Liberals scramble to regroup as Salafis and the Muslim Brotherhood compete in the second round of parliamentary voting. Evan Hill Al Jazeera Last Modified: 12 Dec 2011 19:01 Egyptians are set for another democratic landmark on Wednesday when the country will hold a second round of parliamentary voting, part of the first elections [...]
Removal of Assad will be devastating for Israel: Gilad
by RAINman on 25. Nov, 2011 in General
Desmond Shephard Bikya Masr November 16, 2011 The head ofIsrael’s defense ministry’s diplomatic-security bureau warned of a possible “Islamic empire” ifSyria’s President Bashar al-Assad were to be ousted. Amos Gilad said that the removal of the Syrian leader would lead to a “devastating crisis forIsrael.” His comments come as violence inSyriareached new [...]
Saturday Night Frights
by RAINman on 15. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
by Dr. Brian Phillips, Antiwar November 14, 2011 Saturday’s GOP presidential debate focused on foreign policy, and it was a disgrace — not simply because of the moderators’ blatant disregard for Rep. Ron Paul (the only candidate from either political party advocating peace was given 89 seconds to speak in the first hour), [...]
New outcry against Egypt military rulers
by RAINman on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
News24 2011-11-03 19:54 Cairo-Egypt’s military rulers have triggered a new public outcry with a proposal that critics see as an attempt to enshrine a supreme political role for themselves in the new constitution. The furore is over a new government-sponsored proposal of overarching principles that would guide the drafting of a new constitution. [...]
Arab Spring activists win Sakharov prize
by RAINman on 28. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
The Daily Star Beirut October 27, 2011 01:09 PM STRASBOURG: Five Arab Spring activists have won the European parliament’s Sakharov prize awarded to campaigners for freedom, a parliamentary source said Thursday. The laureats are Mohamed Bouazizi ofTunisia, awarded posthumously, Egyptian militant Asmaa Mahfouz, Libyan dissident Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi, Syrian lawyer Razan Zeitouneh [...]
Amy Goodman: Globalizing Dissent, From Tahrir Square to Liberty Plaza
by RAINman on 27. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on 900 stations in North America. She was awarded the 2008 Right Livelihood Award, dubbed the “Alternative Nobel” prize, and received the award in the Swedish Parliament in December. Published on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by TruthDig.com The [...]
Tariq Ramadan: Egypt in danger
by RAINman on 27. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Gulf News, October 15, 2011 The worst thing that could befallEgypttoday is division such as we are witnessing between the country’s Coptic and Muslim citizens. Against the same cruel dictatorship they stood united inLiberation Square(Midan Al Tahrir) demanding that former president Hosni Mubarak leave and his regime be removed. For political revolution to be [...]
Richard Falk : Libya after Gaddafi– A dangerous precedent?
by RAINman on 25. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Richard Falk is Albert G Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and Research Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has authored and edited numerous publications spanning a period of five decades. His most recent book is Achieving Human Rights (2009). He is currently serving [...]
Voting After Mubarak: What Can Egyptians Expect?
by RAINman on 24. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Sharif Abdel Kouddous The Nation October 21, 2011 Cairo, Egypt Iman, a 24-year-old student atCairoUniversity, smiled as she walked out of the Tunisian embassy in Zamalek and proudly held up her left forefinger, which had been stained with purple ink. “We are happy,” she says. “Everyone who came to vote is happy.” [...]
Aid to Israel no longer a sacred cow
by RAINman on 24. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
America needs to re-evaluate its aid to Israel to deal with its own budget woes, says former AIPAC lobbyist. MJ Rosenberg MJ Rosenberg is a senior foreign policy fellow at Media Matters Action Network. The above article first appeared in Foreign Policy Matters, a part of the Media Matters Action Network. Al Jazeera [...]
Tracing the Middle East weapons flow
by RAINman on 24. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
The United States, Europe and Russia sold regimes tanks, guns and tear gas in the five years preceding the Arab Spring Gregg Carlstrom and Evan Hill Al Jazeera Last Modified: 20 Oct 2011 08:37 Earlier this year, as mass popular uprisings spread through the Middle East and audiences across the world sat transfixed [...]
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