*Note: I do not know how the call for signatures was circulated, but I believe the list above would have been very much longer if they had used the Web more effectively. I did not see this until today. Leaving that aside, I very happily add my name to that list, and encourage others to… [Read more…]
January 24, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
WONDERFUL NEWS continues to spread. Students across the U.K. are occupying universities in solidarity with the people of Gaza and in protest against Israel’s war and its war crimes. These students are making history, and the near simultaneous wave of occupations, with the number of universities occupied doubling in number over one night (from 8… [Read more…]
January 23, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
An Appropriate Introduction — Noam Chomsky, “Exterminate all the brutes”: Gaza 2009 On Saturday December 27, the latest US-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians was launched. The attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the Israeli press. The planning had two components: military and propaganda. It was based on the lessons of… [Read more…]
January 23, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
Interviewed on Democracy Now! today, January 23, 2009, Noam Chomsky observed that Obama’s statement on Gaza at the State Department on January 22 was “approximately the Bush position.” I find the use of the word, “approximately” to be a generous. In fact, Chomsky’s appraisal was plain and direct, without mincing words nor paying servile tribute… [Read more…]
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