Democracy Now – ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

Beyond Molehills, the High Ground: Dershowitz, Finkelstein, Plagiarism, and Academic Freedom (1.7)

At Home in a Dysfunctional Family It was like listening to a family argument, my family, the style of argumentation, the hot flashes of temper, the rhetorical devices, the particular turns of phrase, even right down to the sounds of the voices themselves, that had my ears glued to the speakers for an hour last […]

Arresting Democracy Now

Thanks to Deathpower for spreading this news: Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was arrested at the Republican National Convention for “probable cause for riot.” Apparently other journalists were also arrested and charged with “felony riot” or “obstruction.” And then some will have the gall to lecture China and Russia and Iran about “democracy” and “freedom […]

NO TORTURE, NO COLLABORATION: Psychologists Rally Against Torture & U.S. War Crimes

As mentioned previously here, a movement is taking place in the American Psychological Association to ban participation by American psychologists in the torture of detainees held by the United States. Dr. Steven Reisner, who is a co-founder of the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology, spoke of the shocking kidnapping of children by the CIA, then […]