I was present at last night’s Marrickville council meeting over BDS. It was a circus. Hundreds of people attended. Protesters, Zionists, students, unionists, Palestinians, Arabs, citizens. Countless numbers of people couldn’t fit into the council chambers (luckily I was inside for proceedings). In the end, the BDS didn’t succeed but in many ways this wasn’t…
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Wikileaks founder takes a leak on US empire (and we cheer)
Yay: A painting of Julian Assange taking a leak has won this year’s Bald Archy prize. The caricature by French artist Xavier Ghazi portrays the WikiLeaks founder with his trousers around his ankles, urinating into a top hat with the US flag on it.
Why Marrickville BDS should stand; Naomi Klein and others make the call
Thank you: Dear Marrickvile councilors, We the undersigned would firstly like to congratulate the… Marrickville Council… in Sydney’s Inner West, Australia for their courageous motion (dated December 14, 2010) in support of the Palestinian-led global movement of Boycott,… Divestment… and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law. The BDS campaign is deeply inspired by the South…
John Pilger to Sydney’s Marrickville council; stand up for Palestine
John Pilger has sent the following message to Marrickville councillors: “Sometimes, looked at from the outside, Australia is a strange place. In other ‘western democracies’ the ‘debate’ about the enduring injustice dealt the Palestinians and Israel’s… lawlessness has moved forward to the point where the cynical campaign of… anti-Semitism smears is no longer effective — in…
Would you like an arms dealer to manage your cloud, sir?
New York Times: The largest single customer for computing goods and services, the United States government, endorsed the cloud model this year. Vivek Kundra, the White House chief information officer, wrote a “Federal Cloud Computing Strategy” report, and identified $20 billion, or one quarter of the government’s total spending on information technology, as “a potential…
What happens when West “liberates” Libya
Chaos, disorganisation, lack of clarity, dishonesty and pain: The International mission in Libya appeared to be running out of momentum yesterday as Barack Obama admitted the situation on the ground had reached a military “stalemate” and France conceded a new UN resolution might be necessary to oust Muammar Gaddafi from power. As the regime’s rockets…
Any Jewish groups care to discuss what Israel is doing in Palestine? No, didn’t think so
It’s a sorry sight to watch the established Jewish community discuss which views are acceptable to be heard over Israel/Palestine. US Jewish publication Forward this week explains how Jewish Voice for Peace, who back BDS, believe they deserve to be heard in the wider debate. Phil Weiss at Mondoweiss challenges the frames of reference: From…
Arab “democracy” activists helped by US government
This is both unsurprising and worrying. The idea that the US, which backs the vast majority of repressive states globally, is also supposedly helping a few dissidents to organise (and embrace market capitalism?) is the epitome of hypocrisy, also known as American foreign policy: Even as the United States poured billions of dollars into foreign…
This is latest American “policy” on Israel/Palestine
Laughably inept and almost criminally negligent. But repeat after me; Israel must be constantly indulged.