The Kiev Putsch: Rebel Workers Take Power in the East.
The strategy of the US and EU was to install a pliant regime which would bring Ukraine into the European Common Market and NATO as a subordinate client state.. The attack on Syria serves multiple purposes: Eliminating a Russian ally and its Mediterranean naval base; undermining a supporter of Palestine and adversary of Israel; encircling the Islamic Republic of Iran and the powerful militant Hezbollah Party in Lebanon and establishing new military bases on��.
Podemos: What is it and where is it going?
New jobs are paying wages between 20% and 40% lower than a year ago, and thus 34% of all workers are earning less than the ���645 minimum wage, because of the wide range of part time and short term contracts... But always, in one way or another.
U.S. Foreign Policy: In Troubling Disarray - The American.
The Administration of George W. Bush overreached in Iraq and (along with the Federal Reserve Board and Congress) under-regulated the financial sector in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. Congress should also be. Yet history shows time and time again that it can be difficult to oust a leader, and even when it is not, it can be extremely difficult to help bring about a stable, alternative authority that is better in terms of American preferences. The result is that the��.
The hypocrisy of the apartheid Israel boycott movement.
In Israel Arabs and Jews are indistinguishable on the basis of race, which definitively removes race or the separation of races as a factor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The struggle.. The Rabbis of the Sephardi Community Centre showed their deed which was dated 19th century a long time before Al-Kurd Family even moved in. Ottoman. At the height of a crisis, when perceptions are sharply polarised, people arent prepared to question their pre-conceptions.
In the Tent, or Out: That is Still the J-Street Question - Daniel.
Its a pleasure to meet with this Leadership Mission; I understand that there are some first time visitors to Israel among you, so a particular welcome to those of you whove never been here before... Also Ben Ami should note that Gordis DID bring up the occupation: He said ���There are also Israelis who still resist the idea of a Palestinian State and who would prefer to either exile millions of Palestinians or forever keep them under our thumb as non-citizens, either of��.
Church of Scotland backs away from boycott call in the face.
The concern of the Church about the injustices faced by the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories remain firm, but that concern should not be misunderstood as questioning the right of the State of Israel to exist. That the Church condemns.. The Students for a Free Palestine group at Oberlin said it would bring the resolution to the Oberlin College Board of Trustees Finance Committee, which sets the colleges financial policies. ���My concern about��.
Masters of Defeat: Retreating Empire and Bellicose Bluster.
According to the Financial Times (August 28, 2008), the Ethiopian regime ���expressed a desire to curtail its military engagement in Somalia ���. The US. Washingtons effort to regain its influence and improve its image among conservative and moderate Arab rulers by mediating a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine in Annapolis in November 2007 was utterly destroyed by Tel Avivs open and total repudiation of all the basic conditions set forth by the Bush��.
The Artist As Citizen: Pianist Evgeny Kissin Speaks Out.
The report and the arguments that followed had centered on Israels alleged harvesting of Palestinian organs and blood for future transplants, which Kissin regarded as biased reporting. He accused. Allan Kozinn, in a review for the New York Times, comments on Kissins Carnegie Hall performance in 2005: ���Mr. Kissin was true to form, his playing hard-driven and full of passion, and his interpretations ranging from the downright quirky to the elevated and insightful.���.
Two Types of Anti-Semitism | Global Justice in the 21st.
Anger is also directed at Israel for granting a right of return to all Jews throughout the world while denying every Palestinian any right of return, withholding such a right even from those Palestinians and their descendants who either fled or were expelled from their homes... And if you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.. I can only agree with you as you are anointed by simple clarity.
DuBose Porter on whistles, Israel and an upcoming DNC gathering in Atlanta
The most prominent and, without a doubt, annoying gadget at the state Democratic convention in Dublin this weekend was a cheap, plastic whistle, meant to symbolize lawsuits brought or threatened by four dismissed employees of the state ethics.
Alex Epstein: Wrapping our minds around climate change
So I wasnt going anywhere near Greenpeace. But at the same time, the idea that this was a matter of established science was extremely significant to me. I come from a family of scientists (two of my grandparents were physicists, two were chemists) and.
Can Our Art Deal With Our World?
Not necessarily to be righteous or infallible, or even consistent or coherent; not to instruct or advocate, but rather, through the integrity and discipline they bring to making something new, to tell the truth.. Matters of violence and anti-Islamic.
News | Analysis of Obamas State of the Union Address
President Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, outlining his agenda in front of a joint session of Congress, which is fully controlled by Republicans for the first time in his presidency. Times reporters and editors.
Obamas Moral and Strategic Failure on ISIS
Few conflicts offer the moral and strategic clarity that the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) now provides. Polarized camps can and do endlessly argue in support of Israeli or Palestinian viewpoints, resulting in a lot of international chatter.
Hollywood, Broadway Stars Support Israeli Cultural Boycott.
Last week, the newly inaugurated, multi-million dollar West Bank cultural center in Ariel announced that all Israels major drama companies would perform there in its new theater, marking the first time they ever crossed the Green Line for. Eichner, who several years ago falsely reported that Combatants for Peaces then-national tour was being underwritten by Palestinian radicals, dutifully regurgitated the lines he was fed by the Los Angeles Israeli consul general��.
Egypt: Difficult challenge for US policymakers post-Arab.
Initially hesitant to speak out forcefully, it seemed to walk on both sides of street, expressing support for its long-time allies but concerned about regime violence and human rights abuses.. courts; end the use of drones; the significant increase of US troops in Afghanistan; Obamas retreat from his firm stand on an end to illegal settlements in Palestine-Israel; his opposition to Palestine observer status at the UN; and continued US support for authoritarian regimes.
Returning the gaze: everyones a war reporter in an always-connected world
The internet brings war and conflict into homes around the world more immediately than ever before, but with the torrent of data, images and videos comes confusion and propaganda. It demands a. He has no background in weapons or war ��� he used to.
Charlie Hebdo and the Profiteers of Tragedy
At this point, the justified expressions of outrage and the paeans to the dead have long surpassed the need for duplication. What remains is to ask, with the cold clarity of an observer looking down from a great height: Who profits, and who loses, from.
Bibi Netanyahu and the Myth of the Special Relationship
No matter how many times Washington has ��� politely ��� asked the Israelis to rein in their worst impulses and (for example) restrain the settler movement, successive Israeli leaders have expanded the settlements with unabated fervor.. Libertarians.
Intelligence digest - Open Briefing
New York Times, 16 November: Israel retaliated for Palestinian rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with five airstrikes before dawn on Saturday on the Gaza City offices of Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of Hamas ��� the militant Islamist group that governs Gaza. Israel Takes Steps Pointing To... Guardian, 17 November: The Obama administrations unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support for Israel is a key enabling force in the conflict. Iran Analysis:��.
In this weeks New Statesman | The British jihadis fighting for Isis
Lots of practical advice is forthcoming: bring good hiking boots, waterproof clothing and a warm coat; dont pack radical literature; medicine for an upset stomach is also a good idea; and an iPad is recommended, for keeping in touch with family and.
The European Jewish Congress Hypocritical Lawsuit.
In response to the EU guidelines explicitly condemning the Israeli occupation, the European Jewish Congress, placed an ad in the Financial Times of London (personally signed by Moshe Kantor) in which it urged the European Union not to. The rogue nature of the Zionist state was demonstrated with naked clarity when Israel Economy and trade Minister, Naftali Bennett stated in a PBS interview with Charlie Rose that Israel would attack Iran if ���a bad deal��� was made��.
How the Elections Matter (and Not), in Five Simple Graphics
So let me get this straight: Now that we have an even more politically polarized government than before, with Republicans in control of both houses of Congress and a Democrat in the White House, suddenly well see less gridlock than we have in the past.
Obama: Blaming Israel First | FrontPage Magazine
This is what Israel needs to do ALL the time ��� tell the truth ��� it needs to always refer to the legally binding, original partitioning of the Ottoman land into Israel (for the original Palestinians: JEWS! Yes... If Israel decided not to build 1300 apartment units on its own land, would that bring the palestinian authority to the negotiating table or would these terrorists in suits simply demand further concessions?. It is time for the people of moral clarity to take back their country.
Hothead takes on the iceman
Such warnings are usually standard PR fodder, but the volatile Wessels is the most polarising figure in local MMA. It wasnt mock-macho behaviour. Security was brought in and used to keep Wessels in check. Drotschie, the local champion from Parow.
BDS is the only means of ending the occupation -- Derfner
Larry Derfner, liberal Zionist, has endorsed Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as the only force that can bring pressure on the Israelis to remove 100000 religious racist zealot settlers from the West Bank, ending the occupation. [N]either a [Isaac] Herzog [Labor] government nor any other government in todays Israel can do whats necessary to meet the Palestinians demands, which are backed by the entire world (myself included), and which involve, but��.
Chinas Second Cultural Revolution
The first CR was a frontal attack on the hierarchy of power and privilege inside and outside of the Communist Party, launched from above by Mao Tse Tung, but taken up from below by Red Guards in order to bring about a more egalitarian society.
An outlook for the Middle East and Africa in 2015
The blanket ban on all but a few useful Islamists may be feeding an Islamist insurgency, at a time when the security forces show little ability to bring Sinai militants under control, and while a blatantly politicised judiciary is mounting show-trials.
The Cuban Revolution: The Current Economic Reforms
The repetition in the island of the trajectory taken by Russia or Eastern Europe would have buried for a long time all the revolutionary traditions transmitted to the continent.. Amidst economic shortages, diplomatic isolation, military provocations.
Samantha Power and the Televangelization of Human Rights
For the first time since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSAs mammoth, all-encompassing domestic and international surveillance programs, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a substantive hearing on the subject,.. In another 180 reversal, when Senator Marco Rubio brought up her 2002 interview calling for military intervention to impose peace between Israelis and Palestinians, Power immediately took back her words saying she ���disassociated��.
Thats why Samir Geagea has betrayed the Christians - Club.
Recognizing the Jewish nature of Israel paves the way for massacres against Palestinians in the 1948 territories, that will be driven from their land, not to mention those in the West Bank... In an unusual step, an Israeli official recently contacted The New York Times to issue threats that Israel is prepared to bring down the Syrian regime if Damascus retaliates against Tel Avivs earlier military strikes. ���Israel. THE FINANCIAL TIMES (AMERICAN DAILY, MAY 16, 2013)
ISIS: Its growing roots and ways of dealing with it
The rapid development of mass communication coupled with the strong organisational structure of religious movements at the time greatly benefited the manifestation of the Salafist trend and deepened its roots within the society and defined its.