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December 12, 2009
Posted by yaman

Don’t give Birgeneau a free pass to shut down student organizing

One need not agree with whatever happened at the Chancellor’s mansion to resist the administration’s attempt to co-opt independent student forces by soliciting their blanket condemnation of the incident. Governor Schwarzenegger finally took notice of public education after the incident, calling individuals who were allegedly involved “terrorists.” Earlier today the Chancellor and his PR spokesperson [...]

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November 13, 2009
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November 13th and the Whitewashing of a Berkeley Hate Crime

As the House of Representatives passed its delusional resolution condemning the Goldstone Report last week, Congressman Kucinich forcefully objected: “Almost as serious as committing war crimes is covering up war crimes, pretending that war crimes were never committed and did not exist. Because behind every such deception is the nullification of humanity, the destruction of [...]

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February 15, 2008
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The cowardice of the Daily Cal and the Daily Clog

One of the absurdest ideas that has arisen regarding the Berkeley City Council’s now-abandoned resolution telling military recruiters they were not welcome in the town, is the idea that “freedom of speech” for military recruiters was at stake. The internalization and reproduction of this idea by many people who supposedly are on the left, cautiously [...]

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July 10, 2007
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Suhail Khan’s problematic approach to anti-Muslim sentiment

An abridged version of this post was submitted to the Daily Cal. They printed a further modified version on July 16, 2007, under a misleading headline “We Have Nothing to Prove to America,” as if 1) I am a Muslim and 2) I make any pretenses about representing Muslims. I am not a Muslim and [...]

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    Salahi: Anti-Semitism but not anti-hatred

    A Yale-sponsored conference about anti-Semitism hosted many blatantly anti-Arab and anti-Muslim speakers. It is unconscionable for a center meant to study one form of racism to indulge speakers who practice another.

    Source: www.yaledailynews.com

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    Hamas, the I.R.A. and Us

    Both the Irish and Middle Eastern conflicts figure prominently in American domestic politics — yet both have played out in very different ways.

    A must read piece by Ali Abunimah in NYT.

    Source: www.nytimes.com

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    Is Islamophobia sweeping the US?

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    abc Primetime – How Muslims Are Treated In USA

    abc Primetime – How Muslims Are Treated In USA

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    The baddest Apple in a rotten bunch

    To get an idea of the real reason why Apple has succeeded, it was only necessary to look below the May article hailing the company’s success on the front page of the Times business section. A second article reported on a spate of suicides in some Chinese sweatshops that was drawing attention to work…

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    WikiLeaks in Baghdad | The Nation

    Immediately following the incident, McCord was threatened and mocked by his commanding officer for pulling the children from the van. He says his platoon leader “yelled at me that I need to quit worrying about these ‘motherfucking kids’ and pull security.” McCord later approached a staff sergeant an…

    Remember the “Collateral Murder” video leaked of the helicopter attack that killed a journalist? Here’s some insights from one of the soldiers at the scene and into the way it was handled by military personnel.

    Source: www.thenation.com

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    Neutroniks ~ K-os

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    Of Terrorist Babies and Dead Children Strategies

    Portraying “enemy” infants as proto-terrorists has obvious propaganda value: if what you thought was an innocent baby is in fact a weapon with a human face, you will be less likely to protest when it is killed. Murder becomes self-defence. Not only are we supposed to view ‘their’ children as latent …

    Source: www.dailykos.com

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    Harvard Divests From Israel | KABOBfest

    HarvardManagementCompany, which manages the university’sendowment, has divested the fund from allinvestmentsit had inIsraelcompanies.

    I’m a small pariah state, hear me pout. Though I’m a scandal, don’t shut me out!

    Source: www.kabobfest.com

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    Human Rights in History | The Nation

    A mere thirty-three years ago, on January 20, 1977, Jimmy Carter inaugurated his presidency by proclaiming from the Capitol steps, “Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere…. Our commitment to human rights must be absolute.” Most people had never heard of “h…

    Thought provoking article for people chained to the language of human rights.

    Source: www.thenation.com

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