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 new dynamic has been unleashed across the region — one that will have a profound impact …
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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 subtlety and nuance seem to elude him at almost every turn. While campaigning he promised a …
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Apr 03 2011
Does any of this sound familiar?
Voices of protest that deserve to be listened to, not sneered at By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Monday, 28 March 2011 … My husband, daughter and I should have joined fellow-citizens who marched on Saturday against the cuts demanded by fundamentalist, doctrinaire Tories and their helpful little Lib Dem friends. But I had earlier agreed to speak …
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Apr 03 2011
Until we awake
The Collapse of Globalization By Chris Hedges, Mar 27, 2011 … The uprisings in the Middle East, the unrest that is tearing apart nations such as the Ivory Coast, the bubbling discontent in Greece, Ireland and Britain and the labor disputes in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio presage the collapse of globalization. They presage a world …
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Apr 02 2011
Muslims among us
Five myths about Muslims in America By Feisal Abdul Rauf, Friday, April 1, 3:28 PM … I founded the multi-faith Cordoba Initiative to fight the misunderstandings that broaden the divide between Islam and the West — each perceived as harmful by the other. Millions of American Muslims, who see no contradiction between being American and being Muslim, …
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Apr 02 2011
Criminal irresponsibility?
Note: I usually reserve this image for all things Glenn Beck, but the not-so-good reverend’s antics are so outrageous that they deserve this rare exception. Terry Jones is an embarassment to all who call themselves Americans and Christians. – Monsieur d’Nalgar Pastor Who Burned Koran Demands Retribution By Lizette Alvarez and Don Van Natta Jr., April …
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Mar 16 2011
Obama as a crypto-Muslim
Sharia threat bandwagon just keeps rolling on By Sarah Posner, Wednesday 16 March 2011 16.26 GMT … When South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan went on a tirade about sharia law threatening the constitution at Peter King’s hearing on “The Extent of Radicalisation in the Muslim Community” last week, he provided a telling window into the …
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