Aug 10 2013
The biggest threat to America? The size of its own military budget By Michael Cohen, Friday 9 August 2013 09.30 EDT Dear America: I know you’ve got a lot on your mind these days. Work is a drag; the kids are still on summer vacation; the car is making an awful racket (it’s probably …
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Aug 03 2013
Christian Zionism: The New Heresy that Undermines Middle East Peace By Revd Dr Stephen Sizer, Thursday, 01 August 2013 08:00 At least one in four American Christians surveyed recently by Christianity Today magazine said that they believe it is their biblical responsibility to support the nation of Israel. This view is known as Christian …
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Jul 23 2013
The Betrayal of Helen Thomas By Barbara Lubin and Danny Muller, July 23, 2013 When the news spread through Washington this weekend that the unwavering, pioneering journalist Helen Thomas had died, there must have been a collective sigh of relief throughout the halls of Washington. News articles and obituaries are obligatorily mentioning her retirement …
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Jul 07 2013
My life at Guantanamo By Moath al-Alwi, 07 Jul 2013 11:10 A month ago, the guards here at Guantanamo Bay gave me an orange jumpsuit. After years in white and brown, the colours of compliant prisoners, I am very proud to wear my new clothes. The colour orange is Guantanamo’s banner. Anyone who knows …
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Jun 28 2013
For Palestine By Susan Abulhawa, 26 Jun 2013 17:32 For once, we won! Mohammad Assaf, that brilliant, joyful, beautiful young man with a voice from heaven sang. And we all hung onto every note, every lyric, every smile and gesture he made on the stage of the Arab Idol contest over the past few …
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Jun 23 2013
The three things that always accompany occupation By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 June 2013 On 20th November 2001, in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, the Taliban stamped into my passport their very last visa, number 001518, valid only for Kandahar and printed on a paper of varying shades of green. At the top were …
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Jun 14 2013
NSA to Americans: ‘All your data are belong to us!’ By Dan Hind, 10 Jun 2013 18:19 A few days ago, the Guardian published details of the US National Security Administration’s PRISM programme. We now know that the NSA is able to access personal data stored by Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Paltalk, YouTube, Skype, AOL …
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