The last paradox is that the tale of Palestine from the beginning until today is a simple story of colonialism and dispossession, yet the world treats it as a multifaceted and complex story—hard to understand and even harder to solve. Indeed, the story of Palestine has been told before: European settlers coming to a foreign land, settling there, and either committing genocide against or expelling the indigenous people. The Zionists have not invented anything new in this respect.

Noam Chomsky, from On Palestine, March 23, 2015

25 April - Anniversary of Italy's Liberation

25 April also known as the Anniversary of Italy's Liberation is a national holiday in Italy that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, puppet state of the Nazis and rump state of the fascists, culmination of the liberation of Italy from German occupation and of the Italian civil war in the latter phase of World War II. That is distinct from Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica), which takes place on 2 June and commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum.

Every year on 25 April Italy celebrates Liberation Day, known in Italian as Festa della Liberazione, with a national public holiday.

In addition to the closure of schools, public offices and most shops, the day is marked with parades across the country, organised by ANPI, Italy's partisan association which preserves the memory of the Resistance movement against Fascism.

The occasion is held in commemoration of the end of the Fascist regime and of the Nazi occupation during world war two, as well as the victory of Italy's Resistance movement of partisans who opposed the regime.

Formed in 1943, the partigiani comprised a network of anti-Fascist activists, from diverse backgrounds including workers, farmers, students and intellectuals, across Italy.

Resistance

Together they united in armed resistance against the Nazi occupation and the Fascist regime, making their struggle both a war of liberation and a civil war.

The annual event marks the day in 1945 when a nationwide radio broadcast calling for a popular uprising and general strike against the Nazi occupation and Fascist regime was announced by the National Liberation Committee of Upper Italy (CLNAI), a political umbrella organisation representing the Italian Resistance movement.

This announcement - made by partisan and future president of Italy Sandro Pertini - resulted in the capture and death of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, who was shot three days later.

The Festa della Liberazione represents a significant turning point in Italy's history, paving the way for the referendum of 2 June 1946 when Italians voted in favour of a republic and against the monarchy which had been discredited during the war and whose members went into exile.

Scurati controversy

This year's event takes place against the backdrop of a political controversy after the state broadcaster RAI stopped a well-known Italian writer from delivering an anti-fascist monologue on television a few days before the Festa della Liberazione.

Antonio Scurati accused RAI of censorship after his monologue was dropped abruptly from the Saturday night talkshow Chesarà for "editorial reasons".

The writer claimed that the move highlighted the alleged attempts by premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government to exert its influence over the state broadcaster which has seen several veteran presenters leave over the last year including Fabio Fazio, Bianca Berlinguer and Amadeus.

 In his speech Scurati criticised the "ruling post-Fascist party" for wanting to "re-write history" rather than "repudiate its neo-fascist past".

RAI director Paolo Corsini rejected any talk of censorship, as did Meloni who responded to the controversy by posting Scurati's text on her Facebook page, stating that the broadcaster had "simply refused to pay 1800 euro (the monthly salary of many employees) for a minute of monologue".

Meloni added that the Italian people "can freely judge" the contents of the text which was later read live on air by Chesarà presenter Serena Bortone in an act of solidarity with Scurati.

Le grand chariot (Philippe Garrel, 2023)

Glory to smart women. these two girls are a rare example of the fight against hypocrisy, because if we defend international law as a matter of principle, then Ukrainians are obliged to support the Palestinians, despite the suicide of the American administration's credibility

sure, call me pro-hamas

i don’t know about you but i certainly believe in the right to resist oppression

is it really terrorism to even try to take down an apartheid who’s taken your land, killed your family, raped and starved and abducted your people and beaten your friends?

a victim of rape is allowed to hit their rapist, hamas is rightful resistence

"Andare in altalena tra le case in rovina è fare resistenza".

[Video] French protester defies the force of a riot water cannon

It has to be noted that water cannons are not only dangerous, they are also hugely inflexible and indiscriminate. The force of a water cannon can break bones and cause severe eye, as well as internal injuries. And that says a lot about the great length that governments and their lethal instruments, the police, will go to quell the right to protest. Cause this is what democracy looks like.

23-173 Change #5

Today’s Mandala Message: You’ve handled change before This week I’m working through Principle #31 from Jack Canfield’s “The Success Principles” entitled “Embrace Change”. I set my intention today to ponder how I’ve dealt with change before. Canfield states: “If you can always remember that you’ve been through changes in the past…you can begin to approach each new change with the excitement and…

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Resistance!

"tratto d'Autore" (recuperato 2015)

tratto a matita su cartone cm13,5x18,5

«[...] et si omnes scandalizati fuerint in te ego numquam scandalizabor.» (Matteo 26.33)

«[...] Anche se tutti si scandalizzassero di te, io non mi scandalizzerò mai.»

After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives by Edward W. Said, 1986

A searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at once an exploration of Edward Said's dislocated past and a testimony to the lives of those living in exile.

Jean Mohr (Photographer)

Judgement Day - John Connor joins the Hot Toys collection!

Le grand chariot (Philippe Garrel, 2023)

History of warfare: when videos of Palestinian fighters and hostages appeared with smiles on their faces, it was the greatest victory over the forces of evil. The dark forces, instead of learning from those more humane than themselves, became frustrated, more bloodthirsty and even more arrogant

#rosevalland (1898 - 1980). Storica dell'arte, anticonformista conservatrice presso la Galleria nazionale del #jeudepaume di Parigi, prende appunti giorno dopo giorno durante i 4 anni di occupazione nazista. Tiene accurata nota dei capolavori rubati dai nazisti nei musei francesi - presso le famiglie ebree, e accumulati nel Jeu de Paume in attesa di essere trasferiti in Germania. Si parla di almeno 100.000 opere. Rischiando la vita e grazie al suo dettagliato lavoro di detective, riusci' a individuare l'elenco dei depositi delle opere d'arte trafugate in Germania. Così - dopo la guerra, parte dei capolavori rubati - 60.000 opere furono riacquisite. Rose cataloga oltre 80.000 opere rubate e destinate alla restituzione, ai legittimi proprietari o eredi e ai Paesi aventi diritto. Lascia un patrimonio di 900 cataloghi dei cosiddetti MNR, (Musei nazionali recupero) testimonianza preziosa delle opere, per gli aventi diritto 🌹 Per incontrare la storia di questa straordinaria donna, esperta e amante dell'arte - vedi skyarte - Rose Valland, Spia per amore dell'arte 🖤 #arte #art #storiadellarte #pernondimenticare #artcurator #paris #europe #extraordinarypeople #influencer #woman #resistence #restitution #museum #justice https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7zFAgrCsD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=