This is sure to bother those most closely associated with the U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System: some statistics on what web users find when they do searches for “human terrain system.” What is revealed is: the news arena is heavily dominated by our good friend, John Stanton, far beyond any other writing on the human… [Read more…]
April 29, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
Another allegation of “anti-Semitism”? Another tale of a “racist” professor? Another professor who “violates students’ rights”? Another university administration “investigates” a professor? One would have thought that, in a post-Churchill context, university administrations would have been more circumspect, less willing to rush in and stifle free speech, as if only certain opinions were authorized and… [Read more…]
April 26, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
“The Westerners claim that they have brought democracy to Afghanistan. What does democracy mean? It means government by the people for the people. They should let the people use these democratic rights” (Mohammad Asif Mohseni, senior Afghan cleric and legislator, 11 April 2009) “I hope that we have elevated in the hearts and minds of… [Read more…]
April 25, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
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Born in the United States on 24 April 1954, Mumia Abu-Jamal –an honorary citizen of Montreal — has spent the past 28 years in prison, mostly on death row, for a crime he did not commit, subject to an ongoing Kangaroo court with hearings that bear witness to a classic Rashomon-like tale, pregnant with contradictions,… [Read more…]
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April 30, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
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