The scourge of male violence against women will not end if we dismantle the forces of global capitalism. The scourge of male violence exists independently of capitalism, empire and colonialism. It is a separate evil. The fight to end male violence against women, part of a global struggle by women, must take primacy in our…
Anti-Shiism may not be a concept that the general public is familiar with, but its roots have been ingrained in the Muslim world for centuries and in the Western world after the late 1970’s. With the overthrowing of the American and British established Iranian Shah and creation of the Islamic Republic, anti-Shiite rhetoric began to…
Originally posted on The Mideastwire Blog:
An interesting – Ronen Bergman-esque – report on the July 2012 bombing of Assad’s inner circle of security men… a bombing which had all the indications that some party was attempting to orchestrate a tipping point to finally collapse the regime. It is an interesting side of the story…
Zionism takes power in Europe. Â Ukrainian money backing a Jewish Parliament that will ensure Israeli policies are expanded into Europe. “On Thursday 16th February, in the European Parliament, Brussels, 120 members of the elected Jewish European Parliament held their inaugural session to discuss the fears of European jews. Why is a jewish European parliament a…
Dear liberal pundit, You and I didn’t like George W Bush. Remember his puerile declaration after 9/11 that “either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists”? Yet now, in the wake of another horrific terrorist attack, you appear to have updated Dubya’s slogan: either you are with free speech… or you are…
What is in store for humanity is other than what seems, and is wrong who thinks that this is Palestine or Syria or Iraq , or that the problem is restricted to Arabs and Muslims. It is the whole world that is implicated in what will happen and not just a spot here and a…
If you do not believe that you can be a victim, you will not give your power and freedom to a government to protect you. If you do not believe that you are unworthy, you will not need a social system that asks you to prove your worth. If you do not believe that you…
Bread and Circuses “Panem et circenses. A metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement, in Latin. It was the basic Roman formula for the well-being of the population, and hence a political strategy unto itself. In the case of politics, the phrase is used to describe the creation of public approval, not through exemplary or…
Originally posted on Interventions Watch:
Avaaz describe themselves as a ‘global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere’, and are fairly well known within human rights and development circles. They had previously used their reach and status to drum up support for a ‘no-fly zone’ over Libya (a call which was ultimately realised,…
The Wall Will Fall 