Auschwitz
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Forgetting Auschwitz and imperialist crimes
The exclusion of Russia at the official commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is not just shameful. It is much darker and sinister. Continue reading
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The liberation of Auschwitz: how hatred of Russia distorts historical truth
The commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is tainted by hypocrisy and ingratitude towards Russia, which liberated the camp in 1945. Continue reading
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On Holocaust Memorial Day US Embassy Falsely Claims America Liberated Auschwitz
The United States Embassy in Denmark has apologized for a statement it made earlier this week that incorrectly claimed that it was American troops that liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In fact, Red Army troops reached its gates on January 27, 1945. “We acknowledge the important contributions of all Allied Forces during WWII and remember… Continue reading
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The Bush Family Saga – Airbrushed out of history By William Bowles
That a family with so many skeletons in its collective closet could have produced two presidents of the world’s most powerful nation should have every last one of us wondering whether the world has gone completely mad, and perhaps it has. Perhaps this is the lesson we need to learn from the Bush Family Saga,… Continue reading
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A minimal program by S. Artesian
It’s not often that I read the articles on the New York Times Op-Ed page. And I can’t remember ever recommending any such article to anyone for any reason. But today, May 13, 2013, I read and I recommend “How Austerity Kills” by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basau. Continue reading
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Teddy Katz: Israel Cannot Handle Its Past
You may learn also about freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the so-called ‘only democracy’ in the Middle East. Continue reading
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The Silencing of An Auschwitz Survivor – By the state’s Holocaust Memorial Trust
Hajo Meyer is an Auschwitz survivor, but it would seem that his message is not one that you wish to hear, because he draws parallels between the racism and dehumanisation which he experienced and that which Palestinians suffer today. The parallels may not be exact, there may not be extermination camps in Israel, but comparisons… Continue reading
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Hajo Meyer, Auschwitz survivor: “I can identify with Palestinian youth”
One of the major annoyances in my life is that Israel by means of trickery calls itself a Jewish state, while in fact it is Zionist. It wants the maximum territory with a minimum number of Palestinians. I have four Jewish grandparents. I am an atheist. I share the Jewish socio-cultural inheritance and I have… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 