Mar 22 2011

Morocco to Mesopotamia

Right across the Arab world, freedom is now a prospect

By Robert Fisk, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 … In the dying days of the Ottoman empire, American diplomats – US consuls in Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo and other cities – NGOs…  [more]

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Mar 21 2011

Repertoires of revolt

The globalisation of revolution

By Tarak Barkawi, 21 Mar 2011 14:41 … To listen to the hype about social networking websites and the Egyptian revolution, one would think it was Silicon Valley and not the Egyptian people who overthrew…  [more]

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Mar 19 2011

Bats in a box

First it was Saddam. Then Gaddafi. Now there’s a vacancy for the West’s favourite crackpot tyrant

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 19 March 2011 … So we are going to take “all necessary measures” to protect the civilians of Libya, are…  [more]

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Mar 19 2011

Why?

Unanswered questions on Japan’s suffering

By Giles Fraser, Saturday 19 March 2011 … Sometimes, it is better to do without. Sometimes, want is good for you. These are the familiar messages of Lent. Allowing a particular desire to go…  [more]

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Mar 18 2011

Understand the evildoer

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TEDxPSU – A Radical Experiment in Empathy

By Sam Edwards, October 10, 2010 Sam Richards is a sociologist and award-winning teacher who has been inspiring undergraduate students at Penn State since 1990. Every semester, 725 students register for…  [more]

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Mar 17 2011

For every child

A funeral for the State of Israel

By Bradley Burston, 16:48 17.03.11 … All this week I’ve resisted putting something terrible into words. All this week I’ve been wondering why the Jerusalem burial ceremony for Ruth and Udi Fogel,…  [more]

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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 …  [more]

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