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Creating people's geographies

'The Battle for Israel's Soul' – Channel 4 on Jewish fundamentalism

Jewish fundamentalism is something the mainstream media torch is rarely shone on, with recent articles about spitting at Christian clergy being confined mostly to the israeli press. Few exceptions exist: … Continue reading →

5 December, 2009 · 1 Comment
‘Israel: A Rogue State’ segment on CNN

‘Israel: A Rogue State’ segment on CNN

As mild as this CNN report is, would it have appeared on CNN in the US rather than its International Edition? CNN’s Paula Newton here in a segment with Israeli … Continue reading →

2 December, 2009 · 2 Comments

Wendell Berry, Questionnaire

Wendell Berry‘s powerful short poem Questionnaire 1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. … Continue reading →

30 November, 2009 · Leave a comment
The danger of a single story – Chimamanda Adichie

The danger of a single story – Chimamanda Adichie

An excellent talk by Chimamanda Adichie on the dangers of a single story on how we view the world … and ourselves. It also speaks to the power of storytelling and … Continue reading →

29 November, 2009 · Leave a comment

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"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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