“When Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik carried out the Oslo and Utøya attacks on July 22, 2011, resulting in the death of 77 people, he expected his fellow “nationalist brothers and sisters” to immediately follow him. It was a call to arms, after all.”

✍🏽 Leonardo Bianchi
📷 Maryam Ashrāfi



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https://turningpointmag.org/2024/05/15/denial-bargain-acceptance-how-far-right-ideas-took-root-in-conservative-doctrine/

“The ambiguous use of criminal, extremist or terrorist association charges are not just a peculiarity of the Turkish or Hungarian system, but an ever-deepening reality across Europe.”



✍🏽 Henri Sulku
📷 Giulia Tagliaferri



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https://turningpointmag.org/2024/05/22/the-budapest-trial-how-hungary-exploits-a-dubious-eu-mechanism-to-chase-anti-fascists-across-the-continent/

⚠️ UPDATE ON THE BUDAPEST TRIAL ⚠️

Yesterday Salis was transfered to house arrest and had her third court hearing today in Budapest. The judge revealed the domicile of her house arrest to reporters and at least three neo-Nazies who participated in the hearing. After a vocal protest by Salis's father and defense lawyers, the judge ruled to erase the leaked address from the official minutes. The three neo-Nazies gave their testimonies to the court; none of the three identified Salis as one of their attackers.

“I want to thank all the people who supported me,” Salis said in upon arriving to the court house. The trial will continue on September 6.

Turning Point Magazine is thrilled to announce an open call for our upcoming photo essay feature that illustrates the intricate and often devastating interplay between warfare and the environment.

Your work should showcase how conflicts disrupt ecosystems, degrade farmlan, and alter landscapes, highlighting both the resilience of nature and the communities that depend on it.

For submissions, please send 8-15 photos (with captions) and a text that explores the profound effects of conflicts on the environment and agriculture to: submissions@turningpointmag.org

The selected photo essay will be featured in our upcoming issue.

In the wake of European Parliament rightward shift, read more how we came here on Turning Point.

https://turningpointmag.org/2024/05/15/denial-bargain-acceptance-how-far-right-ideas-took-root-in-conservative-doctrine
 
📷 Maryam Ashrāfi

⚠️ UPDATE ON THE BUDAPEST TRIAL ⚠️

In a staggering show of solidarity, Ilaria Salis, an Italian anti-fascist, was elected to the European Parliament with 173,000 votes. For more than a year, Salis was imprisoned in Hungary and was recently moved to house arrest, accused of beating neo-Nazis as part of a 'criminal left-wing extremist association.' She was among the most popular candidates in both electoral districts where she ran, beating - among others - the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in her home district (North-West), and the fascist General Roberto Vannacci in 'the Islands' (Sicily and Sardinia).

Salis's release happened more quickly than expected. The European Parliament sent an official communication to the Budapest court, which promptly approved her release. Now back in Italy, she is preparing to take her seat in the European Parliament. Read the full background story about Salis's imprisonment in Hungary and her run to the European Parliament on Turning Point.

https://turningpointmag.org/2024/05/22/the-budapest-trial-how-hungary-exploits-a-dubious-eu-mechanism-to-chase-anti-fascists-across-the-continent/

"In 2022, “permacrisis” was one of the six words Collins Dictionary added to their lexicon. It describes “an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events.” Over the past two years, this permacrisis has deepened, leading to increased chaos, conflict, and societal violence. Western diplomacy is struggling with crises in Gaza and Ukraine, while global protests demanding change are met with brute force.

Analyzing the world can be overwhelming. We are constantly bombarded with new developments and as a result we struggle to make sense of what is happening around us. At Turning Point we have aimed to publish articles that can help our readers see a wider picture."


✍🏽 Turning Point
📷 Maryam Ashrāfi

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⚠️EXTENDED DEADLINE⚠️

📷 Open Call for Photo Essay

“The Impact of Conflicts on Environment and Agriculture”

Your work should showcase how conflicts disrupt ecosystems, degrade farmlan, and alter landscapes, highlighting both the resilience of nature and the communities that depend on it.

For submissions, please send 8-15 photos (with captions) and a text that explores the profound effects of conflicts on the environment and agriculture to:

📬 submissions@turningpointmag.org

The selected photo essay will be featured in our upcoming issue.

A recent protest in Italy saw over 1,000 demonstrators blocking the Port of Genoa, a key transit point for armaments, to show solidarity with the Palestinian people and protest the genocide carried out by Israel. The protest aimed to highlight the ethical implications of Italy's involvement in the arms trade, specifically condemning the shipment of heavy weapons that contribute to the ongoing conflict in Palestine. Activists called for greater scrutiny and an end to the facilitation of military equipment transfers to regions experiencing severe humanitarian crises.

For an in-depth look at the military technologies used by Israel, read the article by Maria Edgarda Marcucci on Turning Point.

⚠️ LAST DAY ⚠️

📷 Open Call for Photo Essay

“The Impact of Conflicts on Environment and Agriculture”

Your work should showcase how conflicts disrupt ecosystems, degrade farmlan, and alter landscapes, highlighting both the resilience of nature and the communities that depend on it.

For submissions, please send 8-15 photos (with captions) and a text that explores the profound effects of conflicts on the environment and agriculture to:

📬 submissions@turningpointmag.org

The selected photo essay will be featured in our upcoming issue.

"The year 2023 was the hottest on record. The rising frequency of floods, heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes and countless other natural disasters is breaking down the distinction between domestic and foreign politics—with questions of responsibility and accountability reverberating far beyond national borders.

Policies around national security have come to encompass an ever-growing set of climate-related phenomena: from crisis management and disaster aid to securing strategic resources such as critical green transition minerals.

At the same time, new border walls are erected and stricter controls are implemented as states try to confine the inherently transnational impact of environmental threats and wars—most notably global migration. Climate change alone is estimated to displace up to 1 billion people in the coming three decades, while armed conflicts is seen as the second main driver of involuntary migration."

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📷 Gaelle Girbes

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"Throughout modern history, militaries have played an important role in fomenting the climate crisis. Militaries are responsible for about 5.5% of global carbon emissions, or double that of commercial air travel. Militaries generally comprise the majority of any government’s direct emissions.

Global military spending hit US$2.4 trillion last year, a figure that could fill gaps in much-needed adaptation and mitigation finance to a significant extent—especially in Global South countries that have contributed the least to climate change but will suffer its worst impacts. Not to mention the looming threats of violence posed by contemporary imperial powers this spending represents—NATO military spending in particular has ballooned since 2014 with serious budgetary and climate ramifications."

✍🏽 Patrick Bigger
📷 Gaelle Girbes

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"Agriculture and animal husbandry form the backbone of the Northeastern Syrian economy and, thus, also its vulnerable underbelly. Before the civil war, the region’s 750,000 hectares of cultivated land produced grains for the whole of Syria. This year, the UN estimates that 16.7 million Syrians, nearly 75% of the population, will need humanitarian aid as agricultural output has halved during the past decade. The Syrian Pound’s hyperinflation has further aggravated this humanitarian crisis, with food prices seeing a 116% increase just last year."

✍🏽 Henri Sulku
📷 Syrians For Truth and Justice

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"Despite the fog of war, it is certain that the environmental destruction of Gaza as a result of the current war is killing people beyond direct hostilities, and will continue to do so. In each armed conflict the details are different, but if we can learn anything from previous conflicts, even by the most conservative interpretations, the true number of deaths will be significantly higher than what is currently reported by local and international authorities."

✍🏽 Patrick Hilsman
📷 Rizek Abdel Jawad

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"As more evidence emerges of genocide in Gaza, it is clear that we have only just begun to comprehend the human cost of what has been done so far. As the United States and Israel push back against international calls for a ceasefire and comprehensive hostage deal, it is clear that the destruction of human lives will not stop with the war.

The destruction of Gaza’s ecosystem has set into motion a series of events that will inevitably kill civilians and poison the environment beyond the war. International aid organizations are coping with an increasing death count and diminishing prospects for salvation. Projects intended to bring hope and sustainability to the besieged population are now spewing toxins into the environment. The rescue of Gaza’s civilians and environment can only begin if the world agrees to a truly permanent ceasefire."

✍🏽 Patrick Hilsman

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"Since the escalation of conflict in 2013 and 2014, South Sudan has faced a significant rise in the number of Internally Displaced People (IDPs). Over the past six years, this number has continued to grow due to the climate crisis and extreme flooding in areas where people had resettled or were still displaced from the 2014 conflict. Many of these individuals could not return to their original villages for various reasons, including destruction of homes, looted properties, fear of further violence, or illness."

✍🏽 📷 Christina Simons

Check out the new photo essay on Turning Point.