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His Pro Se Lawyering Keeps Getting Worse. Justice Department Subpoenas New York Times Journalists Who Reported About Trump’s New Plane Circle’s (CRCL) OCC approval fails to ease core concerns, Mizuho says Donald Trump Invokes Lindsay Graham’s Death to Push Crypto Bill This Is How Much Your Boyfriend Is Spending on AI Girlfriends Border Cops Can Search Your Phone Whenever They Want, If You’re Within 100 Miles of the Border Strategy pauses bitcoin purchases as USD reserve reaches $3 billion Bitcoin Edges Lower on Iran Pressure With $62,000 at Risk BitMine Buys $49 Million in Ethereum as Tom Lee Hails Early Robinhood Chain Demand How the Right to Trial Became a Legal Fiction XRP-linked firm lands inside UK plan for tokenized repo, bonds and funds Strategy Raises $467M Through MSTR Share Sales Strategy Pads Cash Reserves to $3 Billion, Skipping Bitcoin Buy for Third Week Last of the Neocon ‘Three Amigos’: Lindsey Graham Dies Unexpectedly Robinhood Chain scores strong debut, Bernstein says Coinbase Ventures Emerges as Leading Crypto VC in H1 2026 Musk’s Starlink Socks Customers With $1500 ‘High Demand’ Surcharge Lawsuit Challenging Military Aid to Israel Thrown Out The Art of War: How artists and writers battle with censorship in times of conflict MSTR made no changes to BTC holdings last week as it raised cash UK Digital Gilt Push Could Help Unlock $44B in Annual Output Morning Minute: BTC and ETH ETFs Flip Green After Lengthy Outflow Stretch Today in Supreme Court History: July 13, 1787 U.S.-Iran hostilities send BTC price lower even as ETF flows show demand: Crypto Daily Bitcoin Whale Moves $188M for First Time in 7 Years Chinese Prosecutors Float Treating Crypto Mixer, Privacy Coin Use as Sign of Money Laundering Photo: A New Map of the Universe U.S.-Iran hostilities over Strait of Hormuz drag crypto lower after positive week: Crypto Markets Today SBI to Debut Stablecoin Lending Service with 3% Yield in Japan Contents War is brutal. During conflicts there is little time for art. Museums and theatres are flattened by bombs, a trend we have been covering in Index for some years now. On the ground, people often have more pressing concerns like finding food or repelling the enemy. But war can also inspire the most incredible artistic endeavour, as painters and poets are forced to look again at a fragile world and bear witness to the atrocities that warring parties would rather keep hidden. In this issue, Martin Bright talks to Magnum photographer and artist Nanna Heitmann about her work The Machinery of War, which presents uncomfortable truths about propaganda and the Ukraine war. As Salil Tripathi writes from the USA, writers and artists are able to discuss the Israel-Hamas war much more freely than they could during the Iraq war a quarter-century ago, and are less likely to face blanket censorship. After 9/11, Tripathi observes, George Bush essentially threw down the gauntlet. War is often talked about in stark black and white terms, but artists are able to give nuance. Maria Sorenson makes this point while highlighting work about war that has been censored in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine because it does not toe the official patriotic line. “Narrowing life into ideology, flattening human complexity into slogans, symbols and sanctioned truths is what propaganda does best. Art has always been – and still remains – one of the ways to resist that,” she writes. Enjoy the magazine. It has reports and discussions from around the world about how censorship works today, and about how brave artists continue to struggle to explain the complexity of the world Up Front The art of war: Sally GimsonArtists across the globe fight back against censors in times of war The Index: Mark StimpsonAll the latest free expression news, elections and people to watch Features Complacency, culture wars, and money troubles are killing theatre: Sally GimsonAn investigation into suppression of political theatre in the UK More haste, less free speech: Amy FallonThe phrases “globalise the intifada” is banned in Queensland Prove who you are: Sajad Hameed, Rehan Qayoom MirThe Kashmiri shawl sellers driven out of business for being Muslim AI brings the disappeared back to life: Amy BoothAI imagines the victims of Argentina’s military junta “Factually incorrect and dangerously one-sided”: how lawyers face down art: Freddie LoweHow the law is used against artists Putin’s Russia is policing women’s right to choose: Olga BorisovaRussia wants women to have children, if they want to or not The long reach of Rwanda: Martin PlautNowhere is out of reach of attacks by Kagame’s government Outwitting the censors: Mkhululi ChimoioThe artists censored in Africa for a quarter of a century The UK is a hunting ground for authoritarian regimes: Clive Stafford Smith, Roshaan KhattakTransnational repression, from Pakistan to Cambridge with love The monster unleashed Şener Özmen’s uncompleted story: Kaya Genç A profile of the Kurdish artist persecuted for his love of Tracey Emin The war in Sudan – artists and censorship: Danson KahyanaSudanese artists speak about their life in exile Ways of seeing – Iranian cinema’s struggle to reflect its country: Tara AghdashlooThe Iranian filmmakers fighting censorship, no matter the cost Art and anarchy in troubled times: Maria SorensenThe Ukrainian artists sticking it to the man Putting beauty – and brutality – in the eye of the beholder: Martin BrightThe War Is Peace? exhibition at Oslo’s Nobel Peace Centre Who gets to speak? American art and writing in times of war: Salil Tripathi Suppression of critical voices in the USA in the wake of 9/11 Comment Murdering the messenger: Oren PersicoThe reasons Israel killed more journalists than any other country last year Why can’t art be beautiful: Marc Nash A review of John Byrne’s Useful Art: How Activists Artists Can Change the World The secret world of royal finances: Norman Baker The Royal Family should be more open about money Taking a stance against the banning of books: Katie Dancey-DownsIndex investigates a Manchester school that banned twilight The wild west: Jemimah SteinfeldBanning Kanye West could be a slippery slope The power of a book: Sarah Wynn-WilliamsWynn-Williams’ acceptance speech, about fellow award-winner Virginia Giuffre Shadows called woman: Kaya Genç, Maryam RanjbariA painter detained multiple times for her paintings in Iran Culture Being queer in Ukraine – tales of citizenship and resistance: Connor O’Brien, J Lester FederWar, civic duty, and the desire of authoritarian regimes to suppress LGBTQ+ voices. Don’t forget the women of Afghanistan: Ruth Green, Marzia BabakarkhailThe author meets an exiled champion of women’s rights Unrequited love: Steve Komarnyckyj, Khrystia AlchevskaA romantic short story by poet Khrystia Alchevska More Tea?: Sophie TeaThe TikTok sensation talks about inclusivity in her art READ MORE