلغ من العمر 13 عام تقول .. ليس هناك المزيد من المستقبل. لقد انتهى مستقبلي الآن. ليس لدي مستقبل على الإطلاق.“ وذلك بعد أن فجرت قنبلة إسرائلية ساقيها
Yossi (missed surname) on @ReshetBet. Sister killed by Hamas. Niece & nephew– 3 years & 10 months– kidnapped to Gaza. He hasn‘t heard from Netanyahu hostage czar. „The state collapsed.“ –But you‘re interviewed by world media, right? „They ask how I feel about Gazan children.“
A hero from the civil defence team breaks down into tears after rescuing a child from under the rubble
(28.10.2023)
„Help us to stay alive“ was their outcry to the world from Gaza. Mahmoud, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Wael Dahdouh son, joined by his sister Kholoud, sent a message to the world, days before Mahmoud, his mother, and younger sister Sham were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Voices from Gaza
Residents of the Gaza Strip live in a humanitarian disaster zone. This entirely man-made disaster is a direct result of a policy employed by Israel, which, to this day, continues to dictate what daily life in Gaza looks like. This callous, unjustifiable policy sentences the nearly two million residents of the Gaza Strip to a life of abject poverty in near inhuman conditions no longer seen in the Western world. In testimonies collected by B‘Tselem‘s field researchers, residents of the Gaza Strip describe their lives, the dreams they will not get to realize, the medical conditions they have no way of treating, the ongoing separation from family members and friends outside the Strip, and the unbearable suffering caused by their confinement to the Strip, with no hope for change.
متظاهرة مصرية تواجه مراسلة CNN على حدود #مصر و #غزة.. شاهد ما حدث
מוציא את השבת כדי לגלות שרק ב-24 שעות שהייתי מנותק, נהרגו ברצועת עזה 126 ילדים. בשבוע האחרון נהרגו שם 2215 אנשים, מתוכם 724 ילדים ו-458 נשים. תקשיבו לי טוב: לא צריך להיות שמאלן דגול כדי לבקש סטופ. תעצרו רגע. כמו שרצח עידו בבארי הוא פשע, כך רצח אחמד בעזה הוא פשע. חלאס, תעצרו.
I cannot believe I have to beg my country and colleagues to value every human life, no matter their faith or ethnicity.
(14.10.2023)
Protesters call for Netanyahu ouster, families of hostages desperate for answers
Avichai Brodetz said he would not leave until his wife and three children, Ofri, Yuval and Uriah were freed. He came and set himself up on the sidewalk outside the ministry and military HQ at 3 a.m. to stage his sit-in, accompanied by a number of supporters.
„I served in the military in compulsory and reserve duty and love my country. I am not angry at anyone, but I want a change in policy and that first of all the women and children be released. I think both sides in the war can agree on that. There cannot be any organization in the world that would want to harm a mother and her children.“
Today I came to bear witness to the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists. The United States stands with Israel.
If you aren’t fighting for the things you care about you are losing. #FreeAssangeNOW
If you want to really learn why 120K people would leave their land, their prosperous lives, their graves, their 1000s of years old cultural heritage, go read my timeline for the last year, and also this personal essay of mine.
Living Through War and Waiting for Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
On Jan. 26, on the eve of my 39th birthday, my friend Armine brought me a few spoonfuls of coffee — she had kept it as a precious gift for me, knowing the outsized role the drink plays in my life. I miss its aroma the most. Another friend, Sarine, had called from Yerevan the day before and asked if I at least had a small cake. I reassured her that having coffee was enough. The next morning, the doorbell woke me up: There stood Sarine’s sister, with a small homemade gata, a traditional Armenian sweet bread, baked by their mother. I allowed myself one candle for my besieged birthday, and placed it on top of the gata. A birthday candle is a luxury, since they are now our only evening light.
Dostojewski Zitate – 27 inspirierende Sprüche des russischen Schriftstellers
„Das Schreckliche daran ist, dass die Schönheit sowohl geheimnisvoll als auch schrecklich ist. Gott und der Teufel kämpfen dort, und das Schlachtfeld ist das Herz des Menschen.“
(…)
„Es gibt ja nichts Schlaueres, als sich ohne jede Verstellung so zu geben wie man ist, denn das glaubt einem ja doch kein Mensch.“
„Schönheit wird die Welt retten.“
(…)
„Die beste Definition des Menschen lautet wohl: undankbarer Zweibeiner.“
Patrick Lawrence: Ellsberg and ‘The Process of My Awakening’
Imagine reading Kerouac, training to a place he writes of, and there meeting one of the novelist’s close friends. In the accounts I have read, the Vietnam War was a major topic of conversation. Ellsberg was still a dedicated supporter; Snyder, who by this time had the sturdy composure of the monks under whom he studied, talked of it from the other side. They liked one another, a little improbably from our perspective. They had lunch together the next day, continuing the conversation begun the previous evening.
A decade later Ellsberg identified the encounter with Snyder with his “awakening.” And so the defense technocrat drove a long way, we have to assume, to thank the poet. There is something in this to love.
Stella Assange, Julian Assange‘s wife, believes they are closer than ever to a resolution in Assange‘s long-running case. She also says securing his release from prison is a matter of life and death. Watch her full interview with @FergusonNews. #abc730
Tucker Carlson Was One of the People Who Talked Trump Out of Attacking Iran
(June 22, 2019)
When President Donald Trump was considering military options against Iran he suddenly grew “frustrated” with John Bolton, his national security adviser, and the way he seemed to constantly advocate for a strike, reports the AP. So he started broadening his scope and seeking out advice from others, including Tucker Carlson. The Fox News host had a different take than most of his hawkish advisers, insisting that a military strike would not be in the country’s best interests and that it would severely hurt his re-election chances, according to the New York Times.
From an economic standpoint the United States is making a shit ton of money off of this war. In a capitalist economy profit will always mean more in value than human life; American or not. They follow where the money flows and where American corporations benefit in the long run.
States and transnational corporations, in the race for profit, play off entire nations, provoke conflicts, try to force us to fight each other, to hate each other. Don‘t give in! Be strong.
Iran— itself under sanctions— one of the first to send aid to Syria. Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria, Russia, all developing countries or under sanctions, yet still sending help. That really says it all.
“This was a traffic stop,” says Memphis Councilman Martavius Jones who broke down in tears @CNN with Don Lemon. The councilman added, “It wasn’t supposed to end like this.”
#TyreNicholsVideo #TyreNichols
Tearful nurse due to leave job today for £8,000 pay rise U-turned to join strike
Jade McCauley was due to start a completely new job tomorrow which would have bumped her yearly salary up by £8,000.
However, the community nurse at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield had a change of due to her passion for helping patients.
The 34-year-old spoke to the Mirror on the picket line outside the hospital today.
She also raised concerns about patient safety and called on Rishi Sunak to „spend a day in our shoes“.
Brazil Deserves the Right to Be Happy: Lula Da Silva
„In 2018, I couldn’t vote because I was in jail for being a victim of a lie. Four years later, I’m voting with full recognition of my freedom and the possibility of being president again so that this country can return to normal,“Lula said, recalling that he remained in prison for 580 days as a result of a political persecution orchestrated by conservative elites.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s impassioned plea at 64th Annual Grammy Awards 2022
#PutinsWar #нетвойне
Selenskyj bei Grammys: „Füllt die Stille mit eurer Musik“
Der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj hat bei der Verleihung der US-Musikpreise Grammys per Videobotschaft um Unterstützung für sein Land gebeten.
„Was könnte gegenteiliger zu Musik sein als Krieg?“, sagte Selenskyj in der Nacht auf heute (MESZ) bei der live im US-Fernsehen übertragenen Veranstaltung in Las Vegas per Videobotschaft.
Die Armada der Irren
Unter vollen Segeln ist eine panische Armada gegen uns unterwegs. Eine Armada der Irren, die uns zu Narren machen will. Auf ihren bunten Flaggen steht „Nur noch zwei Wochen“, „Ewige Gesundheit“ und „Pieks, Pieks, Pieks“. Doch der Wind ihrer geblähten Segel weht aus der Hölle her und ihr Kurs geht zu den Inseln der Unterwerfung. Das Kommando auf diesen Schlachtschiffen haben die Herren der digitalen Seewege. Und die Reihen ihrer Offiziere bestehen aus Umstürzlern, Pharmagewinnlern und Transhumanisten. Doch, welch Glück: Auch Freimeuterer sind unterwegs. Bewaffnet mit den Säbeln der Poesie, den Kanonen der Musik und den Enterhaken des freien Geistes. Es ist die Kunst, sind die Künstler, die der Armada den Weg versperren.
11:33 pm in #Ukraine ‘This’ life is full of surprises. We cannot read books. We cannot watch movies. For sure, there’re exceptions. But I ask my colleagues, friends. They haven’t read or watch anything except war news. 24 days. Good night, world. Today I sleep with sirens
„I want to thank everyone for their support“ Marina Ovsyannikova after leaving the courtroom. The court decided to fine Marina 30,000 rubles ($280)
10:57 am in #Kyiv. I paid for the food, went to the street & began crying. Standing here on the street where I used to walk with coffee, listen to podcasts. These long queues to the food shops & pharmacies. These terrible nights with sirens. These deaths. Let’s stop the war!
Thinking Like a Tyrant
Something that is slowing down many people from fully grasping what is upon us, is that they are making mistakes in their reasoning about events, because they are engaged, naturally enough, in what intelligence analysts call “mirror imaging.” That is, because most of us are decent people with basic compassion at our cores, and are not sociopaths or psychopaths, we tend to “mirror image” in assuming that others are also driven by basic human motivations such as empathy, altruism, and kindness — or even just by the basic notion that other human beings are also deserving of life, self-determination and dignity. How can such brutality be imposed on us? How could others be at the helm of such vicious policies?
But this assumption, that those currently influencing events and making certain key decisions, are “like us” — is a fatal error.
Is it Time for Intellectuals to Talk about God?
I have seen bad politics all of my life and this drama unfolding around us goes beyond bad politics, which is silly and manageable and not that scary. This — this is scary, metaphysically scary. In contrast to hapless human mismanagement, this darkness has the tinge of the pure, elemental evil that underlay and gave such hideous beauty to the theatrics of Nazism; it is the same nasty glamour that surrounds Leni Riefenstahl films.
In short, I don’t think humans are smart or powerful enough to have come up with this horror all alone.
Anästhesie-Schwester: „Eine ekelhafte Gesellschaft, zu der ich nicht mehr gehören möchte!“
Nach knapp fünf Minuten Video bleibt man betroffen zurück. Und solche emotionalen Selbstbekundungen sagen zunächst wenig über die Faktenlage, hier werden ja keine Diagramme und Grafiken präsentiert. Hier erzählt eine offensichtlich Betroffene und trifft damit den Nerv von so vielen, die sich in den Aussagen wiederfinden, die in den Krankenhäusern tätig sind, die Betroffene sind und die sich verstanden und ermutigt fühlen.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
A proclamation by the pigs who control the government in the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell. The sentence is a comment on the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
A proclamation by the pigs who control the government in the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell. The sentence is a comment on the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite.
iHuman
„iHuman“ fragt, welche Konsequenzen die Machtkonzentration der milliardenschweren KI-Industrie hat, die kaum staatliche Regulierung und Transparenz kennt. Einige Experten vergleichen KI mit der Atombombe, da niemand die Konsequenzen dieser neuen Technologie vorhersagen kann.
Campaigners start legal action over Covid ban stopping care home residents aged over-65 from taking trips to see family and friends during pandemic
Legal action has begun against the government challenging guidance stopping care home residents taking journeys from their homes.
Pressure group John‘s Campaign has started the proceedings in a pre-action letter sent to the Department of Health and Social Care.
The group – which is made up of both care home residents and their families – say that the ban on over-65s going on trips from the homes is unlawful.
Myanmar: UN calls for safe release of trapped protesters in Yangon
According to Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres, many of those trapped are women, who were peacefully marching in commemoration of International Women’s Day, on Monday.
“[The Secretary-General] is following the developments in Myanmar very closely, notably in the Sanchaung district of Yangon”, Mr. Dujarric said at a press briefing at the UN Headquarters, in New York.
UN Envoy for #Myanmar @SchranerBurgen1 to the Security Council: „It is critical that this council is resolute and coherent in putting the security forces on notice and standing with the people of Myanmar firmly, in support of the clear November election results.“
Left-wing Meretz party leader says ICC war crimes probe into Israel legitimate
“I say this with great sadness, there were grounds for the decision. I don’t want Israel to face these situations… but Israel needs to ask itself what it needs to do to prevent that,” he added.
Horowitz, who has led the Meretz party since 2019, also urged Israel to cooperate with the Hague in its investigation, which is looking into possible war crimes committed in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and east Jerusalem.
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