Holocaust
-
The Rebranding of Antisemitism after the Holocaust
This post is concerned with the legacy of the Holocaust as providing antisemitism as a policy tool exploited by Irsrael and Zionist activists to intensify Palestinian suffering and deflect attention from Israeli wrongdoing. Such exploitation dishonors and unduly complicates the justifiably hallowed memory of the Holocaust. Continue reading
-
The Holocaust and the Bush family fortune By Bill Van Auken
As George W. Bush delivers his eulogy today at the official “national day of mourning” ceremony in Washington for his father, George H. W. Bush—the culmination of five days of non-stop panegyrics and lies about the deceased war criminal and anti-working class reactionary—it is fitting that we repost a commentary published in 2003 dealing with… Continue reading
-
Marxist, Atheist, Jewish, Zionist and Prime Minister (wannabe)
Haaretz reported today that “Britain’s next Jewish prime minister says he is a Zionist” how surprising. His brother David, was listed by an Israeli official website as an ‘Israeli propaganda (Hasbarah) Author’. Reading Haaretz today confirms that ‘Red Ed’ changed his mind, he is now ‘Blue & White’. a genuine Zionist Jew. I guess that… Continue reading
-
Video: Victims of Hollywood’s Blacklist
Former cast and crew of Hollywood talk about being labeled as a communist and being blacklisted from the entertainment business. Continue reading
-
The Good Intentions That Pave the Road to War By Diana Johnstone
Everywhere, “genocide studies” are cropping up in universities. Five years ago, an unlikely “Genocide Prevention Task Force” was set up headed by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former defense secretary William Cohen, both veterans of the Clinton administration. Continue reading
Bosnia, Diana Johnstone, genocide, Holocaust, intervention, Libya, NATO, R2P, Rwanda, Srebrenica, UN -
Black Agenda Report December 5, 2012 — Shameless Susan Rice Supporters, Latinos Lead the Way
6 December 2012 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report The Shameless Vacuity of Susan Rice’s Black Boosters by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Africa doesn’t matter, U.S. wars don’t matter, nothing matters to the Black Misleadership Class except the sickly prestige of basking in the (distant) glow of power. Susan Rice’s “Black boosters embrace Continue reading
-
Debunking Anti-Iran Propaganda: The Myth of the "New Holocaust" By Benjamin Schett
In a pattern of propaganda now well-established in the mainstream media, fear-mongering against Iran is reaching an all-time peak. A case in point includes ongoing accusations that Iran is in violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, despite statements to the contrary from U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta as well as a number of American intelligence… Continue reading
-
Debunking Anti-Iran Propaganda: The Myth of the “New Holocaust” By Benjamin Schett
In a pattern of propaganda now well-established in the mainstream media, fear-mongering against Iran is reaching an all-time peak. A case in point includes ongoing accusations that Iran is in violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, despite statements to the contrary from U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta as well as a number of American intelligence… Continue reading
-
Palestine: Hackney PSC’s Catastrophe Club presents a film and discussion
Tuesday 28th February, 7 for 7.30 start: on “Defamation” (dir. <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Yoav Shamir, 2010, 93 mins) Plus: Q&A with <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Miri Weingarten This fascinating film looks at the political use of <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Holocaust memory and anti-semitism claims. In his exploration of modern Israeli life, the filmmaker travels the world in search of the most modern Continue reading
-
Zygmunt Bauman: Palestinian persecution echoes the Shoah, which began with discrimination, ghettoes and pogroms By Paul Mutter, with Eva Smagacz
Several weeks ago, the renowned sociologist Zygmunt Bauman gave a stunning interview to the Polish journal, Polityka, on Zionism, the Holocaust, and Israel’s cult of war. In it he charges Israel’s leaders with actively discouraging peace, with seeking war instead of peace, and accuses them of manipulating the Holocaust’s lessons to justify repression. In one… Continue reading
-
Gilad Atzmon: Massacre in Norway— More About the Jewish Right Wing Connection
Thanks to respected anti-Zionist Jeff Blankfort (who provided me with a crucial link) I have now learned that, just one day before last Friday’s Massacre in Norway, former Trotsky-ite turned neo-con David Horowitz carried an article by Joseph Klein in his Front Page magazine, entitled “The Quislings of Norway,” which might as well have provided… Continue reading
-
Everything You Know About Iran Is A Myth By Lawrence of Cyberia
There are some terms that people in Islamic and Western countries should never say to each other, because they confuse and inflame more than they clarify. The most obvious ones would be ‘jihad’, ‘crusade’ and ‘great satan’. All of them are used in somewhat innocuous ways by the people who utter them, but mean something… Continue reading
-
Gaza: The Tip of an Iceberg By Francis Clark-Lowes
This is part of an intentional war on the part of Israel, and, moreover, it clearly coincides with the international legal definition of genocide. Continue reading