Sem Chão e a política do impossível

A derrota é certa, até que não seja mais. Documentário que desafiou o genocídio e ganhou o Oscar propõe questões políticas cruciais. Vale seguir lutando, quando tudo foi aparentemente subsumido ao capital? Este combate pode ser orientado apenas pelas ferramentas da Razão?

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Sem Chão e a política do impossível | Outras Palavras

A derrota é certa, até que não seja mais. Documentário que desafiou o genocídio e ganhou o Oscar propõe questões políticas cruciais. Vale seguir lutando, quando tudo foi aparentemente subsumido ao capital? Este combate pode ser orientado apenas pelas ferramentas da Razão?

Outras Palavras

Il Foglio RSS: Se la Biennale mette sullo stesso livello democrazie e regimi. Una lettera

Al direttore - Rispondendo su queste colonne alla proposta di Giuliano Ferrara di affiancare all’apertura del padiglione del regime russo un’iniziativa a favore della cultura del dissenso, il presidente della Biennale ha svelato un suo progetto per il prossimo anno (non questo, dovessero offendersi gli ospiti del suddetto padiglione): l’invito a cinque protagonisti di oggi sgraditi ai loro governi, rispettivamente di Stati Uniti (?), Israele (??), Cina, Russia, persino Ue (???). Dissenso represso e incarcerato? Sarebbe interessante sapere quali scrittori e artisti della democrazia di Israele sgraditi al governo siano imbavagliati nel loro Paese: forse David Grossman, o Edgar Keret, o Yuval Abraham e Rachel Szor, coautori di un documentario, “No Other Land”, una delle più potenti opere critiche nei confronti della dirigenza di Israele? Certamente il riferimento non può valere per i libri dello scrittore palestinese antisionista Edward Said, presenti in tutte le librerie di Tel Aviv e assenti in quelle dei paesi islamici. Mistero. In attesa di un suo scioglimento attendo anche il cortese invito ad Azar Nafisi, intellettuale iraniana in esilio che non può leggere con le sue studentesse perseguitate dai pasdaran Lolita a Teheran.
Pierluigi Battista

If the Biennale puts democracies and regimes on the same level. A letter.

To the Editor – Responding in these columns to Giuliano Ferrara’s proposal to accompany the opening of the Russian regime pavilion with an initiative in favor of the culture of dissent, the Biennale’s president revealed a project for next year (not this one, to avoid offending the guests of the aforementioned pavilion): the invitation to five protagonists of today, unwelcome by their governments – the United States (?), Israel (??), China, Russia, even the EU (???). Suppressed and imprisoned dissent? It would be interesting to know which writers and artists of Israel’s democracy, unwelcome by the government, are gagged in their own country: perhaps David Grossman, or Edgar Keret, or Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, co-authors of a documentary, “No Other Land”, one of the most powerful critical works against the leadership of Israel? Certainly the reference does not apply to the books of the Palestinian anti-Zionist writer Edward Said, present in all Tel Aviv bookstores and absent in those of Islamic countries. Mystery. While awaiting his clarification, I also await a courteous invitation to Azar Nafisi, an Iranian intellectual in exile who cannot read with her persecuted students, harassed by the Basij in Tehran.

Pierluigi Battista

#Biennale #GiulianoFerrara’s #Russian #theUnitedStates #Israel #China #Russia #DavidGrossman #EdgarKeret #YuvalAbraham #RachelSzor #NoOtherLand #Palestinian #anti-Zionist #EdwardSaid #TelAviv #Islamic #AzarNafisi #Iranian #Basij #Tehran #PierluigiBattista

https://www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2026/03/14/news/se-la-biennale-mette-sullo-stesso-livello-democrazie-e-regimi-una-lettera-8785858/

Se la Biennale mette sullo stesso livello democrazie e regimi. Una lettera

Il progetto pensato dal presidente della Biennale per il prossimo anno si pone come obiettivo quello di invitare cinque protagonisti di oggi sgraditi ai loro governi, proveniente da Stati Uniti, Israele, Cina, Russai e persino Europa, come se tutti questi paesi trattassero i dissidenti allo stesso modo

‘Ashes,’ From Oscar-Winning ‘No Other Land’ Producers, Follows a Syrian’s Struggle to Bring War Criminals to Justice

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‘Ashes,’ From Oscar-Winning ‘No Other Land’ Producers, Follows a Syrian’s Struggle to Bring War Criminals to Justice
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DocumentariestoWatch #NoOtherLand #ThessalonikiDocumentaryFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/ashes-no-other-land-syria-justice-1236682247/

Feature Documentary 'Ashes' Follows a Syrian's Search for Justice

'Ashes,' the directorial debut of Syrian journalist Daham Alasaad, follows the dogged efforts to bring Syrian war criminals to justice.

Variety
Brother of No Other Land co-director injured as Israeli settlers again attack family home

Hamdan Ballal says violence on West Bank as bad as ever, nearly a year after his Oscar-winning film shocked the world

The Guardian

Repost from @basilaladraa, shared by our Canadian treasure, Mandy Patinkin.

Statement from Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal (No Other Land, 2024):

This afternoon, nearly a year after we won the Oscar, the same settler who attacked me shortly after I returned from Los Angeles—Shem Tov Lusky—again led an attack against my home and my family. Four of my family members are currently arrested and one is in the hospital.

I invite all journalists and diplomats to come visit me and my family this Tuesday, February 17, to hear about how the situation has gotten worse in the year since we won the Oscar, as it has across the West Bank. Email me to coordinate your visit: [email protected]

Two weeks ago we managed to get a decision from the Israeli court that the area around my home is closed to non-residents, but the settlers break that order and still come with their flocks almost every day.

We call the police, they do nothing. The army comes, they do nothing. Today, Shem Tov Lusky—the settler who attacked me in my home shortly after I won the Oscar last year—came with his flock to my home. My brother called the police to report the incursion. The army came first and immediately raided our house, attacking everyone inside. Then they arrested two of my brothers, a nephew, and cousin. Another brother was badly injured and is now in the hospital.

The Israeli court decision was supposed to make things a bit quieter for us. But the opposite has been true. The settlers have ramped up their harassment and the Israeli authorities have done nothing to enforce the decision, and today they joined the settlers in the attack.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUyUw6hCNsi/

#freepalestine #westbank #nootherland

Oscar-Winning ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Denounces New Attack by Israeli Settlers, Says Brother Hospitalized, Family Members Arrested

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Oscar-Winning ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Denounces New Attack by Israeli Settlers, Says Brother Hospitalized, Family Members Arrested
#Variety #Global #News #BerlinFilmFestival #NoOtherLand #Oscars

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/oscar-no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-attack-israeli-1236665106/

Oscar-Winning 'No Other Land' Director Hamdan Ballal Denounces Attack

'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal has sounded an alarm over a new attack against his family by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Variety

Oscar-Winning ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Once Again Attacked By Israeli Settlers
#News #BaselAdra #HamdanBallal #Israel #NoOtherLand #Palestine

https://deadline.com/2026/02/no-other-land-co-director-hamdan-ballal-attacked-again-1236726499/

Oscar-Winning ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Once Again Attacked By Israeli Settlers

Not even a year after his first attack, Oscar-winning No Other Land co-director Hamdan Ballal was once again ambushed by Israeli settlers.

Deadline