Historian Simon Schama: With parts of London ‘no-go zones,’ Jews have lost basic civil rights Amid violent attacks throughout the UK, the acclaimed British author finds antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment increasingly normalized. He also sees 'moments of fantastic hope'

#Simon #Schama says he was “horrified” by the reaction to

the #October7,2023 #invasion of southern #Israel,

which he has compared to “lifting a floor covering to

expose what we’d idly imagined to have long gone,

the endlessly festering slough of #dehumanization.”

Historian Simon Schama: With parts of London ‘no-go zones,’ Jews have lost basic civil rights Amid violent attacks throughout the UK, the acclaimed British author finds antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment increasingly normalized. He also sees 'moments of fantastic hope'

Important reading: #Historian #Simon #Schama:

'With parts of London ‘no-go zones,’ #Jews have #lost

#basic #civil #rights.'

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#Trump2.0
#Schama

“Truth, though powerless and always defeated in a head-on clash with the powers that be, possesses a strength of its own: whatever those in power may contrive, they are unable to discover or invent a viable substitute for it.....[..]

~ Schama quoting Arendt

For the second or third time I asked Simon #Schama on X to start contributing to Bluesky. In passing, my note mentioned "the Elon #Musk poubelle." One of the Likes the note then attracted came from guess who.

Well, maybe #Teslas don't come with documentation in French.

Simon Schama’s Story of Us - Series 1: 1. Who Are We Now? Simon Schama meets Sir Cliff Richard, Jarvis Cocker, Ali Smith and Frank Cottrell-Boyce in an effort to understand how artists, writers and performers have charted the huge changes in Britain.

not perfect (what is?), but worth a watch! #schama #art

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Het is niet dat de wereld de geschiedenis niet kent. Die is genoegzaam bekend uit de bijbel en eindeloze aandacht sinds wo2.
Het is meer dat er een in-group is die alle andere groepen buitensluit. Onhandig als je daar wel tussen woont. #nrc #schama
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/...