The following newsletter was just sent to the Independent Australian Jewish Voices… email list: Hi all, There are a number of IAJV-sponsored and related events coming up that we would like you to know about. The first event begins in Sydney this weekend; it features Sahar Vardi and Micha Kurz, two Israeli activists and former IDF…
“Left Turn” reviewed in The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
The following review by Fiona Capp… of my recently released book with Jeff Sparrow… appears in today’s paper: It hardly needs stating that we live in a time of economic crisis and political uncertainty. And yet our leaders offer no alternative visions and pay little heed to stirrings of unrest. As these essays show, and as any…
“Better Place” reducing fossil fuel use while exploiting occupied Palestinian land
Following yesterday’s open letter to the Australian Greens about not working with Israeli company Better Place or other Israeli firms that talk green but in reality are complicit in the occupation, I just found this recent piece on the Green Car Reports website. The writer clearly states that the company is operating in the occupied…
How neo-Nazis infiltrate the US military
More on a fascinating upcoming book by Matt Kennard called, Irregular Army: How the U.S. Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror.
Don’t think for a second that a militarised US empire is going away
Nick Turse in TomDispatch provides a terrifying overview of what Barack Obama has merely accelerated in the last four years: In the 1980s, the U.S. government began funneling aid to mujahedeen rebels in Afghanistan as part of an American… proxy war… against the Soviet Union. It was, in the minds of America’s Cold War leaders, a rare…
An open letter to the Australian Greens about Israeli settlements and green-washing
The following open letter has been sent today to every Greens MP in the country and is being circulated widely on social media and in the public (and a petition… to back the campaign): An open letter to The Australian Greens Party The Greens have since their foundation been a party that supports justice and the…
