justice
Don’t Ask, Just Kill
The resurgence of Lady Gaga’s cause célèbre, and the recent defeat by congressional republicans of a bill seeking to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law governing the service of gays in the US armed forces have brought the issue of equality towards homosexuals in the armed forces, and in society at large, back to the headlines.
The Israeli Inquisitions & Another BDS Victory
Israel continues its assault on Palestinian human rights and equality activists… Most recently arresting Ameer Makhoul and Omar Sayid, two leaders of the Palestinian community within Israel.
Record breaking oppression
Today, May 1st, 2009, Nael Albarghouthi of Ramallah became the longest serving political prisoner in the world. The previous record of 31 years and 26 days was also held by Said Alatabah, another Palestinian in Israeli jails who was released last August. Albarghouthi was imprisoned on April 4th, 1978 at the age of 21 and [...]
The Illegitimate Child of International Justice
The arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court against the president of Sudan serves to delegitimize the legal body in the eyes of those who need it most. Omar Hassan Al-Bashir defiantly travels to neighboring countries, Arab leaders host him with pronounced contempt for the International Criminal Court and charges it brought against him, and [...]
Walzer Wakes Up and Smells the White Phosphorous
In a stunning reversal after years of pro-Israel apologia in the pages of Dissent, the renowned philosopher Michael Walzer, finally declared as unjust the vicious Israeli bombardment of Gaza, in which civilians were essentially confined into an open air prison as Israeli rained death upon them. Walzer famously articulated one of the leading philosophical formulas [...]
Does the LA Times Deliver in Washington, DC?
I know this is dated in internet time, but I finally got a chance to read Ben Ehrenreich’s brilliant oped in the Los Angeles Times, “Zionism is the Problem.” What! the! Fuck! He argues that there is a long-standing tradition of rejection of Zionism among Jews, that it corrodes the tradition of social justice in [...]
Iraq Throws the Book at Shoe-tosser
Freedom of expression is alive and well in liberated Iraq. An Iraqi court sentenced television journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi to three years in jail for tossing his shoes at then-American president George W. Bush in December. He missed. And everyone knows it was not a physical attack meant to harm, but meant as an act of [...]
Palestinian Woman Pulls Israeli from Sea, Gets Jailed
(Sloppy Yousef News Agency) – Yesterday, an Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian woman to two years in an Israel jail prison for denying an Israeli national the right to suicide. The ruling was passed in favor of 23 year old Ari Gaal, who – after being saved from drowning – sued his hero for interfering [...]
Cambridge City Council calls for re-evaluation of US policy toward Israel
The resolution—which passed by a vote of eight to zero with one abstention—specifically urges the United States government to press for a cease-fire on both sides, an end to the economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, access for journalists, and access to humanitarian aid. Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel, who voted in favor of the [...]
THIS JUST IN
Homosexual=Pedophile, according to the Catholic church, which as we all know uses impeccable logic in all moral decisions issued. Ever. Remember that, folks. Cause every sperm is sacred.
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