August 2011 archive

Aug 05 2011

Send in the clowns

Yes, Congress Is in Session (for a Few Seconds, Anyway)

By , August 5, 2011 … WASHINGTON — “Thonk!” That’s the sound of the gavel smacking down as the people’s business got underway Friday in the United States …  [more]

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Aug 05 2011

Loyalty to what?

Could Arab staying power ultimately defeat Zionism?

By , Friday 5 August 2011 … There is an Arabic word you come across a lot when Palestinians talk about their future. Sumud means steadfastness, and it has turned into…  [more]

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Aug 05 2011

Post-fundamentalism

Let America be America again

By Paul Rosenberg, 05 Aug 2011 12:01 … “America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath – America will be!” – Langston Hughes … As I wrote last week,…  [more]

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Aug 04 2011

Poisoned wells

Once untouchable, the old despot and his sons faced the wrath of the nation they had terrorised

By Robert Fisk, Thursday, 4 August 2011 … Just when the Arab dictators desperately need to drink the secure, cool waters of an…  [more]

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Aug 03 2011

Only God knows

Ramadan: a guide for the perplexed

By , Wednesday 3 August 2011 20.00 BST … I crawled out of bed this morning at 2.45am, exhausted and bleary-eyed. I wolfed down two eggs, two slices of toast, a croissant,…  [more]

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Aug 02 2011

A common enemy

How Saudi Arabia Killed the Arab Spring

By , August 1, 2011 … Saudi Arabia squashed the “Arab Spring” when it sent its military to quell the popular uprising in neighboring Bahrain earlier this year. The Saudi intervention was…  [more]

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Aug 02 2011

All our things

Le 28 Juillet : La Liberté guidant le peuple (1830), Eugène Delacroix. Tableau commémorant les Trois Glorieuses et symbole de la France, de la démocratie et de la République (analyse de l’œuvre sur le site du Louvre).…  [more]

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