May 30 2011
A poisonous environment in which to be a woman By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Monday, 30 May 2011 … Dame Barbara Mills DBE QC, 70, died on Saturday, after suffering a stroke. I asked a number of young professionals if they knew who she was. No, not a clue. Not even the lawyers among them. She was …
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May 30 2011
Something different to remember on Memorial Day By Clancy Sigal, Sunday 29 May 2011 15.00 BST War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. – President John F Kennedy I lost a friend recently with whom I’d grown up. As adolescents, …
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May 29 2011
Who cares in the Middle East what Obama says? By Robert Fisk, 30 May 2011 … This month, in the Middle East, has seen the unmaking of the President of the United States. More than that, it has witnessed the lowest prestige of America in the region since Roosevelt met King Abdul Aziz on the USS …
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May 29 2011
Manifest destiny and the ‘Wild West Bank’ By Tarak Barkawi, 29 May 2011 16:32 … Judging by reactions to recent speeches by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu, many in the US would prefer to have the Israeli leader directing US foreign policy on the key security questions of the day. It is astonishing that the …
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May 27 2011
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_GW2osRVA[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_GW2osRVA …and on a brighter note: [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHh0UrlQPac[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHh0UrlQPac [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixbah9u234[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixbah9u234
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May 27 2011
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZfnpN4Dfc[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZfnpN4Dfc From: Marjorie J Wright Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 8:53 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Miko Peled and The Constituency of Conscience This is an excellent short video directed by my friend Ed Sweed and created by the Alternate Focus team, with whom I had the pleasure of working in San Diego. It is …
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May 27 2011
Kindly remain seated By Lamis Andoni, 27 May 2011 09:29 … Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu must have felt more at home speaking to the US Congress than when he addressed the Israeli parliament: Had he made the same speech at the Knesset, he would have been repeatedly cut off by members – Arabs and Jews …
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