“Power operates only destructively, bent always on forcing every manifestation of life into the straightjacket of its laws. Its intellectual form of…
Igor Böhm
“When a state carries out aggression, its propaganda system has the responsibility to justify the act and suppress the reasons for it…
Ever since October 7, thousands of Austrian activists and citizens have taken to the streets, protesting every weekend, determined to continue their…
“The massacre of innocent people [in Rafah] is a serious matter. It is not a thing to be easily forgotten. It is…
There are many reasons why people take part in calls for peace. Some are here in support of the Palestinian struggle for…
“No explanation, no justification or excuse could ever cover up [the] horror [in Gaza]. It would be best if Israel’s [hasbara] machine…
U.S./E.U. actions and policies have this primary characteristic: they “[strive] consistently and without intellectual scruple to put a good face on [the…
“This is *us* [(i.e. Israel, U.S., …)], and that is *them* [(i.e. Palestinians, Russians,…)]. This crucial principle, deeply embedded in Western culture,…
Looking at Israeli and Western media coverage 1 of Hamas resistance against Israel epitomises Orwell’s problem; “[that] is to explain why we know and…