Oct 26 2013
Russell Brand on revolution: “We no longer have the luxury of tradition” By Russell Brand, 24 October 2013 9:58 When I was asked to edit an issue of the New Statesman I said yes because it was a beautiful woman asking me. I chose the subject of revolution because the New Statesman is a political …
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Oct 26 2013
Please tell me, Mr President, why a US drone assassinated my mother By Rafiq ur Rehman, Friday 25 October 2013 09.00 EDT The last time I saw my mother, Momina Bibi, was the evening before Eid al-Adha. She was preparing my children’s clothing and showing them how to make sewaiyaan, a traditional sweet made …
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Oct 26 2013
Israel as a Totem for Jewish Identity By Lisa Goldman, Oct 24, 2013 6:26 PM EDT Jews are smarter than everyone else. A Chinese woman who visits a synagogue is surely shopping for a Jewish husband. Pakistan has “managed to produce absolutely nothing” in its entire history [besides nuclear weapons]. A two-state …
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Oct 13 2013
Rand Paul’s strategic Islamophobia By Alex Pareene, Friday, Oct 11, 2013 12:57 PM CDT For normal Americans, the annual Values Voters Summit is an opportunity to take a look at the Republican Party and be appalled and amused at how vehemently anti-modernity and hysterically bigoted it remains despite basically all demographic trends. For Republican …
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Oct 06 2013
Begging! — For Work. A man beseeching fellowman for work, for a chance to earn the means to keep the life within his frame, within the form of him or her he loves! What curst conditions cause such scene and fact to be? O sight more fit to stir Omnipotence on High to slaying-wrath …
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Oct 05 2013
A Correction Van Buren, Ark., Aug. 25, 1902. A. M. Simons, Editor International Socialist Review. My Dear Comrade: The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the edition of August 22d, publishes a scare-head article anent my so-called resignation from the Catholic priesthood and asserts that “the reason assigned for his withdrawal from the ministry and communion of …
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Oct 03 2013
The Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism By Morgan Guyton, 10/01/2013 9:48 am On the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I’m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the …
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