Struck by the similarities

Apartheid and the occupation of Palestine

By John Dugard, 04 Nov 2011 09:00 This week, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will consider the question of whether Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) constitute the crime of apartheid…  [more]

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Paranoid nervous breakdown

America’s itch to brawl has a new target – but bombs can’t conquer Iran

By , Thursday 3 November 2011 17.30 EDT This time there will be no excuses. Plans for British support for an American assault  [more]

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Such kneejerk geopolitics

Welcoming Palestine to UNESCO

By Richard Falk, 02 Nov 2011 11:29 It may not ease the daily pain of occupation and blockade or the endless anguish of refugee status and exile or the continual humiliations of discrimination and…  [more]

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Insane?

You Want to Track Me? Here You Go, F.B.I.

By Hasan M. Elahi, October 29, 2011 ON June 19, 2002, I ran into a bit of a problem that turned my life upside down. It happened at the Detroit…  [more]

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Scripts

Brennan Manning: All Is Grace: God Loves You As You Are

By , 10/28/11 09:01 PM ET Scripts. We all live by them. A few of us are hopelessly devoted to one while the rest of us…  [more]

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Mammonites

The protesters seem more adult than politicians and plutocrats

By , Saturday 29 October 2011 The mayor of London demands a law against it to stop tent villages “erupting like boils” across the capital. If you lived…  [more]

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What we seek

The Limping Middle Class

By Robert B. Reich, September 3, 2011 THE 5 percent of Americans with the highest incomes now account for 37 percent of all consumer purchases, according to the latest research from Moody’s Analytics. That should…  [more]

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