Titus Livius
The state is suffering from two opposite vices, avarice and luxury; two plagues which...have been the ruin of every empire
Chinese Proverb
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The 65th Commemoration of AL NAKBA
It is Nakba day , and it is the 65th year of commemoration of Palestinian Nakba. Tens of Zionist settlers broke in the al Aqsa Mosque from Bab al Maghariba.…
The Power Of Boycott Within : No Need For a Mediator NGO
This was written as a comment on my post https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=463998187013374&set=a.127411980671998.32655.100002095913284&type=1&theater i am reproducing for the benefit of all : … “We have within ourselves the power to BOYCOTT anything and…
BDS : The Crippling of The Palestinian Cause
The news of physicist Stephen Hawking boycotting the Scientific conference taking place in Israel and sponsored by Shimon Peres has been given so much attention and everyone is seeing the…
Boston: Who Did It? Why?
Before the USA begins vengefully bombing another nation, with Iran, Syria and North Korea high on the list of supposedly deserving targets, we should look at our own nest of…
Portland Dissidents See Hope in Atzmon
Scott Free, February 2013 Portland, Oregon, has at different times witnessed outpourings of activism directed at Justice and Social change: Central American Solidarity, South African Solidarity, Anti-War activism and demonstrations,…
Farewell BDS
The BDS movement of Boycott Divest and Sanction has changed the wording of its amendment without informing the endorsers of BDS who amount to 170 Palestinian organizations, parties , unions…
Israeli-occupied India Removes Threat of Free Speech
Thanks to the vigilance of its Israeli handlers, the world’s largest democracy staunchly repelled a foreigner considered unfriendly to Israel, and therefore to India, as well. According to sources in…
Aung San Suu Kyi, Human Rights and Burma’s Rohingya Muslims
If Aung San Suu Kyi really stands for human rights, then why doesn’t that include Burma’s Rohingya Muslims? September’s glitzy red carpet event in Capitol Hill, commemorating the US Congressional…
Driving The Herd Home
Human beings are fairing quite well. They are fulfilling to the letter all what is being planed for them. Some people though do complain as expected of them -and say…
Ali Abunimah vs Al Jazeera On Gaza
IN ANSWER TO SONS OF MALCOLM http://sonsofmalcolm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/ali-abunimah-vs-aljazeera-on-subject-of.htmlOne should not be lured by ‘Ali abu Ni’ma of the Electronic Intifada who seemed to take a radical stand on TV while arguing…
South African massacre was the tip of an iceberg
This article by Maeve McClenaghan was originally published by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism under a Creative Commons License * * * * The perils of mining come in many…
Noam Chomsky / US Version of BHL
Long time no see , no hear , this does not mean that eminent professor Chomsky was idle, there he goes lecturing people and students about the situation. This time, …
The ANC – “The Party of the Rich”
As we have said, we are not tolerating any illegal gatherings Thus spoke South African police spokesman Captain Dennis Adriao, after announcing that rubber bullets and teargas had been fired…
Illuminati Dodge Ball
(Excerpted from Chapter 5: Food, Clothing & Bills: Stickin’ it to the Matrix) The system is constantly conjuring up ways to nickel and dime you. Americans have become incredibly naïve, far…
A Spiritual Pawn / The Dalai Lama
Who is Tenzin Gyasto aka the Dalai Lama ? Is he really the peace loving spiritual leader of Tibet like the media shows him to be ? Before the…
South Africa: ‘Facing Reality’
This article by Richard Pithouse was originally published by The South African Civil Society Information Service (www.sacsis.org.za) under a Creative Commons License * * * * The African National Congress…
Pride, prejudice — just ‘don’t say gay’ in Russia
This article by Igor Kochetkov was originally published on Open Democracy under a Creative Commons License * * * * LGBT issues have taken a battering in Russia over the…
The Return of the Police Riot
By Jane Duncan Banner at Oakland, USA demo: Last week, the world was confronted with the horror of South Africa’s first post-apartheid massacre. Over thirty striking Lonmin mineworkers were killed…
Deja Vu
To awaken to the Palestinian cause is to awaken to all causes, it is to awaken to causes that have fallen somehow into oblivion . This is because the…
On History and Intellectual Courage
I want to talk about something which is taboo yet cliche. It is widely accepted yet universally denied. Those who talk about this are ridiculed as conspiracy theorists and racists.…
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