On 24 April 2019, France held its first official Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day, marking the 104th anniversary of the 1915 genocide. The national day of commemoration fulfilled an election pledge by President Emmanuel Macron, and drew the predictable angry tu...
Basak Ertur
Trials Begin in Turkey for Academics for Peace
International solidarity is crucial at this time when our colleagues are facing criminal trials. On December 5, 2017, the trials began for those who signed the Academics for Peace petition in January 2016. Conducted by High Criminal Courts in Istanbul, these trials...
Something is Missing in the Hrant Dink Murder Ruling
Hrant Dink’s murder was the culminating point of a persecution campaign that can be traced back to February 2004, when he published claims to the effect that Sabiha Gökçen, the adopted daughter of Atatürk and the first woman war pilot of the Turkish Republic, was of...
London screening of ’48’ by Susana de Sousa Dias
48, Susana de Sousa Dias 93’ minutes, Betacam Digital, Portugal, 2009 screening and discussion with the director Friday 28 January, 6:30pm University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street opening night screening of: ¡Documentary Now! A Conference on the Contemporary...
A Note on Violence
There is a determined constituency within the new student movement who do not rule out the use of physical force in protest. The damage they incur is far from random vandalism. The courage they display in refusing to be intimidated by the increasingly brutal tactics of the police has garnered some recognition from others within the movement. Yet the issue remains controversial and potentially divisive.
The Nomadic Hive Manifesto
The manifesto that came out of the “Arts Against Cuts” teach-in at the National Gallery in London on 9 December 2010