Iranian dissidents clearly need more global support but surely backing from the US government is sending the completely wrong message? At a time when the Obama administration is pressing for harsher sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, democracy advocates in Iran have been celebrating the recent decision by the United States to lift sanctions…
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Leading American Rabbi can’t even bring himself to fully condemn colonies
Rabbi… Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform… Judaism, the largest synagogue movement in the US, urges Israel to halt building in East Jerusalem (not stop, mind you, merely postpone).
Blair was dying to bomb the streets of Baghdad
How much more sordid can this tale become? Tony Blair‘s secret links to Gulf oil giants were revealed today as fresh details emerged of his “carte blanche” support for George Bush‘s Iraq war. The former prime minister has been in the pay of the Kuwaiti government and a South Korean oil firm for up to…
The war in Iraq cannot be forgotten
The Iraq war started seven years ago. It has caused unbelievable civilian suffering, something largely ignored by the corporate press. Lest we forget: Democracy Now! this week interviewed Yanar Mohammed, president of the Baghdad-based Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq: …the economic agenda in Iraq, the privatization, the heavy privatization, that’s happened in Iraq in…
What will it take for the love affair with Israel to cool?
With Israel under intense pressure to wind back its colonial project, the role of dissident Jews is vital, to make the wider community knows that we don’t support the actions of the Jewish state. Jews don’t speak with one voice. It’s important, therefore, that the mainstream media is noticing. Take this piece in today’s Sydney…
The Daily Show hearts Glenn Beck
Jon Stewart takes on Fox News’ Glenn Beck, a dribbling fool that has captured many hearts in the US: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Intro – Progressivism Is Cancer www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs…
Remind us who really likes and backs West Bank colonies
So: Almost half of all U.S. voters believe that Israel should be made to cease all settlement construction as part of a future peace deal with the Palestinians, a Rasmussen Reports poll said on Wednesday. The American institute claimed that a recent poll showed 49% of voters approved of forcing Israel to stop settlement construction,…
Yes, we can talk about Jewish interests and unhealthy love for Israel
Following the recent coments by American General David Petraeus that linked the lack of progress on the Israel/Palestine conflict with perceptions of American failure in the Middle East, Andrew Bacevich writes in Salon that finally (maybe) we can start talking honestly about which interests the Zionist lobby are pushing: What are we to make of…
The US is not fully pulling out of Iraq (tell the corporate media)
Dahr Jamail reminds us that the American occupation will continue for many years to come, certainly well past the end of Barack Obama’s term in office.
Wikileaks is the wonderful site that upsets the powerful
The undeniable power of the Wikileaks website – releasing supposedly classified documents to allow transparency in the public domain – now makes a rather comical story in the New York Times: To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information…