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Virginia Tilley: Putting Words in Ahmadinejad’s Mouth

Is Iran’s President Really a Jew-hating, Holocaust-denying Islamo-fascist who has threatened to “wipe Israel off the map”? Counterpunch 28 Aug 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa — In this frightening mess in … Continue reading

29 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Gilad Atzmon: You must first respect your foe

peacepalestine 28 August 2006 My hat goes off to Israeli-born Gilad Atzmon. He is right on the money, yet also manages to convey in his writing a quality that makes … Continue reading

29 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Uri Avnery: Good Morning, Elijahu!

A STORY has it that Oscar Wilde once attended the premiere of a colleague’s play and every few minutes raised his hat. When asked about this odd behavior, he replied: … Continue reading

24 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Why America Needs Hezbollah By Ted Rall

Information Clearing House Hours after a ceasefire halted a five-week war between Israel and Iranian-backed Islamic militias in Lebanon, reported the New York Times, “hundreds of Hezbollah members spread over … Continue reading

19 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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