New ideas on presenting progressive arguments

Here are two films compiled from different voices. Perhaps the start of an ongoing series, drawn from the Platforms on the Olive Network: A New Internationalism, Climate Crisis, For Peace, Education, Museums as Agents of Change, Dwelling and more.

It’s difficult to understand why the obvious truths spoken by these powerful voices are undermined and twisted by the so called world leaders. Noam Chomsky puts it very well at the end (of this film) when he calls out a system that is entirely predicated on personal gain at the expense of the care of humanity. Martin Samuels

OMAR EL AKAAD - INTERVIEWED ON CHANNEL 4

Over the last year and a half I’ve become deeply deeply cynical about the load bearing beams of the western world, be they political, cultural, journalistic, whatever. But I’ve had the almost opposite reaction to what people are doing individually. I mean, I have seen immense courage, I have seen immense solidarity, I’ve seen people risk their lives and livelihood and their careers and their reputations to stand up for a group of human beings who can offer them almost nothing in return. I’ve leached courage from all these people.

I have no doubt, that the values system that allows someone to stand in opposition to injustice, is alive and well. I just don’t trust the power centres to be the gatekeepers of that. So, in a sense, the things I turn my back on now, in the western world, are not particularly linked to what I’m seeing individuals do.

TOWARDS A NEW INTERNATIONALISM

Dur: 8.56

EACH DAY - FOR PALESTINE

Dur:: 7.40