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Zahir Ebrahim – Anatomy of Conspiracy Theory

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Ideas and Projects, Mary's Choice, Newswire, War

WRITTEN BY ZAHIR EBRAHIM     Some may rationally ponder that how is it, that such a long running global conspiracy for world government as outlined in Project Humanbeingsfirst's report "The Enduring Capitalist Conspiracy for World Government", can be kept alive across centuries and across geographies. This brief paper examines that question.
Noam Chomsky had once observed an [...]



Khalil Nakhleh – How Must We Explain Our Century-old Struggle to a Foreign Audience?

By Guest Post • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Analysis, Culture and Heritage, Education, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War

To work strategically on our liberation process, we need to instill an appropriate discourse that embodies our future strategic vision. This discourse should start by purging itself from the language of “two-state solution”, “two states for two people”, “West Bank and Gaza”, “East Jerusalem”, “peacemaking”, “direct or indirect negotiations”, “state building”, “legal or illegal settlements”, etc. Our language should focus on means of resistance to achieve our liberation towards living in a free, non-racist, secular country in the entire land of historical Palestine; on emancipation from occupation and economic dependency; on individual and collective rights; on international law; on responsive and accountable leadership; on self-reliance and productivity; and on the right of all the refugees and displaced persons, who were ethnically cleansed from their homes and country by the Zionist colonial movement, to return to Palestine.



Qais Nawwaf – Roberts Owes Iraqi People an Apology

By Guest Post • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Human Rights, Newswire, Religion, War

From Dissident Voice
As an Iraqi, I took serious offense to Paul Craig Roberts’ patronizing article, “Muslim Disunity: A Religion Divided Among Itself,” in Counterpunch, March 2, 2010. Roberts audaciously states that the “reason Americans are still in Iraq is because the Iraqis hate each other more than they hate the American invader.” Roberts blames the [...]



Israel, Yemen, the Gold Watch and Everything!

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Middle East Issues, Newswire, War

But I know. You’re going to tell me that Obama has already assured us that he has no intention of sending troops into Yemen, right? Well, actually I believe him. How can he? We’re already over-extended with a war in Afghanistan and one staring in Pakistan. Where is he going to get the troops? Now Bush might try to pull off a crazy thing like that but that’s not Obama’s style.



Hail to the Prince: Obama, the paradigmatic Machiavellian Leader

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Education, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Newswire, War

 

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
Nicolò Machiavelli

WRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO
Obama, before he actually “did” anything, had a reputation. And, indeed, reputation – what others think you are, and not what you actually are – is a crucial factor in a public figure. A political leader, while marketed, literally, in order to [...]



Khalid Amayreh – We must never forget Gaza

By Khalid Amayreh • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Palestine, War, Zionism

Despite a slight improvement in the general humanitarian situation, the Gaza Strip remains a disaster area. In fact, in terms of the sheer destruction of homes and infrastructure, the coastal enclave can be compared to quake-stricken Haiti, with the main difference lying in the fact that while the Caribbean island’s calamity was a natural disaster, [...]



Tzipi Livni: "the ONLY targets are Military targets" A Video by Shadi Nassar

By Guest Post • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Video, War, Zionism

A truly outstanding video by Shadi Nassar that shows clips of Tzipi Livni and others, during the Israeli wanton destruction of Gaza known as "Operation Cast Lead". Her words contradict the actions of her government and army.



Al Haq vs The UK Secretary of State – BE THERE!

By Guest Post • Feb 20th, 2010 • Category: Action Alert, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War

WRITTEN BY MOHAMMED FEHMIDA
This is an appeal to all those supporters of humanity, justice, equal rights and freedom.
On the 25th February 2010, at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, a hearing is going to take place of Al Haq vs The Secretary of state for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
The Al [...]



Ali Rashid – Rejecting Normalization

By Adib Kawar • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Analysis, Grassroots Activism, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

A new lesson from the noble Arab people of Egypt
Translated from Arabic by: Adib S. Kawar
Egyptian Arab sport gave a new slap to Zionist normalization projects towards Arab states that started 30 years ago, when the Egyptian Football union neglected a second invitation by the Zionist Football Union to the Egyptian Arab national team to [...]



Paul J. Balles – Zionism Unmasked: "Anti-Semitic" – the label that stops criticism

By Guest Post • Feb 13th, 2010 • Category: Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, War, Zionism

By Paul J. Balles*
If you indulge in ad hominem attacks (attacking the person rather than the issue), you can expect the same in return. The issues related to the anti-Semitic label are many.
First, the expression "anti-Semitic" is a misnomer. It's defined as "hating Jews or Judeophobia." The label "anti-Semitism" is wrong because not all Jews [...]