Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert Fisk

Esta semana, na estante, temos o livro póstumo do grande repórter Robert Fisk: “A Noite do Poder - A traição ao Médio Oriente”; a novela gráfica “Aqueduto”, de Eduardo Côrte-Real, com Lisboa como protagonista; a correspondência entre quatro grandes escritores latino-americanos reunida em “As Cartas do Boom”; e o ensaio de um entomologista, Fredrik Sjöberg, que até um prémio de humor ganhou, intitulado “A Arte de Coleccionar Moscas”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Lynch's first film is an exploration of the fear of fatherhood, set against a grim industrial backdrop, featuring surreal, nightmarish imagry that would reoccur throughout his career. An influential, landmark American film of the midnight movie scene, and ultimately, one hell of a bad trip. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, and Robert Fisk. Written and directed by David Lynch.

This week on rabble radio, journalist and filmmaker Nelofer Pazira-Fisk sits down with Libby Davies to discuss her experience completing her late husband's book on Middle Eastern politics and shares her reflections on how Western mainstream media could be doing a better job reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict. For more information about Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East, visit this website.  About our guest Nelofer Pazira-Fisk is an award-winning Afghan-Canadian author, journalist and filmmaker. She was based in Beirut for fifteen years working alongside her late husband, Robert Fisk. She reported for Canadian television and radio as well as UK and Canadian newspapers from Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Egypt and Syria. In 2001, she starred in the film Kandahar, based on her real-life story and has directed and produced several films including Return to Kandahar (2003), Act of Dishonour (2010), and This is Not a Movie (2019). Nelofer's 2006 book, A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan, won the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize. She is a recipient of Gemini Award, New York's Media Award, Gabriel Award and A.D. Dunton Award of Distinction. She has a degree in journalism and English literature (Carleton University), an MA in Anthropology, Sociology and Religion (Concordia University), and two honorary doctorates from Carleton and Thomson River universities in Canada. Recently, she saw the completion and publication of Robert Fisk's last book – Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East. Nelofer shares her time between Dublin and Ottawa. If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. 

In this episode, we speak with Michaël Neuman from Doctors' Without Borders (MSF).   He tells us about the charity's work in Syria, and how the fall of Bashar Assad's regime could affect this.    We also discuss MSF's work in Gaza, Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinians and the fact that, unlike most conflicts, the people there have no escape.   Michaël also tells us why MSF decided it needed to help asylum seekers in the UK, and why European governments have been far too quick to pause asylum claims for Syrians.    ---Get in touch---   Twitter: @FleetCivil   Mastodon: @civilfleet@kolektiva.social   Bluesky: @thecivilfleet.bsky.social   Instagram: thecivilfleet   info@civilfleet.com   civilfleet.com --- Show notes ---   For more on MSF, visit: msf.org.uk   Follow MSF UK on Twitter here: @MSF   Check out MSF Crash's website here: msf-crash.org/en   Michael refers to the cyclone which battered Mayotte in December. Read about MSF's work on teh Indian Ocean island here: https://msf.org.uk/article/cyclone-chido-how-msf-responding-mayotte-and-mozambique    For more on MSF's rescue ship, the Geo Barents, see here: https://thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/tag/Geo-Barents   AND, check out episode 14 of The Civil Fleet Podcast, with the ship's search-and-rescue team leader Riccardo Gatti and midwife Kira Smith.   Listen to episode 21 also, with MSF UK advocacy officer Sophie McCann.    This 2017 video by Vox is a fairly good summation of the differing sides in the Syrian Civil War: youtube.com/watch?v=JFpanWNgfQY&t=3s&ab_channel=Vox    Here is an excellent speech by the late journalist Robert Fisk in 2016 on the Arab Spring, Egypt, Isis, Iraq and the West's role in the Middle East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gzq_uPzGfw&ab_channel=UCD-UniversityCollegeDublin    Ben mentions a previous episode with Syrian refugee Hasan. Check out episode 25 of The Civil Fleet Podcast to hear that   For more on MSF's work in Gaza, see here: https://www.msf.org/gaza-israel-war    Michael mentions an article in the Haaretz newspaper about Israeli soldiers killing any Palestinian person who crosses the Neztarim corridor. You can read that here: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-expose-arbitrary-killings-and-rampant-lawlessness-in-gazas-netzarim-corridor/00000193-da7f-de86-a9f3-fefff2e50000    That article is behind a paywall, unfortunately, BUT you can read about it here (for free!) on Middle East Eye: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hundreds-indiscriminately-shot-dead-israeli-soldiers-gaza-kill-zone    Michael mentions the siege of Mosul. For more on that, see here: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/video-life-aftermath-war-mosul    For more on MSF's work in the UK, particularly at the Wethersfield migrant containment centre, see here: https://msf.org.uk/article/explainer-why-msf-treating-people-seeking-asylum-uk    For more on the conditions inside Britain's migrant containment centres, check out episode 32 with journalist Bethany Rielly (then home affairs reporter at the Morning Star newspaper, now a co-editor at the New Internationalist)   For more on Doctors of the World, see here: https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk    Ben mentions his exclusive articles revealing the number of deaths in UK Home Office Accommodation in 2022 and 2023. Read that here: https://thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/revealed 

The fall of Assad's 50-year regime marks a pivotal moment in Middle Eastern history, but what happens next? In this episode, we connect the dots between the collapse of Syria's government, the geopolitical power vacuum left behind, and the ripple effects across Europe. Drawing from decades of history, including parallels to regime changes from Saddam Hussein to Gaddafi, we examine the roles of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, and the jihadist HTS in shaping Syria's uncertain future. Taking notes from The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk for historical insights into Middle Eastern geopolitics, unpack the complexities of migration patterns, and analyse how rising far-right movements—from Marine Le Pen in France to the AFD in Germany—could destabilise Europe's political landscape further. With millions displaced and Europe bracing for another wave of desperate migrants, this episode explores the intersection of history, politics, and human resilience. Join the gang! https://plus.acast.com/s/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 98 of The Fifth Court podcast was recorded LIVE at the Allingham Festival in Donegal, on Friday 8 November 2024.Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL chatted to the amazing Nelofer Pazira, whose life story is quite extraordinary. She has also has recently completed work on the final book of her late husband, the renowned journalist, Robert Fisk.Nelofer Pazira is a remarkable storyteller, journalist, filmmaker, and humanitarian. Born in Afghanistan, Nelofer's life journey has been one of resilience, creativity, and a relentless pursuit of truth. She may be best known for her critically acclaimed film, "Kandahar", which offered a rare, poignant look into the lives of Afghan women under Taliban rule. Her work combines powerful storytelling with deep cultural insights, bringing voices from the margins to the forefront.As a journalist, Nelofer has been a beacon of truth, using her platform to highlight stories of war, displacement, and the human spirit's resilience. Her writings and speeches continue to inspire action and awareness on global humanitarian issues. Her book, "A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan", is a deeply personal memoir that sheds light on the complexities of identity, exile, and belonging—a must-read for those seeking a deeper understanding of Afghanistan's history and culture.Beyond her creative endeavors, Nelofer is a passionate advocate for women's rights, education, and peacebuilding in war-torn regions. Her work reminds us of the power of art and storytelling to foster understanding and change."We are extremely grateful to our sponsors for this episode, Parte and Associates, solicitors, of Baggot Street, Dublin 4, specialists in Elder Law and Mental Health Law."#Storytelling #HumanRights #Filmmaking #Leadership #Advocacy #GlobalVoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Night of Power ' a new book by Robert Fisk which was completed by his wife Nelofer Pazire-Fisk following the journalist's death in 2020. Nelofer joined Pat in the studio to chat about the book and what it meant for her to have it completed.

Nelofer Pazira-Fisk, documentary-maker and author discusses Night of Power, The Betrayal of the Middle East, written by her late husband, Robert Fisk

Dean Bedford reviews Night of Power by Robert Fisk published by HarperCollins NZ

An interview with wife of the late Robert Fisk, the award-winning journalist and long-time Dalkey resident, who covered the Middle East for more than four decades before his death in 2020. His final book was ‘Night of Power', in which he considers the events, people and thinking that have shaped the Middle East (published by Fourth Estate)

An interview with wife of the late Robert Fisk, the award-winning journalist and long-time Dalkey resident, who covered the Middle East for more than four decades before his death in 2020. His final book was ‘Night of Power', in which he considers the events, people and thinking that have shaped the Middle East (published by Fourth Estate)

Rusya Dışişleri Bakanlığı Sözcüsü, Mariya Zaharova, ABD'ye pek manidar bir laf çaktı: “Belki Kennedy'yi de DEAŞ öldürmüştür!” *** Haydutlardan müteşekkil Beyaz Saray… İki gün bekledikten sonra, Moskova'daki kanlı saldırıyı yasak savma kabilinden kınadı. *** Taşeron örgütlerinden biri olan DEAŞ'a (IŞİD) yaptırdıkları hunhar terör saldırısını “kınıyorlar!” -Barbarlığın kahrolası konforu, işte böyle bir şeydir! *** Riyakâr Washington “Rusya'daki ölümcül saldırının arkasında İslam devletinin (IŞİD'in) bir kolu olduğuna inanıyoruz” diyerek terörün faturasını bir kez daha İslam'a çıkarıverdi. -Nedir? -Gerçeğin, süper elverişli IŞİD hikâyesini “bozmasına izin vermiyorlar!” *** Bir “Sam Amca” klasiğidir: -Maşalarını organize et, saldırt ve de suçu Müslümanlara yükle! *** Ezberledik, artık: ABD büyükelçilikleri, vatandaşlarını ne zaman uyarsa, o ülkede kan gövdeyi götürüyor. İTİRAFLARIN RESMİGEÇİDİ Trump, 2016'daki seçim kampanyasında “Başkan Obama ve Hillary Clinton IŞİD'in kurucularıdır” demişti. *** ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Dairesi'nin (NSA) eski çalışanı Edward Snowden, IŞİD'in inşa edilmesi sürecinde şu üç istihbarat örgütünü işaretlemişti: -CIA, MOSSAD ve MI6... *** İngiliz “Independent” gazetesinin yazarı Robert Fisk, “Bu DEAŞ, neden hiç İsrail'e saldırmıyor?” diye sormuştu. (24.08.2015) -Cevabı üzerinde bir sualdi!

In this episode, we speak with journalist Bashar Deeb from Lighthouse Reports about two investigations he worked on.   The first, called 'Frontex and the Pirate Ship', is a disturbing story of how the European Border and Coastguard Agency helped a notorious Libyan rebel group intercept a refugee boat in the Mediterranean.    The second, ‘Drowning in Lies', exposes how Greece tried to cover up its role in the Pylos shipwreck by tampering with witness testimony.   --Get in touch---   Twitter: @FleetCivil   Mastodon: @civilfleet@kolektiva.social   Instagram: thecivilfleet   info@civilfleet.com   civilfleet.com   Support:   ko-fi.com/civilfleet ---Show Notes--- Check out Lighthouse Reports here: lighthousereports.com   And follow them on Twitter: @LHreports   Read Frontex and the Pirate Ship here: lighthousereports.com/investigation/frontex-and-the-pirate-ship/   Read Drowning in Lies here: lighthousereports.com/investigation/drowning-in-lies/   For more on Frontex, see episodes 50 and 23 of The Civil Fleet Podcast   Read The Civil Fleet's coverage of Frontex, here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/tag/Frontex/   Check out this 2021 report by Sea-Watch called ‘Crimes of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex in the Central Mediterranean Sea' here: sea-watch.org/frontex_crimes/   For more on the Tariq Ben Zeyad unit, read this Amnesty International report: amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/12/libya-hold-commanders-of-tariq-ben-zeyad-armed-group-accountable-for-catalogue-of-horrors/   For more on the campaign group Refugees in Libya, check out episode 23 of The Civil Fleet Podcast   In early 2020, The Civil Fleet exposed how the EU planned to continue to support the Libyan Coastguard despite the bloc's concerns the government was violating the human rights of migrants and profiting from their detention: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/eu-to-continue-supporting-the-libyan-coastguard-despite-its-fears-of-human-rights-abuses/   Read this interview with a Somali refugee held in a bogus ‘refugee camp' in Libya: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2020/03/09/they-lock-our-legs-together-with-a-chain-an-interview-with-a-slave/   For more on Libya, check out episode 15 of The Civil Fleet Podcast   Check out episode 33 of The Civil Fleet Podcast for more on the situation at the Lithuania-Belarus border   For more on Malta's floating prisons, read this: maltatoday.com.mt/comment/blogs/102694/illegal_floating_prisons__carla_camilleri   The UK is also holding people on the move on a floating prison, called the Bibby Stockholm. For more on that, see episodes 44 and 40 of The Civil Fleet Podcast.    It was the Maersk Etienne that rescued 27 people in 2020, which Malta refused to allow to come ashore. Listen to episode 18 and/or, read about it here: bit.ly/3HyJMHU   For more on Alarm Phone, listen to episodes 48, 5, and 3 of The Civil Fleet Podcast. Read about them here, too: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/tag/Alarm-Phone/    Read about the Crotone shipwreck here: msf.org/italy-over-60-people-killed-crotone-shipwreck    Read about the Pylos shipwreck, here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2023/06/16/shipwreck-survivors-say-greek-coasts-towed-their-boat-before-it-sank/    Ben was trying to paraphrase this quote by Robert Fisk at the end of the episode: Journalists rarely "move mountains or bring down regimes; instead, we just chip, chip, chip away at the rock face, hoping that someone notices — so that no one can say ‘we didn't know'."

Recorded September 19th, 2023. *Please note that this discussion contains topics of sexual violence and graphic descriptions of war. Please listen at your own discretion. ‘Women and War' is the theme of the 2023 Wexford Festival Opera (24 Oct-5 Nov). Developed by Wexford's Artistic Director, Rosetta Cucchi, this year's programme uses the medium of opera to explore how war is experienced, endured, and articulated by women. The three main stage operas at Wexford will be: Zoraida di Granata (1822) by Gaetano Donizetti; L'Aube Rouge (1911) by Camille Erlanger; and La Ciociara (Two Women) (2015) by Marco Tutino, based on the novel by Alberto Moravia. In anticipation of this innovative programme, the Trinity Long Room Hub is hosting a special discussion to explore the representation of ‘Women and War' in literature, theatre, music, and visual art. The Festival's acclaimed Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi will join the celebrated Irish Times foreign correspondent Lara Marlowe and the Trinity Long Room Hub Director, Eve Patten, for a wide-ranging conversation on the themes and vision behind this year's Wexford Festival Opera. This unique collaboration event, which will include both film and music excerpts from the opera programme itself, is open to all and not to be missed. Speakers: Rosetta Cucchi is the Artistic Director of the Wexford Festival Opera and an experienced director in many of the world's greatest opera houses. She is also a pianist, and has a master's degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Bologna. From 2006 to 2018, she was the Artistic Director of Fondazione and Symphonic Orchestra Arturo Toscanini, Parma. Her most recent and future directing projects include Tutino's La Ciociara, Wexford Festival, Figaro and La Bohème, Boston Lyric Opera, Adriana Lecouvreur, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Rossini's Otello, Rossini Festival Pesaro, Eugene Onegin, Opera Omaha, USA, and L'Amico Fritz, Teatro del Maggio Musical Fiorentino. Lara Marlowe became a foreign correspondent for The Irish Times in 1996. Since her official retirement in April 2023 she has continued to contribute regularly to the Irish Times and radio stations in France, Ireland and the UK. She has worked extensively in France, the Middle East and the US, and reported on the war in Ukraine in 2022. Before the Irish Times, she wrote for Time Magazine, the Financial Times and the International Herald Tribune, covering many major world events and conflicts. Lara has received four press awards for her work for The Irish Times and was also awarded a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur for her contribution to Franco-Irish relations. In 2020, she published the best-selling memoir Love in a Time of War, My Years with Robert Fisk. Eve Patten is Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute and Professor of English at Trinity College, Dublin. She lectures and writes in the area of nineteenth and twentieth-century British and Irish literary history and has a special interest in the literature of war. Her most recent book is Ireland, Revolution, and the English Modernist Imagination (2022), and previous publications include Imperial Refugee: Olivia Manning's Fictions of War (2012), and, as co-editor with Richard Pine, Literatures of War (2008).

We remember the relentless Republican war against the Clintons, and how that set the stage for the Bush years and beyond to Trump.  More at proleftpod.com. Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOpening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comSupport the show

0:00 Intro 0:45 Childhood in Philadelphia 7:49 News bulletin 21:19 Darkly funny 26:51 A place full of weird people 32:13 Israeli invasion 45:09 Azar & Arafat 58:32 The boy in Martyrs Square 1:03:28 Transition 1:11:44 Robert Fisk 1:17:04 Q&A We're with George Azar for Episode 359 of The Beirut Banyan, recorded live at Aaliya's Books. Click to watch: https://youtu.be/WfLoa1iz58M We discuss a childhood in Philadelphia and university student journey to Beirut, and the civil war years that defined a professional career in photojournalism. Our conversation includes covering the Israeli invasion and siege of Beirut and looking at a collage of photographs taken in the 1980s (among them with Yasser Arafat). We also talk about Martyrs Square, dark humor in times of tragedy and shared memories of Robert Fisk. George Azar is a photojournalist, documentary filmmaker and instructor in journalism and digital media at The American University of Beirut. Special thanks to Samer Beyhum for his audio-technical support. Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our podcast from your preferred platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com

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Uno de los frentes más desconocidos de la primera guerra mundial fue el de Oriente Medio. Hasta allí, en aquel entonces parte del imperio otomano, la guerra llegó más tarde, ya entrado 1915, pero se mantuvo hasta finales de 1918. Las potencias centrales sostuvieron una lucha a muerte contra los británicos. Las primeras empujaban hacia Egipto, los segundos trataban de debilitar al imperio otomano a sabiendas de que eso supondría un coste para Alemania. Las campañas de Oriente Medio estuvieron concentradas en Siria, Palestina y la península del Sinaí ya que fue por este último sitio, por el canal de Suez concretamente, por donde rompieron las hostilidades. Los otomanos trataron con la ayuda de la Alemania imperial de hacerse con el control del canal, que se encontraba en el protectorado británico de Egipto. No lo consiguieron, pero aquello dio lugar a que dos grandes ejércitos, la fuerza expedicionaria egipcia y el cuarto ejército otomano chocasen para apoderarse del Sinaí, que servía como puerta de acceso a Siria y Arabia. Los británicos se impusieron en el Sinaí gracias a su columna del desierto. Con la península en su poder avanzaron hacia el interior, penetraron en Palestina y se hicieron con la ciudad de Jerusalén en 1917. Pero los otomanos no estaban dispuestos a abandonar una parte tan importante de su imperio. Dieron la batalla en Siria y frenaron a los aliados en Galilea. Los ejércitos que enviaba el sultán eran capaces de ralentizar la marcha de los británicos, pero no de detenerla. La fuerza expedicionaria egipcia fue derrotando a los otomanos batalla tras batalla empleando material bélico de última generación y sacrificando muchas vidas, pero el botín de guerra merecía la pena. Siguieron hacia el norte y se adueñaron de Damasco y de Alepo situándose así en las puertas mismas de la península de Anatolia. En ese punto la guerra ya estaba perdida para las potencias centrales. El Gobierno del sultán Mehmed VI, que acababa de llegar al trono tras la muerte de su hermano, solicitó el armisticio a los británicos. Éstos se lo concedieron infligiendo una dolorosa humillación a sus enemigos. El armisticio fue firmado a bordo del acorazado Agamenón de la Royal Navy en las aguas de Mudros, un puerto de la isla griega de Lemnos. Los británicos impusieron condiciones muy dolorosas para no seguir avanzando. Desmovilizaron al ejército otomano, le obligaron a replegar todas las unidades que se encontrasen fuera de Anatolia y ocuparon Constantinopla. Tras ello llegaría la partición y liquidación de un imperio centenario. De aquella guerra que en su momento en Europa no importó demasiado y, de hecho, se consideró un despilfarro de recursos, surgió el Oriente Medio contemporáneo y toda la agitación que le ha acompañado. Británicos y franceses se repartieron los restos del imperio en Mesopotamia, Arabia y el Levante. Anatolia, por su parte, quedó ocupada y a merced de los aliados. Años más tarde de aquel maremagno nacería la actual república de Turquía de la mano de Mustafá Kemal Atatürk, y todos los Estados que hoy conforman esa región del mundo de Arabia Saudita a Siria pasando por Irak, el Líbano, Jordania e Israel. Todo se decidió en una guerra de tres años en la que los británicos encontraron muchos aliados sobre el terreno. Las tribus árabes vieron la oportunidad de independizarse de los turcos otomanos tras pasar cientos de años sometidos a ellos. Se rebelaron y sumaron sus fuerzas a las del Reino Unido. Pero la herencia resultó estar muy disputada, tanto que aún hoy, más de un siglo después los ecos de aquella guerra se dejan sentir. En El ContraSello: - Amoríos reales - La Institución Libre de Enseñanza - Las llaves de la ciudad Bibliografía: - "The Hundred Years' War On Palestine" de Rashid Khalidi - https://amzn.to/3HBCB4s - "The battle for Palestine" de John D. Grainger - https://amzn.to/3j0tiAF - "The Conquest of the Middle East" de Robert Fisk - https://amzn.to/3FUVXjB - "The Great War in the Middle East" de Robert Johnson - https://amzn.to/3C22JC7 - "Fall of the Sultanate" de Ryan Gingeras - https://amzn.to/3j7T46j · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “La ContraHistoria de España. 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Pedro Bernardo tem um percurso de mais de duas décadas na edição de livros, essencialmente como editor, mas também como revisor e tradutor. Começou por trabalhar nas Edições 70, e posteriormente, no Grupo Almedina, lidando sobretudo com não-ficção. Em finais de 2015, saiu do Grupo para ser um dos fundadores da editora E-Primatur/Bookbuilders. -> Apoie este projecto e faça parte da comunidade de mecenas do 45 Graus em: 45graus.parafuso.net/apoiar _______________ Índice da conversa: (2:56) O que faz um editor? | Ezra Pound's extensive revisions to T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. | Porque é raro em Portugal? (9:05) Publica-se demais em Portugal? | Quais são os custos de publicar um livro?   (14:47) Como surge um livro: parte do autor ou da editora? | Scouting  (17:26) Como é lidar com os autores? A importância da clareza na linguagem e o culto da opacidade na escrita académica (24:35) Outros intervenientes há na publicação de um livro: revisor, tradutor, designer etc. | A importância da capa.  (32:16) Que tipo de livros se lê mais em Portugal? | Porque há pouco mercado para livros de bolso em Portugal? | Livros digitais. (39:44) Lê-se muito pouco em Portugal? | Estudo «Leitores de livros em Portugal. Uma prática cultural em transformação», de Miguel Ângelo Lopes, José Soares Neves e Patrícia Ávila | Inquérito da Fundação Gulbenkian às práticas culturais dos portugueses (48:36) Impacto da consolidação do mercado editorial e de retalho livreiro em Portugal este século. | Os livros em Portugal são demasiado caros? (1:01:39) Que intervenção deve ter o Estado no mercado dos livros?  (1:04:57) Porque é tão difícil unir o Mundo Lusófono? (1:08:00) Recomendações do convidado. Editoras (Antígona, Tinta da China), livrarias (100ª Página em Braga, Poetria no Porto, Fonte de Letras em Évora), autores (Robert Fisk, A Grande Guerra pela Civilização). Livro recomendado: O Negócio dos Livros, Como os Grandes Grupos Económicos Decidem o Que Lemos, de André Schiffrin  _______________ Este episódio tem uma história de quase 2 anos. Mais ou menos desde o momento em que comecei a escrever o que viria a ser o livro «Política a 45 Graus», dei por mim com imensa curiosidade e dúvidas sobre o processo de edição de um livro, as especificidades do mercado da edição em Portugal e os hábitos de leitura (ou falta deles) no nosso país. Agora que passei pelo processo de edição do meu livro, e através dele fui levado a pensar mais nestas questões, decidi que estava na altura de trazer este tema ao 45 Graus.  O convidado é Pedro Bernardo.  Escolhi o Pedro Bernardo pela sua longa experiência enquanto editor, sobretudo de não ficção, primeiro nas Edições 70, e posteriormente, no Grupo Almedina, e sobretudo  porque um dos criadores, juntamente com Hugo Xavier e João Reis, da E-Primatur / Bookbuilders, uma das mais interessantes editoras independentes nascidas em Portugal nos últimos anos. A E-Primatur é uma editora especial por vários motivos, desde o facto de funcionar com base num modelo de crowdfunding, às capas originais do seu livro e ao tipo de livros que publica -- com grande ênfase em “obras essenciais que foram capazes de mudar mentalidades (para o bem e para o mal, como diz na apresentação da editora). Foi uma conversa muito esclarecedora para quem se interessa por este tipo de temas, em que percorremos uma série de tópicos, desde o papel de um editor, ao processo de edição de um livro e os seus vários intervenientes, passando pelas especificidades do mercado editorial e livreiro em Portugal e pelos hábitos de leitura dos portugueses em comparação com outros países. Espero que gostem! _______________ Obrigado aos mecenas do podcast: Julie Piccini, Ana Raquel Guimarães Galaró family, José Luís Malaquias, Francisco Hermenegildo, Nuno Costa, Abílio Silva, Salvador Cunha, Bruno Heleno, António llms, Helena Monteiro, BFDC, Pedro Lima Ferreira, Miguel van Uden, João Ribeiro, Nuno e Ana, João Baltazar, Miguel Marques, Corto Lemos, Carlos Martins, Tiago Leite Tomás Costa, Rita Sá Marques, Geoffrey Marcelino, Luis, Maria Pimentel, Rui Amorim, RB, Pedro Frois Costa, Gabriel Sousa, Mário Lourenço, Filipe Bento Caires, Diogo Sampaio Viana, Tiago Taveira, Ricardo Leitão, Pedro B. Ribeiro, João Teixeira, Miguel Bastos, Isabel Moital, Arune Bhuralal, Isabel Oliveira, Ana Teresa Mota, Luís Costa, Francisco Fonseca, João Nelas, Tiago Queiroz, António Padilha, Rita Mateus, Daniel Correia, João Saro João Pereira Amorim, Sérgio Nunes, Telmo Gomes, André Morais, Antonio Loureiro, Beatriz Bagulho, Tiago Stock, Joaquim Manuel Jorge Borges, Gabriel Candal, Joaquim Ribeiro, Fábio Monteiro, João Barbosa, Tiago M Machado, Rita Sousa Pereira, Henrique Pedro, Cloé Leal de Magalhães, Francisco Moura, Rui Antunes7, Joel, Pedro L, João Diamantino, Nuno Lages, João Farinha, Henrique Vieira, André Abrantes, Hélder Moreira, José Losa, João Ferreira, Rui Vilao, Jorge Amorim, João Pereira, Goncalo Murteira Machado Monteiro, Luis Miguel da Silva Barbosa, Bruno Lamas, Carlos Silveira, Maria Francisca Couto, Alexandre Freitas, Afonso Martins, José Proença, Jose Pedroso, Telmo , Francisco Vasconcelos, Duarte , Luis Marques, Joana Margarida Alves Martins, Tiago Parente, Ana Moreira, António Queimadela, David Gil, Daniel Pais, Miguel Jacinto, Luís Santos, Bernardo Pimentel, Gonçalo de Paiva e Pona , Tiago Pedroso, Gonçalo Castro, Inês Inocêncio, Hugo Ramos, Pedro Bravo, António Mendes Silva, paulo matos, Luís Brandão, Tomás Saraiva, Ana Vitória Soares, Mestre88 , Nuno Malvar, Ana Rita Laureano, Manuel Botelho da Silva, Pedro Brito, Wedge, Bruno Amorim Inácio, Manuel Martins, Ana Sousa Amorim, Robertt, Miguel Palhas, Maria Oliveira, Cheila Bhuralal, Filipe Melo, Gil Batista Marinho, Cesar Correia, Salomé Afonso, Diogo Silva, Patrícia Esquível , Inês Patrão, Daniel Almeida, Paulo Ferreira, Macaco Quitado, Pedro Correia, Francisco Santos, Antonio Albuquerque, Renato Mendes, João Barbosa, Margarida Gonçalves, Andrea Grosso, João Pinho , João Crispim, Francisco Aguiar , João Diogo, João Diogo Silva, José Oliveira Pratas, João Moreira, Vasco Lima, Tomás Félix, Pedro Rebelo, Nuno Gonçalves, Pedro , Marta Baptista Coelho, Mariana Barosa, Francisco Arantes, João Raimundo, Mafalda Pratas, Tiago Pires, Luis Quelhas Valente, Vasco Sá Pinto, Jorge Soares, Pedro Miguel Pereira Vieira, Pedro F. Finisterra, Ricardo Santos _______________ Esta conversa foi editada por: Hugo Oliveira _______________ Bio: Pedro Bernardo é licenciado em Línguas e Literaturas Modernas, Estudos Ingleses e Alemães, trabalha em edição desde 2000, essencialmente como editor, mas também como revisor e tradutor. Na Edições 70, e posteriormente no Grupo Almedina, exerceu, entre outras, as funções de responsável pela produção (2004-2007) e de editor (2007-2015). Em finais de 2015, saiu do Grupo para ser um dos fundadores da E-Primatur/Bookbuilders.

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Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Matthew interviews Yaël Ossowski on Ukraine and liberalism. Yaël is deputy director at the Consumer Choice Center. He's a very bright and talented freedom-loving person, with family roots from Europe and Canada and an American upbringing. We discuss liberalism in our modern day. We go over what we think it means to be a classical liberal in today's world, the evil we see, and why we are supporting Ukraine. Please check out the many good references Yaël mentions during the show, listed below. Listen on to learn more. Links for more info: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/team/yael-ossowski/ The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig: https://amzn.to/3PFEJbH Stefan Zweig's Dream of Europe: What has been achieved? https://www.devolutionreview.com/stefan-zweigs-dream-of-europe-what-has-been-achieved/ The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk: https://amzn.to/3PDJi6x Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter: https://amzn.to/3wrkEzg Nine Nations of North America by Joel Garreau: https://amzn.to/3QIiweD Rethinking the American Union for the Twenty-First Century by Donald Livingston: https://amzn.to/3TcBADm Friedrich Hayek on Bitcoin and pacifism: https://youtu.be/s-k_Fc63tZI Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Michel, Alec Harris Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & information Bitcoin, privacy, cryptoeconomics & liberty Thanks for listening! Show content is not investment advice in any way.

Producer Dan plays two interviews from the vault that deal with the U.S. war in Iraq, and the subsequent rise of ISIS in the region.

When Lara Marlowe met Robert Fisk in 1983 in Damascus, he was already a famous war correspondent. She was a young American reporter who would become a renowned journalist in her own right. For the next twenty years, they were lovers, husband and wife and friends, occasionally angry and estranged from one another, but ultimately reconciled. In today's podcast, Marlowe, who is The Irish Times Paris correspondent, talks to her colleague and friend Kathy Sheridan about the memoir she has written telling the story of their time together, Love in a Time of War: My years with Robert Fisk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lara Marlowe chats to Miriam about her book "Love in a Time of War", which chronicles her years with war correspondent Robert Fisk.

Robert Fisk, renowned foreign correspondent for 'The Times', then later for 'The Independent', and author of many significant books including 'The Great War for Civilisation' and 'Pity the Nation' was a regular guest on Late Night Live over the years.  Now, a year after his death, Robert Fisk's former wife, Lara Marlowe, has published a memoir of the two decades the pair spent reporting together from the frontlines of countless war-torn countries including Lebanon, Algeria, the former Yugoslavia and Iraq. 

Bruce Shapiro on the latest court case out of Guantanamo and also Texas where a new law challenging the right to an abortion is heading to the Supreme Court. Lara Marlowe reminisces about her life as a foreign correspondent with Robert Fisk, a regular on Late Night Live who died last year.

Today's podcast is split in two: we explore the changing of the guard in Germany and a massive undocumented shift in German policy, before exploring the legacy of a great journalist and writer: Robert Fisk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Temat idag är Israel-Palestina-konflikten och gäst är Anders Persson, universitetslektor vid Linnéuniversitetet och en av Sveriges främsta experter i ämnet. Den brittiska journalisten Robert Fisk har sagt att när man försöker beskriva Israel-Palestina-konflikten objektivt är det som att cykla på två cyklar samtidigt. Eftersom ämnet är så komplext och politiskt färgat kommer jag att göra två avsnitt med två olika gäster. I del ett samtalar vi om konfliktens historiska bakgrund, båda sidornas tolkning av motsättningarna, de största hindren för fred och vilka fredsförslag som har störst chans att lyckas.Anders Perssons bok om konflikten:  https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/mellan-krig-och-fred-i-israelpalestina-9789144101248 Facebook: BildningskomplexetInstagram: BildningskomplexetTwitter: @BenjaminElforsE-post: benjaminelfors@gmail.comMusikproduktion: Ivar EddingOmslag: Emma Westin/Matthew Sundin

I was a Year Ten high school student. I remember my friends talking about the attacks as we rode out bikes to school. In social studies, our teacher pulled a TV to the front of the class and we sat and watched in silence. I must have spent eight or ten hours watching TV that day. More than anything, I remember the dust.That's my recollection of 9/11, one of those moments where you remember where you were.  And as we all think back to our own experiences of 9/11, the anniversary makes for a good opportunity to sit back and consider the attacks from the eyes of the people who organised them.19 fanatics, armed only with box cutters and a few weeks' training at a flight school, arguably changed the course of history more than any other people this century. The domino effect from those burning towers is extraordinary. Would the Iraq War have ever been fought if 9/11 didn't happen? Would the U.S have fought in Afghanistan for twenty years? Would George W. Bush have been re-elected President? Would Donald Trump have ever made it to the White House? Would we have born witness to a series of terrible soft target attacks, the London underground bombings, the Bataclan theatre attack, the Boston and Manchester bombings? Would ISIS, Al-Shabaab, and however many other Islamic-inspired extremist groups have ever been formed?In many ways, our World has changed for the worse because ultimately, sadly, the 9/11 terrorists achieved their awful objective. And some. They killed a lot of people. They brought down the towers. But they achieved more than that. Even though we knew their ultimate goal was to drive America and other Western democracies into a state of perpetual fear, even though their ultimate objective was spelt out clear as day in the name we used to describe them; terrorists, we couldn't help it. For the last twenty years, Western democracies have lived in fear, and it's only made the risk of terrorism worse.A few nights ago, I watched a film about the late Middle East foreign correspondent, Robert Fisk. It included a clip of him in a debate about the root cause of the 9/11 attacks. ‘It's evil, pure and simple!' said the person he was debating. ‘Evil! Evil! Evil!'. Fisk argued that actually, life doesn't work that way. It's not so simplistic. No one wakes up and has a cup of tea and says ‘I'm going to do something really evil!'One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. Think of all the conflicts America was involved with in the decades before 9/11. Consider it from the hijackers' perspective. Why is it just for American soldiers to invade and bomb distant lands – often Muslim majority countries - but evil when a group of people attack New York in response?Scared people act irrationally. The wars that spun out of 9/11 didn't eliminate the risk of terrorism. They increased it. With every civilian wrongfully killed by a rocket or a drone, every village torn up by an armoured troop carrier, another dozen potential enemies were created.And here we find ourselves, twenty years on. Is our World any safer than it was on September 10, 2001?  For me, I think it's the saddest thing about those awful events twenty years ago: The plan worked.

Vanessa Beeley is a British investigative journalist and photographer focusing on the conflicts in the middle east – particularly in Syria, Gaza and Palestine, Iraq, Egypt and Yemen. She is an associate editor of 21st Century Wire and was a member of a peace finding mission to Syria organized by the US Peace Council.  She is a contributing writer for the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine, the Dissident Voice and manages the website The Wall Will Fall where she blogs about her travels and reports from the Middle East. Vanessa's articles appear in Mint Press News, Russia Today, Last American Vagabond, 21st Century Wire and many others. She was a finalist for the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, which has previously been awarded to Robert Parry, Patrick Cockburn, Robert Fisk and others. Last year she received the Serena Shim Award for uncompromised integrity in journalism. Her website is TheWallWillFall.org    

Climb aboard the wagon for the third installment of "On the Dusty Trail". This week Dusty updates you on his training, gives his pick for the McGregor-Poirier fight, and then dives into the topic of the week- In the Spirit of Adversity. War, tragedy, and disaster. Hard times and periods of adversity have a funny way of bringing people together. More curiously, though, is the bonds formed during these periods and how one longs for and becomes nostalgic about these hard times. In this episode I refer to a few books that initially piqued my interest on the topic and that have shaped me as a person:Tribe- On Homecoming and Belonging written by Sebastian JungerBehave- The Biology Of Humans At Our Best And Worst written by Robert SapolskyThe Great War For Civilisation- The Conquest of the Middle East written by the late Robert Fisk

Climb aboard the wagon for the third installment of "On the Dusty Trail". This week Dusty updates you on his training, gives his pick for the McGregor-Poirier fight, and then dives into the topic of the week- In the Spirit of Adversity. War, tragedy, and disaster. Hard times and periods of adversity have a funny way of bringing people together. More curiously, though, is the bonds formed during these periods and how one longs for and becomes nostalgic about these hard times. In this episode I refer to a few books that initially piqued my interest on the topic and that have shaped me as a person:Tribe- On Homecoming and Belonging written by Sebastian JungerBehave- The Biology Of Humans At Our Best And Worst written by Robert SapolskyThe Great War For Civilisation- The Conquest of the Middle East written by the late Robert Fisk

The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 is one of the great crimes in modern history. No one has been held to account. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died, many more wounded and millions became refugees. Washington’s insane action unleashed a cascade of disasters across the Middle East from Syria to Libya and sparked the rise of jihadi groups. But Western intervention in the region has a long history. One can mention the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement or the Balfour Declaration the following year and right down to the inheritor of European imperialism: the United States. Any country that says no to Washington’s diktats is threatened with “obliteration” as the current occupant of the White House warned Iran. The Empire’s subjects at home, the American people, are largely kept in the dark about what their country is doing abroad.

Journalist Robert Fisk died in October at age 74. He spent decades reporting in the Middle East as a newspaper columnist and the author of books including “Pity the Nation” and “The Great War for Civilization.” Filmmaker Yung Chang profiles Fisk in the film “This is Not a Movie.” Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed […] The post 127: Remembering Robert Fisk appeared first on Pure Nonfiction.

Journalist Robert Fisk died in October at age 74. He spent decades reporting in the Middle East as a newspaper columnist and the author of books including “Pity the Nation” and “The Great War for Civilization.” Filmmaker Yung Chang profiles Fisk in the film “This is Not a Movie.”Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed Fisk and Chang at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival where the documentary has its world premiere.On Twitter: @yungfilms @thompowers @PureNonfiction

Journalist Robert Fisk died in October at age 74. He spent decades reporting in the Middle East as a newspaper columnist and the author of books including “Pity the Nation” and “The Great War for Civilization.” Filmmaker Yung Chang profiles Fisk in the film “This is Not a Movie.”Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed Fisk and Chang at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival where the documentary has its world premiere.On Twitter: @yungfilms @thompowers @PureNonfiction

We lost a true veteran of journalism this year, when Robert Fisk passed away, we were joined on the show by his wife and dear friend to remember him. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

In 2017 the late Robert Fisk spoke to Eamon about his life and career. The Stand is proudly sponsored by Tesco.

The biggest strike in the history of the world is taking place at the moment in India. However, little is known about it here in the West. Some 250 million workers, the vast majority not unionized, came out on one day for a demonstration. Alongside this, there is an ongoing farmers’ revolt too. They marched on to New Delhi, made barricades using their tractors, and clashed with the police and army. So, why hasn’t it been covered by the media in the West? We asked Vijay Prashad, Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, who joined Sputnik from his base in New York. The grand old man of English journalism, Robert Fisk, has recently passed away. Lionized in his lifetime, he wrote in the British mainstream media from 1979 until his death in October 2020. No sooner had he been buried, however, than his reputation was dug up and desecrated by a whole raft of people who began to criticize him by committing the worst sin of all in journalism: fabrication. Joe Lauria is Editor-in-Chief at Consortium and he joined Sputnik from Sydney, Australia, to help us remember Robert Fisk.

Ouça as principais notícias internacionais desta segunda-feira (02/11/20) no EstadãoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Fisk, Middle East reporter for the Independent, talks to Eamon about Trump's plan for peace in Israel, and the fallout from the killing of Iranian general Kassem Suleimani. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The legendary foreign correspondent talks to Eamon about the legacy of Bush and Blair in the Middle East, America's dark days under Trump, and the role of the media today. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eamon is joined in studio by journalist and writer Robert Fisk to discuss Donald Trump, what his election says about American politics, as well as Brexit, the middle-east and more. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are joined by the independent journalist, photographer and peace activist Vanessa Beeley, for an in-depth interview on the war in Syria and the so-called "Syria Civil Defence" (a.k.a The White Helmets). Vanessa, who has braved several fact-finding trips to Syria in the last few years, works to defend the sovereignty of nations against foreign intervention and interference, and promotes the self-determination of their peoples. She is frequently published at 21st Century Wire and Mint Press News and was a finalist for one of the most prestigious journalism awards – the 2017 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism – whose winners have included Robert Parry, Patrick Cockburn, Robert Fisk, Nick Davies and the Bureau for Investigative Journalism team. (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

Eamon is joined by journalist Robert Fisk to talk about the crisis in Syria, Donald Trump, and the ongoing issues in the Middle East. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The writer and foreign correspondent Robert Fisk joins Eamon to discuss his journalism career, the Middle East and what impact the new American president may have. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second part of Eamon Dunphy's interview with Robert Fisk, they discuss President Donald Trump and the state of American politics. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eamon Dunphy is joined by the great journalist and foreign correspondent Robert Fisk. Part 2 is available Monday, 15 January on iTunes and SoundCloud. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the Language of Death and the Rogue United States, with Robert Fisk. Democracy Now. August 7, 2001.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the journalist Robert Fisk. He is one of our most distinguished foreign correspondents and has spent his life covering conflicts around the world - the past 30 years immersed in the life and politics of the Middle East. He formed his ambition at a young age - he saw Hitchcock's film Foreign Correspondent when he was just 12 years old and was determined to join their ranks. War, too, was a strong influence - his father had fought on the Western Front and was haunted by his experiences. He insisted that young Robert should learn about the war and his first foreign holiday was a tour of the Somme.He has become used to living in a war zone - he has escaped a kidnap attempt, survived an attack by Afghan refugees and risked his life to secure interviews of which other journalists dream. Perhaps his greatest scoop was securing a series of face-to-face interviews with Osama Bin Laden.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber Book: Le Mort D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory Luxury: A violin