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- Louisa Waugh: Life Inside the Siege of Gaza
Karim, the Palestinian who drove me to the Gaza Strip, was very quiet. As we sped out of Jerusalem in his comfortable private taxi, he said very little, except to ask if I would give his friend Rami a box of cigarettes when I arrived. “I’ve worked with Rami for eight years now,” he said, [...]
- Jihad Prevention Act
Jihad Prevention Act (Introduced in House) HR 6975 IH 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6975 To require aliens to attest that they will not advocate installing a Sharia law system in the United States as a condition for admission, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2008 Mr. TANCREDO introduced [...]
- Israeli Contempt & PA Defeatism
Yesterday’s nomination of Tzipi Livni as Kadima’s candidate for Israel’s upcoming national election (and especially the pleasant reception of the news by Ramallah) confirms two immutable facts about Israel/Palestinian relations: 1) Israel’s tradition of electing killers to the highest office is alive and well… Likewise, 2) the Palestinian puppet leadership always lick it all up. [...]
- Noam Chomsky: Ossetia-Russia-Georgia
Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at his inability to wield his formidable weapon of satire. The immediate object of his frustration was the renowned General Funston. “No satire [...]
- Tariq Ali: Bush’s War Widens Dangerously
The decision to make public a presidential order of last July authorizing American strikes inside Pakistan without seeking the approval of the Pakistani government ends a long debate within, and on the periphery of, the Bush administration. Sen. Barack Obama, aware of this ongoing debate during his own long battle with Sen. Hillary Clinton, tried [...]
- Paul Craig Roberts: US Economy, Rudderless & Reeling
We were promised a “New Economy” of high-tech tradable services to take the place of the offshored manufacturing economy. Wondering what had become of the “New Economy,” Duke University’s Offshoring Research Network searched for it and located it offshore. Yes, the activities of the “New Economy” are also outsourced offshore. Call centers, IT operations, back-office [...]
- Maureen Dowd: Bering Straight Talk
Anchorage I’ve been in Alaska only a week, but I’m already feeling ever so much smarter about Russia. I can’t quite see it from my hotel window, but, hey, I know it’s out there somewhere, beyond all the stuffed bears and cruise ships and glaciers and oil derricks. The proximity of the country from which [...]
- Obituary: Peter Camejo
I was sad to read that Peter Camejo, one of the founders of the California Green party, died recently. In 2004, he received my vote when he ran as Ralph Nader’s vice Presidential candidate (though independent from the Green party). There was a nice obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle.
- Narratives Under Siege: Harvesting in Hope
On a hot afternoon during the month of Ramadan, there are few better places to be than resting beneath the shade of an orchard of guava trees, with the scent of fresh ripening fruit wafting around you. Farmer Sa’id Al-Agha sits quietly, his eyes resting on his fruit trees. ‘My father and my grandfather both [...]
- Impressions of the UN Refugee Agency in London
Yesterday, I formally began my internship at the UNHCR in London. Overall it was a decent experience – albeit a very busy and immediate introduction to their work. Essentially, I am required to come in around 9.30 each morning to read every major British newspaper and newsmagazine… Yes, that’s right… I’ll be sitting down with [...]
- Juan Cole: What’s the Difference Between Palin and Muslim Fundamentalists? Lipstick
John McCain announced that he was running for president to confront the “transcendent challenge” of the 21st century, “radical Islamic extremism,” contrasting it with “stability, tolerance and democracy.” But the values of his handpicked running mate, Sarah Palin, more resemble those of Muslim fundamentalists than they do those of the Founding Fathers. On censorship, the [...]
- Ralph Nader: The Washington Merry-Go-Round
When Members of Congress or the Administration or the corporate CEOs or the empirically starved right-wing ideologues start whining about regulation the right-wing echo chamber goes wild. When the absence of adequate regulation lets an industry wreak havoc, Congress and the Administration meekly admit a bit of regulation might have averted disaster. The corporate CEOs, [...]
- UNCHR Internship in London
As some of you may already know, I was invited for an interview with the United Nations High Commission For Human Rights (UNHCR) last Monday at their London office – and I was recently pleased to accept their offer for an internship with their media relations division. This means that I will be scanning the [...]
- What’s Wrong With the American “Left”?
Reading Eric Alterman’s recent article in The Nation magazine recently (Israel at 60: The State of the State), I began to consider the significant gulf that exists between ideology and practice among those on the American “left”. I have been an avid reader of Alterman’s for some time, regularly visiting his website (Alternet.org), following his [...]
- Narratives Under Siege: Deadline Looms For Another Student Trapped Inside Gaza
During the last two days of August, the Egyptian authorities permitted approximately 3,300 people to cross the Gazan border at Rafah into Egypt ‘for humanitarian reasons’. Those who entered Egypt included Gazan patients, students, and an undisclosed number of Egyptians who had been stranded inside the Gaza Strip. The sight of more than fifty busloads [...]
- Kris Cometh, and That Right Soon
I have managed to escape from the grasp of an outdated internet connection… Yes, I have finally left Greece and I am settling into my new life for the next few months in London, England. At the moment we are staying with Ilektra’s relatives, but I will be looking into taking daily trips to the [...]
