LIFE IS BARREN in a padded cell, leading one to incessantly reflect on matters large and small. My present preoccupation is the reluctance of disaffected capitalists to adopt socialism, and I am not referring to the uninviting amalgam of democratic socialism. Understandably, some “closet socialists” are fearful of being ostracized by such […]
Entries Tagged as 'Controversy'
Natural Progression Interruptus
April 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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The Unopposed War Lobby
July 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Smoke over Tyre (Lebanon) after an Israeli bombardment.
BY JAMES PETRAS
The US is the only country in the world where the peace movement is unwilling to recognize, publically condemn or oppose the major influential political and social institutions consistently supporting and promoting the US wars in the Middle East. The political power of the pro-Israel power […]
Tags: Controversy · Imperial Policy · Middle East · The Contemptible Media · Zionist Footprints
Why Boycott Israel? Because It’s Good for You
July 4th, 2007 · 30 Comments
BY GABRIEL ASH ||\ • Dateline: June 27, 2007
Part I
The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel’s Apartheid scored an important victory recently when the British University and College Union (UCU) decided to circulate “the full text of the Palestinian boycott call to all branches for information and discussion” and “encourage members to […]
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‘The Left’ Moves Front and Center
June 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
In almost any country in the world this charming couple would be classified as simply “mainstream liberals,” centrists, but in America many insist on calling them leftists. The confusion—seeded in great measure by the zealots of the right—contributes a great deal to the troubles ordinary Americans have in sorting out what’s what on the political […]
Tags: Controversy · Establishment Whores · The Left & Pseudo Left
‘The Left’ Moves Front and Center
June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
In almost any country in the world this charming couple would be classified as simply “mainstream liberals,” centrists, but in America many insist on calling them leftists. The confusion—seeded in great measure by the zealots of the right—contributes a great deal to the troubles ordinary Americans have in sorting out what’s what on the political […]
Tags: Controversy · The Left & Pseudo Left
Request for Climate References
June 19th, 2007 · No Comments
INNOCENT ANIMALS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE BEING CONDEMNED TO RAPID EXTINCTION ON ACCOUNT OF MANMADE GLOBAL WARMING.
BY GEORGE MONBIOT Dateline: May 12, 2007
[Note: This is a reply to Cockburn’s second article on climate politics and climate change, which, while it did not directly respond to Monbiot’s or Mann’s first reply to Cockburn’s original article, […]
Tags: Animals & Environment · Controversy · The Left & Pseudo Left · Toxic Culture
Response to Cockburn (on his claims on global warming)
June 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments
CLIMATE DENIER (!) ALEX COCKBURN. HIS MOTIVES FOR THIS UNCHARACTERISTIC STANCE, which makes him an objective ally of criminals outfits like ExxonMobil, ARE HARD TO FOLLOW.
BY GEORGE MONBIOT | SOURCE: ZNet Magazine | Science
Dateline: May 03, 2007
[Note: Click here for Alexander Cockburn’s precipitating article “From Papal Indulgences to Carbon Credits Is Global Warming a Sin?” […]
Tags: Animals & Environment · Controversy · The Left & Pseudo Left · Toxic Culture