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Monthly Archives: May, 2009

The Slow Death of Christian Bethlehem: what the Pope can do

Added: two videos I’ve been very critical of Pope Benedict for not including Gaza on his visit to Palestine. The circumstances surrounding his decision to visit are that he was … Continue reading

14 May, 2009 · Leave a comment

Norman Finkelstein: The Gaza Massacre

Scholar Norman Finkelstein recently spoke at the University of Texas in Austin on the 28th April and offers a very good stock-take of recent events and the current situation, even … Continue reading

11 May, 2009 · 2 Comments

An Open Letter to Caryl Churchill from a Palestinian Mother

Iqbal Tamimi’s Open Letter To Caryl Churchill, author of the play Seven Jewish Children (video), a play for Gaza. Iqbal Tamimi is a Palestinian journalist and poet from Hebron. She … Continue reading

7 May, 2009 · Leave a comment

Justin Raimondo Calls Out Jon Stewart: Wimp, Wuss, Moral Coward

Justin Raimondo of the indispensable Anti-war.com has caught a recent backflip from the affable Jon Stewart, the host of a comedy show that usually conveys more truth, by way of … Continue reading

6 May, 2009 · 1 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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