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US-funded extremists
One of the best anti-Zionist blogs in the US, Mondoweiss, on the real danger in the Middle East; the fundamentalist settler movement: In a speech at a New York synagogue Wednesday night, Nadia Matar, a leader of the Israeli settlers’ group “Women in Green,” called for the assassination of Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the…
Jews who crave torture
Chuck Schumer, The Democratic Senator, was a key supporter of even the most radical Bush appointees, and then led the way in sinking an Obama appointee who made “statements against Israel.” Salon’s Glenn Greenwald examines the ways in which Democrats are often equally blinded by their Israel love as Republican opponents (and the blogger kindly…
Let the struggle continue
MJ Rosenberg on the power, or lack thereof, of the Zionist lobby: The campaign to defeat Chas Freeman’s appointment as chair of the National Intelligence Council succeeded. He withdrew his name yesterday. But it may come at a cost. The perception, almost universally held, that he was brought down because he is a strong and…
You can’t keep them silent forever
Life in the repressive lane for a reliable US dictatorship: Egyptian authorities should immediately charge or free Diaa Eddin Gad, a blogger held since February 6, 2009, Human Rights Watch said today. Gad is among a number of bloggers and activists arrested in relation to protest in Egypt since the beginning of the Gaza offensive…
Read the fine print carefully
As I cover extensively in my book The Blogging Revolution, web hosting firms are increasingly keen to censor websites if deemed too “controversial”: The fear is that web hosting providers may decide it’s simply less trouble to prohibit host blogs in countries where some individuals are sanctioned. Best to know a company’s terms of use…
Talking Palestine in Ubud
I’m currently in Ubud, Bali after being invited by the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival to conduct an event tonight. The following article appears in the current edition of the local paper, The Bali Advertiser: 2009 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival presents Antony Loewenstein author of “My Israel Question” and “The Blogging Revolution” Just as…