Category: Culture

These are revolutionary times

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City.   I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with …

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Let’s say the Dome was blown up, right?

Is it the End of Days for Jeremy Gimpel? By Allison Kaplan Sommer, Jan.19, 2013 | 7:23 PM   Until Friday, Jeremy Gimpel was just a name on a list. To be precise, he was number 14 on the list of Knesset candidates for Habayit Hayehudi, the new incarnation of the National Religious Party headed by …

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Some would call that propaganda

The controversy around Zero Dark Thirty: As misleading as the film itself By Ramzi Kassem, 19 Jan 2013 15:20   The controversy surrounding Zero Dark Thirty has been as misguided as the film itself, which opened nationwide on Friday. Much of the debate has centred on whether Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow’s latest opus leaves …

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New messianic-fundamentalist Zionist discourse

I do have another country By Ithamar Handelman-Smith, Jan.10, 2013 | 2:23 PM   Russian-born Hebrew-language writer Yosef Haim Brenner said, “There is no other country” than Israel. But in reality, there are plenty of other countries. These are the facts: The majority of Jews in the world live outside the State of Israel. Nearly three-quarters …

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Instituted and normalized

‘Death of a Prisoner’ By Laura Poitras, January 10, 2013   [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2gwKLKHOo[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2gwKLKHOo When President Obama pledged to close the Guantánamo Bay prison on his first day in office as president in 2009, I believed the country had shifted direction. I was wrong. Four years later, President Obama has not only institutionalized Guantánamo and all …

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Shackles of orthodoxy

God is unknowable – stop looking for him, and you will find faith By David Bryant, Tuesday 8 January 2013 04.00 EST   “Have you found God?” The doorstep caller, neatly suited, briefcase in hand, did not prevaricate. My answer was equally blunt and occasioned him surprise for I was wearing a dog collar. “No.” …

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Torture’s handmaiden

A letter to Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty’s apology for torture By Naomi Wolf, Friday 4 January 2013 12.40 EST   Dear Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker was a beautiful, brave film; many young women in film were inspired as they watched you become the first woman ever to win an Oscar for directing. …

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