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Monthly Archives: August 2014
How I Became a “Self-Hating Jew”
Sometimes you have to ask questions.
Netanyahu’s Tunnels-to-Kindergartens Propaganda
One of the most important strikes in the propaganda war for Israel in the last month was dealt by the New York Times and CNN when they ran long pieces giving credence to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that … Continue reading
Ignoring Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi Storm Troopers
You might think a story about modern-day Nazi storm troopers attacking a European city without mercy would merit front-page coverage in the U.S. press, but not when the Nazi paramilitaries are fighting for the U.S.-backed Ukrainian government and are killing … Continue reading
Posted in Imperialism & Colonialism, Public Perception Management, War & Terror
Tagged Nazism, Oleh Tyahnybok, Right Sector, Svoboda, Ukraine, USA
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The Empire Reaps the Jihadist Whirlwind
For more than three decades, the U.S. has deployed Islamic fundamentalist surrogates to fight its imperial wars in Muslim lands. Now, the world’s most successful jihadists have turned on their former masters – and will soon go after the Gulf … Continue reading
Posted in Imperialism & Colonialism, Religion & Philosophy, War & Terror
Tagged Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Syria, USA
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Life in Occupied Palestine
Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American with the International Women’s Peace Service, documents the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Israelis.
Edward Snowden in His Own Words
Dispatched to Moscow, famed portrait photographer Platon captured a never-before-seen side of Edward Snowden for WIRED. In this riveting montage, the elusive whistleblower explains the thinking behind his decision to reveal the extent of domestic surveillance being conducted by US … Continue reading
Wailing for War at the Western Wall
Dan Cohen reports from a recent pro-war prayer vigil held at Jerusalem’s Western Wall where young Israeli Jews spouted racist, hyper-violent rhetoric directed at Palestinians. “Kahane was right,” one young woman chanted, while another man said, “We have God. God … Continue reading
Posted in Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem, Jews, Palestine, racism, Zionism
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Gaza’s Children: The Psychological Trauma of Catastrophe
By Louisa A. Lamb Within the last ten years, Israel has provoked three offensive movements against the Palestinian territory in Gaza: Operation Cast Lead, which began at the end of 2008 and 2009, Operation Pillar of Defense, which last eight … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Justice, Psychology & Psychiatry, War & Terror
Tagged children, Crimes against Humanity, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, war crimes, Zionism
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Pepe Escobar: NATO is Desperate for War
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is desperate; it is itching for a war in battlefield Ukraine at any cost. NATO secretary-general Anders “Fogh of War” Rasmussen arrived in Kiev practically foaming war in his mouth, ready to lay down the … Continue reading
Posted in Imperialism & Colonialism, Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, USA
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If Palestinians Were Human Beings
By Shourideh C. Molavi Today the struggle for people of conscience appears to be less about convincing people that Israel is committing war crimes against Palestinians or grossly violating international law. Instead the struggle has become about convincing the world … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Justice, War & Terror
Tagged Crimes against Humanity, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, war crimes, Zionism
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Against the Grain 