Israel — Just Another Hapless British Colony By John Kozy

28 November 2013 — Global Research

“The world would learn of a cruel and imperialistic country stealing from … needy and naked people.”— Mohammad Mosaddegh

How incidents and situations are defined largely determines how they are thought of. For instance, consider the trial of George Zimmerman for Travon Martin’s killing which resulted in an acquittal. Continue reading

Israel — Just Another Hapless British Colony By John Kozy

28 November 2013 — Global Research

“The world would learn of a cruel and imperialistic country stealing from … needy and naked people.”— Mohammad Mosaddegh

How incidents and situations are defined largely determines how they are thought of. For instance, consider the trial of George Zimmerman for Travon Martin’s killing which resulted in an acquittal. Continue reading

Video: Matt Damon channels Howard Zinn – "The problem is civil obedience."

 1 December 2013 — Greanville Post

We’re mighty glad that Damon, a very decent man and a thinker, even if deeply embedded in the Hollywood miasma, took it upon himself to make this video. Fact is, Howard Zinn and other radicals had been saying this for decades, (Zinn gave this speech in 1970), reaching a puny audience. But it took Damon just 24 hours for the video to go viral. Well, we hope it ain’t too late. Continue reading

Video: Matt Damon channels Howard Zinn – “The problem is civil obedience.”

 1 December 2013 — Greanville Post

We’re mighty glad that Damon, a very decent man and a thinker, even if deeply embedded in the Hollywood miasma, took it upon himself to make this video. Fact is, Howard Zinn and other radicals had been saying this for decades, (Zinn gave this speech in 1970), reaching a puny audience. But it took Damon just 24 hours for the video to go viral. Well, we hope it ain’t too late. Continue reading

Left Unity: A Report from the Founding Conference By Richard Seymour

1 December 2013 — New Left Project

We built it.  Will they come? 

Based on the votes, I would estimate that somewhat over 400 people gathered in Bloomsbury on Saturday to launch the new left party first suggested by Ken Loach some months ago.  The attendees were disproportionately veterans of the Left, older and white, but there were a lot of them. 

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 30 November 2013

30 November 2013 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

Soldiers Assault Nonviolent Protesters Near Ramallah
IMEMC – Three Palestinians Kidnapped Saturday evening [November 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of nonviolent Palestinian and international peace activists protesting near the Beit El illegal settlement, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped Three. The protest was held against the Israeli Prawer-Begin Negev displacement plan. …

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