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Domenico Losurdo

History of philosophy professor at Urbino University (Italy). Since 1988, he has directed the Internationale Gesellschaft Hegel-Marx für Dialektisches Denken and is founding member of the Associazione Marx XXIesimo. His last published work in Italian is La non-violenza, Una storia fuori dal mito (Laterza, 2010); in English is Liberalism: A Counter-History (Verso Books, 2011).

53 articles

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Goebbels’ disciples tackle Syria

by Domenico Losurdo

Urbino (Italy) | 23 November 2011

Professor Domenico Losurdo pinpoints several inconsistencies in the Western rhetoric against Syria. They reveal that the problem is not where we think it is and that the discourse aims to justify a war, not to report the facts.

Uri Avnery between US international dictatorship and Israel’s extra judicial killings

by Domenico Losurdo

Urbino (Italy) | 18 November 2011

Israeli journalist and politician Uri Avnery defines himself as a "post-Zionist." He is the founder of the Peace Bloc (Gush Shalom) and an advocate for the "two-state solution." In a lengthy op-ed, widely echoed by the world left-wing media, he came out in favor of NATO’s intervention in Libya (...)

What the Nobel Prize jury didn’t tell us

Who is Liu Xiabobo?

by Domenico Losurdo

Urbino (Italy) | 20 October 2010

Quite some time has elapsed since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liu Xiabobo, but the western media have yet to inform us about the ideals that he’s supposed to stand for. The reason is that Nobel Prize was given to someone who longs for colonization and for whom the only salvation is (...)

China-USA

The Dalai Lama and Obama: a meeting between two Nobel laureates in deceipt

by Domenico Losurdo

6 February 2010

The time when Obama spoke of a G2 relationship between the United States and China to rule the world is behind us. In just a matter of days, the Obama administration proliferated its provocations against China: arms sales to the separatist region of Taiwan, the announcement by the Director (...)