Time for the Greens to embrace BDS
There will be growing pressure towards the Greens to take on BDS in its arsenal to pressure Israel to abide by international law. Some are yet to get the message: Addressing an issue that is not likely to come up at other Victorian election debates, The Greens candidate in Caulfield encouraged more trade with Israel.…
Nazis in public radio; call the police
Fox News head Roger Ailes displays his charming side (for which he later apologised): They [National Public Radio] are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don’t want any other point of view. They don’t even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout…
There is nothing humane about thinking to embrace settlements
What a false choice. True humanists don’t need to worry about “delegitimising” Israel because anything to do with the colonies is doing that for them. By not totally opposing the occupation is only leading to the Jewish state’s demise: Residents of the arid West Bank town of Ariel got a taste last week of Paris.…
Pilger and Burchett in conversation
Investigative journalist John Pilger interviews fellow reporter Wilfred Burchett in 1983. Dissident writing up close: The Outsiders: Wilfred Burchett from John Pilger on Vimeo.
Who makes money when more “illegals” are locked away?
While corporate politicians mostly talk about increasing prison numbers and locking more people away, public opinion over the issue is far more complex (if tabloid hysteria is ignored). However, in an increasingly privatised world, this recent NPR story in the US speaks volumes about an unhealthy relationship between a cash-strapped government and private interest: Last…
Speaking to Norman Finkelstein about viability of two-state solution
I recently interviewed leading American Jewish dissident and writer Norman Finkelstein at an inter-faith event in Sydney organised by Father Dave:
How many checkpoints can one country handle?
Apartheid is a complex business to manage: Though a Defense Ministry unit was set up five years ago to oversee checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank, these checkpoints are still run by no fewer than six different agencies, and no single body coordinates their work, Haaretz has found. The agencies running the checkpoints include…
Time to expose manhoods globally
The new rulers of the world: One hundred fifty of the world’s most powerful people in the fields of politics, banking, business, and media met this past weekend at an exclusive Swiss resort for the 54th annual invitation-only summit where they show each other their penises. This year’s meeting was chaired by a committee that…