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From left to right: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics; Jimmy "Spire" Ssentongo; Patrick Chappatte, president of the Foundation; Marie Heuzé, co-chair of the Foundation, holding a self-portrait of Safaa Odah, co-prizewinner who remains blocked in Gaza and was unable to attend the event; and Ken Roth, former director of Human Rights Watch ... Read more
Translation. Top text:"Reduction of electricity loads" (or "Scheduled power cuts"). On the train sign: "Monorail". This is a criticism of the country's energy situation with continuous power cuts and infrastructure priorities in Egypt. Alan Gardner reports in The Daily Cartoonist. Cartoonist Ashraf Omar will be tried in an Egyptian court from 10 May. ... Read more
The Green Party said it had "hired lawyers" to take legal action over the publication of this cartoon by Peter Brookes on Saturday 2 May in The Times. The Greens believe the cartoon depicts Zack Polanski in anti-Semitic stereotypes. As it happens, Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales ... Read more
Can the nation preserve its democratic ideals, or will it fall prey to an authoritarian takeover? Under this premise, the documentary Democracy Under Siege, which was presented after its premiere on the eve of the 2024 US elections and an international tour, will be available for free streaming from 1 to 4 May ... Read more
The image in question: Source Yet another case for the collection and one more where anti-Semitism is the alibi for silencing voices critical of the state of Israel. The private US university Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has suspended the local chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine(SJP) and confiscated its funds ... Read more
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