The Logic of Erasure: From Execution and Imprisonment to Character Assassination and “Organized Loneliness”
The Logic of Erasure: From Execution and Imprisonment to Character Assassination and “Organized Loneliness” By Mohammad Javad Tavaf How the Islamic Republic Removes Opponents from the “Common World” Through a Combination of Overt Repression, Character…
When executions become normalized and activism turns into performance a look at three important international films:
Why do so many of our political actions and forms of activism seem to have a greater impact on social media than on power itself? Perhaps the reason is that we are not as honest with ourselves in our confrontation with power as we would like to believe.…
The Power of Imagination in Cinema and Politics:
Imagination is not simply an escape from reality; sometimes it is a form of resistance against the reality imposed upon us. Just as cinema uses imagination as a narrative form, an aesthetic language, and a tool for revealing deeper truths, politics and…
Blood Does Not Create Legitimacy
Mr. Ali Khamenei,Stop the killing of innocent people. The blood of hundreds of thousands of Iranians grants no legitimacy to the Islamic Republic.Blood does not create authority; it only deepens the fracture between state and society. I never wished to…