Jan 21 2013

These are revolutionary times

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence

Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City.   I come to this magnificent…  [more]

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Jan 19 2013

Let’s say the Dome was blown up, right?

Is it the End of Days for Jeremy Gimpel?

By  Jan.19, 2013 | 7:23 PM   Until Friday, Jeremy Gimpel was just a name on a list. To be precise, he was number 14 on the list…  [more]

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Jan 19 2013

Some would call that propaganda

The controversy around Zero Dark Thirty: As misleading as the film itself

By , 19 Jan 2013 15:20   The controversy surrounding Zero Dark Thirty has been as misguided as the film itself, which opened nationwide on Friday.…  [more]

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Jan 12 2013

New messianic-fundamentalist Zionist discourse

I do have another country

By Ithamar Handelman-Smith, Jan.10, 2013 | 2:23 PM   Russian-born Hebrew-language writer Yosef Haim Brenner said, “There is no other country” than Israel. But in reality, there are plenty of other countries. These are the…  [more]

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Jan 12 2013

Instituted and normalized

‘Death of a Prisoner’

By Laura Poitras, January 10, 2013   [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2gwKLKHOo[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2gwKLKHOo When President Obama pledged to close the Guantánamo Bay prison on his first day in office as president in 2009, I believed the country had shifted direction.…  [more]

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Jan 11 2013

Shackles of orthodoxy

God is unknowable – stop looking for him, and you will find faith

By , Tuesday 8 January 2013 04.00 EST   “Have you found God?” The doorstep caller, neatly suited, briefcase in hand, did not prevaricate. My…  [more]

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Jan 06 2013

Torture’s handmaiden

A letter to Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty’s apology for torture

By , Friday 4 January 2013 12.40 EST   Dear Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker was a beautiful, brave film; many young women in film…  [more]

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