Someone I’ve long admired and who has shaped my love for film read my book on Indian Parallel Cinema—and gave it a glowing endorsement. I’m still in disbelief over what they wrote. It means the world to me…

Israel knows it can commit war crimes with impunity. That is why it has launched its largest assault on the West Bank since 2002. We are witnessing the total erasure of Palestine - and our government is shamefully complicit. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

While continuing its genocidal assault on Gaza, Israel has launched its largest invasion of the occupied West Bank since 2002 — with armoured vehicles, bulldozers, fighter jets, drones & ground forces. Enough is enough. The UK government must end all arms sales to Israel now.

Legendary scholar & political commentator AG Noorani passed away today. A giant in the legal & academic community + anti-saffron movt. A huge loss. Excellent body of work, most of which was foundational to us as social science students &/or of great use to us as researchers 🧵:

Let’s speak clearly here, who the fuck else does the BBC think is conducting airstrikes in Gaza

Remember folks: Palestinians do terrorism. Israel does COUNTER-terrorism. State-mandated BBC News (UK) sticking to the approved script.

Keir Starmer is expanding the scope of already draconian UK laws to arrest critics of his complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, redefining them as 'supporters' of terrorism. My latest article can be read here: jonathan-cook.net/blog/2024-08-3…

This tells you everything about Keir Starmer - and what he represents - that you need to know. Even before he became PM, he'd accepted more gifts, freebies and junkets than every Labour leader since 1997 put together. New column 👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

CIA whistleblower John Stockwell (1989): "We've killed at least 6 million people."

TRIJYA / RADIUS Dir. Akshay Indikar, 2019, India DoP: Swapnil Shete, Akshay Indikar

We’re brought up believing Britain is a democracy and are constantly told this by media and political commentators of all political persuasions. That just isn't true - and Gaza shows us why, argues Declassified's director Mark Curtis. declassifieduk.org/gaza-shows-bri…

“Gaza is a miserable prison and a punching bag for Israel. When they feel like it they do what they call ‘mowing the lawn’: let’s bomb and kill lots of civilians and hit the hospitals.” Noam Chomsky to me last summer just weeks before he fell very ill👇

This is a textbook case of ethnic cleansing, but this is how the BBC describes it. Pathetic.

All set for today’s screening of “Ghatashraddha” at Venice film Festival at 2.45pm with Girish Kasaravalli and I presenting the restored version the only Indian film at this festival and to continue FHF’s endeavour to bring back significant films to the world Film Heritage Foundation

Revisited Sen's INTERVIEW (1970) for an introduction I am writing and it still feels just as relevant today.