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HRANA and the Battle for Truth: Reporting from the Edge of the Blackou
In the age of “semantic terrorism,” information is weaponized to obscure reality. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has emerged as a vital pillar of epistemic clarity. As a veteran activist, I’ve seen how quickly narratives are hijacked. State propaganda seizes control on one side. Radicalized echo chambers dominate on the other. In this […]
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The Farsi Beta: When Google Broke a Hermeneutic Monopoly
In the lexicon of digital activism, we often speak of “tools” as if they are neutral vessels. But in June 2009, Iran’s Green Movement was at its height. A single software update proved that code is a political choice.Following the disputed election of June 12, the Iranian state attempted to enforce an absolute informational vacuum. […]
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اعتراف شاهد
غزة #فلسطين #شهادة #لنننسى #أطفالغزة #الضمير_الإنساني يا الله،اغفر لي لأنني أبكيلأنني وُلدتُ داخل الحروب.ارحم عينيَّاللتين رأتا بقايا إنسانفي كيسِ سوبرماركت،وجماجمَ أطفالٍ محطَّمة.ورأيتُ أحياءًتتحوّل إلى غبار،وتصعد كالدخان إلى السماء،وأنقاضَ بيوتٍ خَرِبت.اغفر ليلأنني لم أستطع أن أوقف بجسدي هذه الفظائع،ولأنّ القلب تعلّمأن يعدّ الموتبالعشرات،بالآلاف،بعشرات الآلاف.أنا رأيت.أنا رأيت.ولن أنسىمَن كنتُ. English TranslationO God,forgive me for cryingbecause I was […]
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Semantic Terrorism: Iran’s Control Mechanism
The current work analyzes the case of the hybrid protest in Iran. It emphasizes how the theocratic regime uses “semantic terrorism” as a tool for political control. This is also employed for consciousness engineering. Through a combination of concepts from Foucault (“regime of truth”), Bourdieu (“symbolic violence”), Levitsky and Ziblatt (democratic norms), and Nissim Mizrachi […]
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זכויות האדם באיראן: מאבק ומשבר
This seminar paper discusses “The Islamic Republic of Iran – Paths to Justice and Accountability,” examining the country’s political history, the Islamic regime’s human rights violations, and the role of Amnesty International in advocating for justice. It highlights ongoing protests, critiques the state’s legal framework, and affirms the necessity for continued activism and international support.
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צדק לאפרת
פתיחה עבודה זו תעסוק בסיפור עדותה של אפרת גיל, אישה צעירה בת קיבוץ, אשר חוותה אלימות מינית קשה- אונס קבוצתי וגילוי עריות בקיבוץ בו נולדה, מנקודת מבט פמיניסטית- של “אני מאמינה לה”, פוסט עידן me too. עבודה זו כוללת מקורות ראשוניים- תיעוד של מה שנכתב על אפרת, ומה שהיא עצמה כתבה והשאירה אחריה, וכן ראיונות […]
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Hermeneutic Terrorism: The Weaponization of Meaning and the Rationalization of Paranoia in Digital Discourse
Here is a concise excerpt based on the academic version, suitable for the “Excerpt” field in WordPress or a social media preview: **Excerpt** > Drawing on Foucault’s analysis of power/knowledge and Ricoeur’s hermeneutics of suspicion, this piece introduces the concept of **Hermeneutic Terrorism**: a systemic weaponization of meaning that collapses the space between an event and its interpretation. I argue…
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🟣 Hermeneutic Terrorism and the Rise of the Hermeneutics of Paranoia
“In a paranoid world, mundane language cannot be mundane. ‘Pizza’ isn’t food; it’s evidence of a global crime.” “The conspiracy theorist isn’t hallucinating; they are the ultimate practitioner of the Hermeneutics of Suspicion—but without the faith to balance it out.” “Under Hermeneutic Terrorism, literal meaning becomes dangerous. Everything must be decoded. Anything might be an attack.” “To read the text…
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🟣 If Symbolic Violence Exists — Then Symbolic Terrorism Exists Too
— People often ask why I use words like “symbolic terrorism” or “semantic terrorism.”Here’s the simple explanation: In social theory, we’ve long had the concept of symbolic violence.Bourdieu described forms of power that operate not through guns or arrests. They work through meaning, language, categories, and worldviews. Symbolic violence occurs when norms, narratives, and labels […]
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Hyper-Truth: The New Regime of Digital Reality
In the digital age, Foucault’s notion of a regime of truth has changed. It was a historically contingent system through which societies produced and regulated what counts as true. This notion has been supplanted by interlocking forms of epistemic, hermeneutic, and semiotic terrorism. These are not mere metaphors of violence but descriptive of how meaning, […]
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