Monthly Archives: May 2009

John Berger reads Ghassan Khanafani’s Letter from Gaza

Posted on 25 May, 2009 by

In an address to the inaugural Palestine Festival of Literature (2008), John Berger gives a moving reading of Ghassan Khanafani‘s “Letter from Gaza“. Crossposted at PULSE

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Hasbara Headquarters: 'There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza'

Posted on 25 May, 2009 by

Meet the israeli foreign press liaison unit in Jerusalem, as profiled by the Jerusalem Post. They are slick and ready to spoonfeed journalists the insta-mix IOF version, in which “Of course there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza!” as quoted … Continue reading →

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Der Spiegel's Sensational Hariri Tribunal 'Breakthrough': "Hezbollah Did It" (Updated)

Posted on 24 May, 2009 by

With six updates appended. Der Spiegel has just come out with quite a sensational(ist) piece by Erich Follath, translated from the German by Christopher Sultan. Follath claims that his sources close to the United Nations Hariri Tribunal investigators, who in … Continue reading →

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The Shift Eastward: World's Biggest Banks 1999 and 2009

Posted on 22 May, 2009 by

One interesting indicator of the financial shift eastward and the rise of China is indicated in the first two graphs, just over the fold (hat-tip: Syd Walker). As Michael Hudson points out in The Toll Booth Economy, China’s central bank … Continue reading →

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