December 31, 2006
Posted by yaman
Why is it that the media has been referring to “Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein,” but never says “Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak,” “Saudi dictator King Abdullah,” or “Jordanian dictator King Abdullah II?” From Google News: * Results 1 – 10 of about 1,130 for Iraqi-dictator-Saddam-Hussein. (0.35 seconds) * Results 1 – 2 of 2 for Egyptian-dictator-Hosni-Mubarak. [...]
December 24, 2006
Posted by yaman
In the fall of 2006, conspicuous posters printed by a marketing firm called BlueStarPR began to appear on the University of California, Berkeley campus. Others reported seeing them in places around the Bay Area. The stated goal of BlueStarPR is to “shape public opinion through knowledge and understanding” by producing “positive and educational posters, advertisements, [...]
I almost entered this essay contest on civil rights in the Middle East last year sponsored by the Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance. Looking over the first place essay, I’m glad I didn’t, and I’m almost certain I will not participate this year either. Responding to the question “Why should Americans like you help [...]
December 16, 2006
Posted by yaman
If there is such thing as a Holocaust industry allowing Israel to act with impunity in Palestine, then now it is also true that President Ahmadenijad has succeeded in creating an industry out of Holocaust denial. Dressing first a Holocaust cartoon contest and later an equally revolting Holocaust ‘conference’ in the language of academic freedom [...]
December 6, 2006
Posted by yaman
The California Patriot claims to be Berkeley’s “conservative student voice.” Looking through their magazine, though, it’s difficult to come away with anything but the conclusion that they spend a lot more time hating liberals, or rather liberal stereotypes, than they do promoting any sort of coherent and consistent ideology–unless, of course, ‘hate’ counts. Share
Yesterday, members of the Students for Justice in Palestine staged a “mock-checkpoint” on Sproul Plaza to illustrate the disruptive and abusive nature that the several dozen checkpoints scattered throughout the West Bank have on the daily lives of Palestinian civilians. One of our members prepared an educational flyer which was handed out to passersby to [...]
December 3, 2006
Posted by yaman
Why is it that when the Shia protest it is called a coup, but when the Sunnis do it it is called a “Cedar Revolution?” I do not think I have given due credit in the past to the impact events have on me as they transpire, and especially as they are covered by the [...]
Up to 52 civilians killed in Nato attack in Helmand, Afghan president’s office says.
How regrettable. How unfortunate. Bombs away!
(Discussion)While anti-Semitism means, rightly, social death, Islamophobia might get you a television spot, a column in a newspaper, or academic tenure.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
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The 400 richest families in America, who saw their wealth increase by some $400 billion during the Bush years, have now accumulated $1.27 trillion in wealth. Four hundred families! During the last fifteen years, while these enormously rich people became much richer their effective tax rates were sla…
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A six-year archive of classified military documents to be made public on Sunday offers an unvarnished, ground-level picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal.
Shoot, you don’t need secret documents to tell you that… but viva WikiLeaks either way.
(Discussion)Israeli parliament passes first of three readings illegalizing boycott activism or advocacy
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But what we’re seeing today is just the unleashing of a long-incubated racism, both institutional and incidental. It doesn’t emanate from the Jewish component of Israeli nationhood. It is informed by the Eurocentric cornerstones of the country: the belief, expressed by Israel’s founding fathers and …
(Discussion)More then twice as many Oscar Grant protestors came out to the Walnut Creek Courthouse to show that nowhere in the bay area will attempts to justify the murder of Oscar Grant go unquestioned. While about a hundred supporters of Johannes Mehserle and law enforcement attended the rally, their numbe…
Racists for Mehserle
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In the US, anti-miscegenation laws were on the books until 1967, when the Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional. That was the same year that Israel began its occupation of Sabbar Kashur’s home in East Jerusalem. Since then, Israelis have fine-tuned their own obsession with racial purity. Only…
Source: madreblogs.typepad.com
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