How to end the war

Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill, Huffington Post, March 26: “So?” So said Dick Cheney when asked last week about public opinion being overwhelming against the war in Iraq. “You can’t be blown off course by polls.” His attitude about the the fact that the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq has reached 4,000 displayed…

Burqas, blogs and bombs

My following article appears in today’s ABC Unleashed: The 1979 Iranian Revolution continues to reverberate around the world. Iranian-born professor of political science at Reed College, Darius Rejali, recently said that torture was a key “inspiration” for the revolution. “It pulled all the radicals to their side,” he said. “It was a revolution about human…

News we’d like to see

Chinese Rockers Hold Benefit For Oppression. Local Motorist Urged To Free Tibet. New Hallmark Line Addresses Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. U.S. Finishes A ‘Strong Second’ In Iraq War. New Bomb Capable Of Creating 1,500 New Terrorists In Single Blast. Chinese Factory Worker Can’t Believe The Shit He Makes For Americans. Homoerotic Overtones Enliven NRA Meeting.

Beijing beware

International PEN is a group of global writers dedicated to human rights for other writers less fortunate than us. I am a Sydney member. Its latest campaign is dedicated to highlighting the issues relating to the upcoming Beijing Olympics: The poem ‘June’ by imprisoned Chinese poet and journalist Shi Tao is relaying around the world,…

The “risky” religion

..Over one third of all media reports in Germany see Islam as primarily a terrorist threat and security risk (36.6 % of coverage in German in 2007).

Royalty bows before Zionism

After the Australian Jewish community with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently celebrated Israel’s 60th anniversary – something protested by many Arabs, Jews and other concerned citizens – similar shenanigans are occurring in Britain: On April 7, Prince Philip will be hosting a dinner at Windsor Castle organised by the Jewish National Fund. They will be…

How to talk to an Islamist

Alastair Crooke, The Guardian, March 24: Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, in a recent interview with a German magazine, embellished Rusi’s complaints of naivety and “flabby thinking”. Radical Islam won’t stop, he warned, and the “virus” would only become more virulent if the US were to withdraw from Iraq. The charge of naivety…

Jewish dissent lives on

The following letter appears in this week’s Australian Jewish News: The furore over the recent Palestinian statement published in The Australian doesn’t deserve the overwrought reactions in the Jewish community. However, the response by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and The AJN have been revealing in propagating a deception to embarrass people who hadn’t…

Admiring Mahmoud

Iranian blogger Hoder explains that the majority of Iranians, according to a new poll, support President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies: A lot is being published and said these days about ahmadinejad’s diminishing appeal. But aside from this recent parliament elections, I have another reason to say that it is all wishful thinking. Just take a look…

Expressing selective outrage

If only Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel – a master of avoiding Israeli crimes in Palestine – extended his concern to the Palestinians, rather than just seemingly every other oppressed group in the world: Elie Wiesel has recruited 25 of his fellow Nobel laureates to sign a letter condemning the Chinese government’s “violent crackdown” on protestors…

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