Jul 12 2011
Interview with Dr. Hajo Meyer [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGa4heNE-SA[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGa4heNE-SA Dr. Hajo Meyer is a Holocaust survivor and anti-Zionist activist. He has been conducting a speaking tour titled “Never Again For Anyone,” sharing his experiences of surviving Auschwitz and his perceptions of Zionism and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. This video is a selection of clips from …
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Jul 12 2011
While this cautionary tale of power and corruption is specifically about the caliphate of Rupert Murdoch, it reveals much about how powerful men like former Vice President Cheney were able to coerce the CIA and others to spoon-feed and self-redact and “sex up” the intelligence needed to justify criminal wars. With, of course, the willing cooperation of the …
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Jul 10 2011
Changing the way oil drives US policy By PJ Crowley, Saturday 9 July 2011 21.10 BST … Twenty years after we went to war over oil and ten years after 9/11, America has still not connected the dots. This is not about the intelligence community, but American politics, policy and behaviour. We still don’t see …
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Jul 08 2011
How the religious right distorts history By Susan Jacoby, 01:31 PM ET, 07/06/2011 … On the Fourth of July, the Today show featured an annual ceremony at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home, in which hundreds of immigrants take the oath that makes them naturalized citizens of the United States. Such occasions are always moving, as I can …
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Jul 07 2011
Here’s a bit of modern Israel’s ancient history, excerpted from the August 13, 1949 issue of The New Yorker (thanks, Børre). This fascinating paragraph from “Letter from Tel Aviv” begins on page 59: … “The terrible thing about terror,” said my young intellectual German friend, “is that it works. We did not like the terrorists …
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Jul 07 2011
The Road to “All Muslims are Terrorists” By Gefilte, 07 July 2011 … It’s been travelled before. Aside from the fact that real democracies don’t persecute their minorities, Jews are reminded in many pieces of scripture to never forget when we were “strangers in a strange land” (see the book of Exodus). Maybe this is …
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Jul 04 2011
Monsieur d’Nalgar’s introduction: This Fourth of July ramble, a tear-stained xenophobic summation of just about everything she thinks is wrong with America (according to her spoon-fed propaganda), appeared on page 6A of today’s Sentinel Record. Enjoy. Protect our America … Dear editor: My fellow Americans, where are our heroes? Some are easy to identify. Some wear uniforms, badges …
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