Jan 27 2013
Torture is trivial By Robert Jensen, 27 Jan 2013 13:53 The great American torture debate has been rekindled by the nationwide release of Zero Dark Thirty, the hot new movie about the CIA’s hunt for Osama bin Laden. But all the fussing over whether or not the movie condones, glorifies, and/or misrepresents torture is …
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Jan 21 2013
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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Jan 19 2013
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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Jan 11 2013
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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Jan 06 2013
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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Jan 04 2013
The myth of the murderous Muslim By Haroon Moghul, 03 Jan 2013 10:02 Muslims are subversive jihadists. The Middle East is perpetually unstable. “Islam has bloody borders.” If you’ve already made up your mind, you’ll find a way to twist the facts to support your conclusion. And if the facts don’t do the job, …
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Jan 01 2013
Does Arab progress founder on an ossified language? By Robert Fisk, Monday 31 December 2012 I’ve heard all kinds of reasons for the Arab-Israeli failure to agree on UN Security Council Resolution 242 – because the Arabic text calls upon Israel to withdraw from ‘the lands occupied by Israel in 1967’ (including the West Bank, …
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