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Ohrstrom: NYT’s coverage of Israel was Biased Before Bureau Chief’s Son Joined IDF

This week the editors of The New York Times’s sprang to the defense of Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner following weeks of controversy over his son’s service in the Israeli Defense Forces. …
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
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The “shock doctrine” for Haiti

Source: socialistworker.org
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Our relation to revolutionary tradition | khukuri

It is always true both that every era requires a new politics and that every new politics comes about through a real break with its own tradition. But on the other hand, it may not always be politically valuable to put emphasis upon this break.
Source: www.khukuritheory.net
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The Responsibility of Intellectuals – The New York Review of Books
An article by Noam Chomsky from The New York Review of Books, February 23, 1967
Source: www.nybooks.com
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Soldier accused of ‘waterboarding’ daughter, 4, because she can’t recite alphabet

Joshua Tabor admitted that he submerged her face – upwards – three or four times until the water was lapping around her forehead and jawline.
Confess your ABCs!
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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To Whom | The Palestine Poster Project Archives

Source: www.palestineposterp…
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Israeli commander: ‘We rewrote the rules of war for Gaza’

A high-ranking officer has acknowledged for the first time that the Israeli army went beyond its previous rules of engagement on the protection of civilian lives in order to minimise military casualties during last year’s Gaza war, The Independent can reveal.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Palestine’s impossible dream | Yousef Munayyer

Rawabi, itself, is not problematic. Rather the growing, fanciful discourse that it fits into, a discourse that emphasises development before independence, is the greater cause for alarm. This is evident in a new document by the Palestinian Authority (PA) entitled Palestine: Moving Forward about the …
Finally some voices against the crazy Rawabi plan.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Harvard Law student detained, deported by Israel

“I don’t remember his exact words,” she says. “But basically he told me, ‘Before we get started, we want you to know that this is a democratic country, and we respect other points of view. But we found things on your external hard drive that are very concerning.’ He was sure I had some other objecti…
Source: www.hlrecord.org
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UN find challenges Israeli version of attack on civilian building in Gaza war

UN team find remains of aircraft-dropped bombs, contradicting Israeli report on military conduct during three-week conflict
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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@itamann that's for larger social issues. for a yls example, our no-grades system is an achievement of law student strikes in the 60s
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