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Apr 16 2011

Patronizing myths die hard

Arabs Give Neocons a Reality Check

By James Zogby, 04/16/11 09:44 AM ET … While much of what has come to be known as “the Arab Spring” remains a work in progress, there can be no doubt that a…  [more]

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Apr 15 2011

Isis Nassar

A legacy of light from the sorrow of death

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 16 April 2011 … There are some individual things in life so terrible, so unspeakable, so hideous that ordinary language no longer works. A few days ago,…  [more]

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Apr 11 2011

Primer for progressive pilgrims

What is Liberation Theology?

By Tony Campolo, April 30, 2008; 12:16 AM ET … With all the upset over Jeremiah Wright and his so-called Liberation Theology, many have been asking what Liberation Theology is all about. Well, it is not…  [more]

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Apr 11 2011

Perhaps we could have

The Tea Party tail wags the Republican dog, but it’s Obama who’s dragged off course

By Gary Younge, Sunday 10 April 2011 20.00 BST … The recently elected Republican governor of Maine, Paul LePage, is no art critic. Indeed…  [more]

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Apr 11 2011

Mission civilisatrice

A mission to ‘civilise’ the East, again?

By Hayrettin Yucesoy, 11 Apr 2011 09:43 … As was announced recently by UK prime minister David Cameron, Britain, Germany, France and the US have begun talks to support Libya’s transition away…  [more]

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Apr 10 2011

By their books

Beware men of power who turn to writing books

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 9 April 2011 … Lebanon is a great place to pick up the linguistic ticks of the region’s – hopefully still falling – dictators. And I owe…  [more]

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Apr 10 2011

What is trvth?

We’re not being told the truth on Libya

By Johan Hari, Friday, 8 April 2011 … Most of us have a low feeling that we are not being told the real reasons for the war in Libya. David Cameron’s instinctive…  [more]

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