A growing grassroots movement is using the techniques of the anti-apartheid movement to challenge U.S. support for Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
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‘I would gladly kill Arabs – even slaughter them’
by RAINman on 23. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
In new bid to defend publishing controversial images, former IDF soldier Eden Abergil writes on Facebook ‘In war there are no rules.’
By Haaretz Service
Haaretz Fri, August 20, 2010
Eden Abergil, the former Israel Defense Forces soldier who has been criticized for publishing controversial images on Facebook, allegedly wrote on her Facebook page on Thursday that [...]
Low al Qaeda count stirs new war debate
by RAINman on 17. Aug, 2010 in General
By Rowan Scarborough
The Washington Times – August 15, 2010
With the American public growing more pessimistic about Afghanistan, war proponents are renewing their case in the face of new estimates that say no more than 100 al Qaeda operatives remain in the country.
In one of his first statements to Congress after being picked in June to command [...]
The Weak Case for War with Iran
by RAINman on 16. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Jeffrey Goldberg’s new article in the Atlantic is deeply reported — and deeply wrong about the Middle East. But it’s his misunderstanding of America that is most dangerous of all.
BY FLYNT LEVERETT, HILLARY MANN LEVERETT
FOREIGN POLICY - AUGUST 11, 2010
Amid widespread skepticism that sanctions will stop Tehran’s nuclear development and grudging, belated recognition that [...]
The Suffering of Fallujah
by RAINman on 11. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
By Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist, contributor to One World, Many Peaces and nationally syndicated writer. His new book, Courage Grows Strong at the Wound (Xenos Press) is now available for pre-orders. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at www.commonwonders.com.
Huffington Post - August 09, 2010
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fallujah . . .
And so [...]
Norman Solomon: State of Denial: After the Big Leak, Spinning for War
by RAINman on 29. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Antiwar Forum - July 28, 2010
Washington’s spin machine is in overdrive to counter the massive leak of documents on Afghanistan. Much of the counterattack revolves around the theme that the documents aren’t particularly relevant to this year’s new-and-improved war effort.
The White House seized on the time frame of the documents released by WikiLeaks. “The period of time [...]
U.S.-backed War in Somalia Comes to Uganda, Threatens to Set Whole Region Aflame
by RAINman on 27. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
BAR executive editor Glen Ford can be contacted at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com.
Black Agenda Radio July 24, 2010
The bombs that exploded in Kampala earlier this month, killing 76 people and unleashing a wave of arrests and deportations by the Ugandan regime, are chickens coming home to roost from the U.S.-sponsored war [...]
Big Oil Makes War on the Earth
by RAINman on 20. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Indigenous inhabitants of the Delta like the Ogoni people have suffered disaster without even the oil-money equivalent of trickle-down economics touching their lives, says Ellen Cantarow.
Ellen Cantarow is a journalist whose work on Israel/Palestine has been published widely for 30 years including at TomDispatch. She is now working on climate change and big oil, which [...]
Cultural history of the Crusades in 2010 United States
by RAINman on 08. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links
by Zainab Cheema
Zainab Cheema, a free-lance writer, gets featured on Media Monitors Network (MMN) with the courtesy of Crescent International.
Media Monitors Network - July 7, 2010
Crusade — a word caught between the lexicon of pedestrian, every day use and the charged memories of civilizational struggle. The mixed history of the Crusades is itself caught within these contradictions. [...]
Castro: Finding out the truth in time
by RAINman on 30. Jun, 2010 in Opinion
(Taken from CubaDebate)
By Fidel Castro
Information Clearing House – June 29, 2010
“Granma” — When I was writing one of my previous reflections, as a disaster for humanity was rapidly approaching, my greatest concern was to fulfill the elemental duty of informing our people.
Today I feel calmer than 26 days ago. As things continue happening in the [...]
Rage Against the Machine Gun
by RAINman on 26. May, 2010 in General
Contractors shipped useless gun parts to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan…and still got paid.
Adam Weinstein
MotherJones (via Antiwar.com) – 24 May 2010
Thousands of frontline troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have been relying on World War I-era machine guns to survive combat—and as the weapons wear out, US contractors have been shipping the soldiers defective [...]
US turns on the charm to secure Karzai’s support for new offensive
by RAINman on 13. May, 2010 in Analysis
By Kim Sengupta, Diplomatic Correspondent
Independent - 12 May 2010
Afghan president Hamid Karzai was fêted in Washington yesterday as part of frantic diplomatic efforts to secure his blessing for a massive US-led offensive in Kandahar due this summer.
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