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Meet the Unpeople

“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.” — African Proverb “And though tyranny, because it needs no consent, may successfully rule over foreign … Continue reading

6 April, 2007 · 34 Comments

Petras on Zionism, Puppet Regimes and Political Allies

A very good analytical overview piece from James Petras (see also related recent post on economic empire building here). In this article he focuses upon the influence of Israel and … Continue reading

5 April, 2007 · Leave a comment

Religious Peace Tax Freedom Bill

A most worthy proposal in the US. I wish we had a similar campaign here and elsewhere, but it matters most in the US by dint of the sheer size … Continue reading

3 April, 2007 · 1 Comment

Edward Said and Rashid Khalidi

In honour of Palestine Land Day a couple of days ago on March 30th, two terrific addresses by the late, great Edward Said and the first Edward Said Chair of … Continue reading

2 April, 2007 · 4 Comments

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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