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Your OBL open thread
Lung complications (2001). Natural causes (2002). Typhoid (2006). Kidney failure (2006). Shot in the head (2011). Osama bin Laden has finally died again.
Egypt in Movement
Pambazuka has a good interview with Samir Amin conducted by Chinese intellectuals Wang Hui and Lau Kin Chi. The piece is entitled, “Egypt: How to overthrow a dictator.” It clarifies the different movements in Egypt’s political landscape during the revolution.
Can the left finally stop listening to Hugo Chávez?
Yesterday, reports came across Twitter that Libyan revolutionaries in Benghazi renamed “Hugo Chávez Stadium” to “Feb17 Martyrs Stadium.” The soccer stadium, named after the Venezuelan President by Qadhafi’s Libya, was a testament to the friendship Chávez and Qadhafi enjoyed as long-time allies against US imperialism. Clearly, the new Libya will not be kind to Hugo Chávez. And neither should the left.
On Objectivity
We see the word “objective” in front of the word “reporting” or in front of “persepective,” a lot. But I’d like to address the idea of objectivity for a moment because I think it gets tossed around too much without proper consideration. Nobody is objective. Not the bloggers on this site, not the reporters on [...]
Human rights attorneys shocked as Barack Obama keeps campaign promises
The Obama administration, or as Angry Arab aptly calls it, the Bushama administration, continues to side with the Bush White House. Last week, it decided that preserving state secrets was actually a great idea. Now this week, it agreed that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. In a two-sentence court filing, the Justice Department [...]
Romance revealed between Carlos Slim and Queen of Jordan
According to Mexican daily El Universal, Queen Noor and Carlos Slim, currently the second richest man alive, are having an affair. KABOBfest translation below. The Spanish social magazine Semana, unveiled in its latest edition an alleged romance between the richest man in Mexico, Carlos Slim Helú, and Queen Noor al-Hussein of Jordan (whose birth name [...]
Change (in rhetoric) we can believe in
William Blum’s “Anti-Empire Report” 2/3/09 I’ve said all along that whatever good changes might occur in regard to non-foreign policy issues, such as what’s already taken place concerning the environment and abortion, the Obama administration will not produce any significantly worthwhile change in US foreign policy; little done in this area will reduce the level [...]
PALESTINA LIBRE! Action for Palestine on the basketball court
I received a wonderful e-mail forward this morning: One more small action, one more tiny voice, we will never forget Gaza! Yesterday night, the Israeli Maccabi Basketball team played against the Barca team (Barcelona), a game part of the EuroLeague 2009. It took place in Barcelona – Catalunya. The Maccabi team is known for its [...]
The day Palestinians become a nation like any other nation
As soon as the nation begins to form as a sovereign state, its progressive functions all but vanish. Jean Genet was enchanted by the revolutionary desire of the Black Panthers and the Palestinians, but he recognized that becoming a sovereign nation would be the end of their revolutionary qualities. “The day the Palestinians are institutionalized,” [...]
This one goes out to all of you pro-Palestine Obamatards
The new Change™ administration’s Secretary of Evil has just said that Israel has right to respond to Gaza rocket attacks. She also added, “It is regrettable that the Hamas leadership apparently believes that it is in their interest to provoke the right of self-defense instead of building a better future for the people of Gaza.” [...]
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