The face of fundamentalist American Zionism is Morton Klein, National President of the Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA.) Behold his hatred of Arabs, Palestinians, peace or compromise. And remember this is a man who speaks for millions of American Jews. Zionism is sick and in desperate need of a lobotomy.
Showing all posts in June 2019
A great loss
The recent murder of Iraqi blogger Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, a contributor to the fascinating video blog Alive in Baghdad, reminds us of the real dangers in the war-torn country (notwithstanding deluded Murdoch commentators telling us otherwise.) Like many bloggers around the world, Ali’s death is a loss to everybody in the blogging community. As the…
The slippery slope
Scott Horton, Harpers, December 17: So the United States intelligence agencies in cahoots with major telecom providers are intercepting and reviewing your communications. This is occurring without warrants. And the legal community is in accord: it was criminal conduct. And that’s why the Bush Administration is frantically pushing right now for immunity: to ensure that…
The role of journalists, part 253
Journalists are increasingly paying the ultimate price for simply doing their job: The number of journalists killed worldwide spiked to the highest number in more than a decade, with nearly half killed in Iraq, according to an analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based independent organization that compiles information on the deaths…
What Bush and Rove have created
Welcome to the modern Republican Party. Freaks (and creationists) only need apply.
Making friends in all the wrong places
2007 was the year of Facebook, according to one media commentator. Newspapers now have little choice but to adapt to the online world. The days of print may never end, but they’re certainly in serious decline. But more fundamental questions remain. How does the American consumer actually view the products they’re consuming? The Pew Research…
This is what liberation looks like
Journalist Dahr Jamail, author of the stunning Beyond the Green Zone, reflects on the mainstream media’s acceptance of White House talking points over Iraq: It is true that there have been fewer American soldiers killed in Baghdad and the number of Iraqis fleeing to Syria has declined. However, this relatively quieter security situation needs to…
Not the Protocols
What do you get when you combine Jewish money and power? Arrogance, far too often, and a sense that using the anti-Semitism card is the ultimate ‘get out of jail free’ card. Far too few people in our society are willing to risk the social tsunami if they dare challenge the accepted “rules” of the…
Loving that ghetto feeling
Leading Jewish dissident blogger Philip Weiss, December 16: This is an American issue [the settlements]. There will be no Palestinian moderation, and no peace in the Middle East, till these insults are sanctioned by us. Nothing will change until the U.S. government does more than lip service in opposition. Nothing will change till Democratic politicians…
Our ally tortures
The United States of America is a torturing nation. This story of a Yemeni man who suffered 19 months of hell is devastating (and yet the mainstream media still mostly calls such practices “enhanced interrogation techniques.) UPDATE: More on our torturing ally.