November 2008
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The lying woman of Washington: Khalid Amayreh in Occupied Jerusalem
1 November, 2008 It is true that Condoleezza Rice is smarter than her conspicuously ignorant boss, President George Bush. However, in terms of moral character, it is amply clear that Rice is at least as dishonest and mendacious as her boss is. After all, we are talking about a woman who knows little or no Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: SS Dignity arrives home safe
The SS DIGNITY arrived at 6:30 this morning as the sun was just splitting the waters of the Mediterranean. I watched the boat come around the corner of the quay, its Palestinian flag flying from one of the masts. Waiting up most of the night worrying about whether they were OK and answering worried callers Continue reading
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Tom Burghardt: Pointing the US Surveillance Apparatus at the American People
As we have seen throughout these eight long, dark years of the Bush administration, the geopolitical machinations of the U.S. ruling class have created nothing but disaster and suffering. From Afghanistan to Iraq and from Hurricane Katrina to the ongoing nightmare that is “Hurricane America” in the form of the recent $700 billion Wall Street… Continue reading
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GHASSAN KHATIB: Israel’s underlying societal rift was exposed in Acre
31 Oct 2008 The recent clashes in Acre between Israeli Jews and those of Palestinian origin brought to the surface a very thorny issue, the uncomfortable coexistence in Israeli society between the Palestinian minority and Jewish majority. The Palestinian minority in Israel constitutes roughly one-fifth of the population and represents the indigenous people that Israel Continue reading
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GazaFriends Update 1 November, 2008: Bombarded by bombs by Mary Hughes-Tompson
28 October, 2008 For Immediate Release On October 28, 2008 as the sun was setting, 27 passengers on board the SS DIGNITY left for Gaza. It was the second attempt by the Free Gaza Movement to break Israel’s stranglehold on the 1.5 million civilians of Gaza. Although Israel threatened to stop the boat, arrest its Continue reading
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Jamison Foser, MediaMatters for America: The Right’s “bias” charade
At the end of the 1992 presidential campaign, there was a flurry of news reports about the possibility that the media had favored Bill Clinton over incumbent George H.W. Bush, and that the media’s coverage of the race helped Clinton win. Such complaints might seem a little odd, given the media’s relentless focus during that Continue reading
The New Dark Age 