British filmmaker Ken Loach speaks with members of the EU Culture Committee on the occasion of 10-year anniversary of LUX Prize, an award established in 2007 aimed at highlighting films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe. Photo courtesy the European Parliament/Flickr. Ken Loach is one of
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Canadian Dimension: The Lethal Violence of Corporate Media Journalism
In the aftermath of the Second World War the Allies put a number of pro-Nazi propagandists and journalists on trial for such offences as “crimes against peace” and “crimes against humanity.” Among those executed was publisher Julius Streicher for “crimes against humanity.” William Joyce, the main voice of the propaganda
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Israel, Holocaust and the Un-existing of Black Victimhood
In his book The Holocaust Industry, political scientist Norman Finkelstein argues that an ideological construct has taken shape around the Holocaust that is used to cloak Israel with the status of “victim state” despite its “horrendous” human rights record. One of the key planks of this ideology is the notion
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