March 17, 2009
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Zionism is the problem By Ben Ehrenreich
The problem is fundamental: Founding a modern state on a single ethnic or religious identity in a territory that is ethnically and religiously diverse leads inexorably either to politics of exclusion (think of the 139-square-mile prison camp that Gaza has become) or to wholesale ethnic cleansing. Put simply, the problem is Zionism. Continue reading
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Venezuela: Make no mistake about it, there's an all-out war going on out there! Roy S. Carson
While President Hugo Chavez Frias seems fixated on external threats imposed by the United States of America — more specifically from the multi-nationals and delinquent banks that have the Obama presidency in their stranglehold — there’s a festering nether world at work in Venezuela that is probably more insidious than the collective efforts of the… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Selective Vision: Iran, Israel And Nuclear Arms
When a demonstrably mendacious leader claims he “passionately believed” in a lie, the media has to take him at his word. This is the same brand of journalistic gullibility that has had such tragic consequences for the people of Iraq. This is the endless, uncritical obedience to power that boosted the warmongering agenda of London… Continue reading
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The Ongoing Occupation of Iraqi Artists by Dahr Jamail
“The mind needs art and education. I come here because the lamp needs electricity. The lamp of my mind, like that in all of us, needs to discuss and review life continually. That feeds me. When I come here I feel like a teenager again. All that I need, the old culture along with the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 