A Center for Free Thought

Main photo: “The Death of Socrates” by Jacques-Louis David, public domain

We are a community of persons, based in the Kansas City Metro Area, who are lovers of truth, reason, and people.

The solution has to start with the real story” Raoul Peck


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Program for Sunday, March 24, 2024

Eyal Weizman–Gaza map[1]

“Humanitarian Violence” in Gaza

Architect Eyal Weizman on Mapping Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign” (Democracy Now)

A new report by the research group Forensic Architecture counters Israel’s argument at the International Court of Justice that it followed humanitarian policies to safeguard civilian life in Gaza. The report argues that what Israel says are humanitarian evacuations in Gaza actually amount to the forced displacement of Palestinians, which is a war crime.

Democracy Now segment with architect Eyal Weizman on Mapping Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign”.[2] Discussion will follow.

Eyal Weizman[5] is a British Israeli architect born in Haifa. He’s founder and director of Forensic Architecture, a professor of spatial and visual cultures at Goldsmiths College at the University of London. He’s the author of several books, including Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation[3] and The Least of All Possible Evils: A Short History of Humanitarian Violence[4]. He’s also a member of the Technology Advisory Board of the International Criminal Court and of the Center for Investigative Journalism.



[1] Image Credit: Eyal Weizman and a Gaza Map image, from Democracy Now eipsode.[2] Fair use assertion.

[2] Democracy Now, episode March 21, 2024, segment with Eyal Weizman: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/21/forensic_architecture_gaza_israel. Full episode: https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2024/3/21. Part 2 of discussion with Weizman, a full 40 minutes beyond the portion of the interview in the March 21 episode: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/22/eyal_weizman_part_2.

[3] Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation, Eyal Weizman, Verso, 2012 and 2017. Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2007-hollow-land, Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Land-Israels-Architecture-Occupation/dp/1844671259. (Image: Promotional materials Verso.)

[4] The Least of All Possible Evils: A Short History of Humanitarian Violence, Verso, 2012 and 2017. Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2244-the-least-of-all-possible-evils, Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Least-All-Possible-Evils-Humanitarian/dp/1844676471. (Image: Promotional materials Verso.)

[5] Eyal Weizman, Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyal_Weizman, university page, Goldsmiths College: https://www.gold.ac.uk/visual-cultures/w-eizman/, in Forensic Architecture group: https://forensic-architecture.org/about/team/member/eyal-weizman, a critical review of “Forensic Architecture” in Art in America: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/forensic-architecture-fake-news-1234661013/, interesting interview about Weizman’s forensic process, “Truth is not a noun”, at Walker Museum in Minneapolis: https://walkerart.org/magazine/truth-is-not-a-noun-interview-with-eyal-weizman/.

Future Programs

March 31, 2024 — Easter. (No Program)

There are two ways to join our meeting (2:00 to 4:00 PM)

1. In Person: 312 Haag Hall, UMKC:

5211 Charlotte St. Parking. (Click enlarge)
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Our Sunday CoR meetings are now held in Haag Hall, 312, on the UMKC Campus. Free parking is plentiful on Sundays. It is strongly advised (because of the extreme convenience provided) that the parking building be used. Drive to level 4 of the parking building at the corner of 52nd and Rockhill Road. (The entrances are a little south-west on Charlotte street.) After parking, walk across the aerial skywalk to Haag and Royall Halls. The skywalk dead-ends in a hallway on the 3rd floor. After the reaching the hallway, turn to your right. Walk a few steps, turn to your right. Enter Haag 312.

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/b3XtZV2LaBh8diM97

Google and Apple Maps give accurate parking garage directions for “5211 Charlotte St., Kansas City, MO.” Spiral up the garage to level 4 on the west side, and use the east side to descend to the street level. (If on the way you wind up on Holmes, drive east on 53rd to Charlotte, as 52nd is one-way westbound, but to exit to Holmes use 52nd. Most will exit directly to Rockhill, and must use 53rd.)

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