The poor war criminals are under threat: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa charged that certain elements are trying to portray a picture that country was going towards a totalitarian rule and said that these reactionary elements wanted to take him to the electric chair on war crimes allegations. President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking at an opening…
So that’s who Israel is trying to emulate
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz: The Knesset does not want to look like the parliaments in the Arab countries, but it does not want to give up the authority to act like them. It wants to act as if there is a law against receiving contributions from foreigners without actually having to legislate it and make a…
Israeli academics grow a backbone, ever so briefly
Finally: Some 155 university and college faculty members have signed a petition calling for an academic boycott of the Ariel University Center. In the petition, the lecturers state their “unwillingness to take part in any type of academic activity taking place in the college operating in the settlement of Ariel.” Furthermore, the petition states that…
0.8% of Cablegate in the public domain
The slice below shows cables released, 2017, or 0.8% of the total collection (via Cryptome):
Just another story of bitterness and white power in the US
Max Blumenthal tells a revealing story about the kind of extremism long visible in Arizona. Vehemently anti-immigration and racist, backed by many leading Republicans, it’s the kind of atmosphere that reveals why America’s land of the brave is increasingly angry and bigoted.
Asylum seekers not out of sight or out of mind
From Australian refugee advocate Sara Nathan: It is… sad that people who seek asylum… are locked in extremely crowded cell 24 hours a day 7 days a week for… several months and sometimes years.… This is cruelty. Let’s all pause a moment to look at the photos and see what we can possibly do for them. Crowded immigration detention…
America’s Left far too blinded by inaction and fear
Ralph Nader hits the nail on the head time and time again: The more outrageous the Republicans become, the weaker the left becomes. The more outrageous they become, the more the left has to accept the slightly less outrageous corporate Democrats… The left has nowhere to go. Obama knows it. The corporate Democrats know it.…
Olbermann on repudiating violence or any threats of violence
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Giffords felt the hatred against her for a while
The horror shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is a tragic reminder of the kind of heated rhetoric and violent threats unleashed in America over the last years. Just last year she spoke of these threats and included Sarah Palin in her accusations. America is increasingly a nation to be pitied rather than admired:…