2014

Articles

• 1 April 2014, by Gideon Levy

  The Western Devil Wears Prada

  The annexation of Crimea may be problematic, but it is less problematic than the occupation of the Palestinian territories by Israel. Saddam Hussein has already been executed, and so has Osama (...)
• 1 April 2014, by Meg Borthwick

  Harper Government Attacks Non-Profits To Muzzle Dissent

  When you donate to a Canadian non-profit organization, with or without charitable status, did you know that your donor dollars may be used in the latest attack by the Harper government against (...)
• 1 April 2014, by Roger Waters

  Why I Must Speak Out On Israel, Palestine And BDS

  After more than two decades of negotiations, the vulnerable Palestinian population still lives under occupation, while more land is taken, more illegal settlements built, and more Palestinians (...)
• 1 April 2014, by Gideon Levy

  Israel’s Nation-State Talk Means the Return of The Yellow Star

  Israelis are judging people by their ancestors and withdrawing into a ghetto-state whose nature will be determined by its purity. This kind of talk could only take place in darkness; in beer (...)
• 1 April 2014, by Tariq Ali

  How Vladimir Putin Became Evil

  The US and UK condemn him for Crimea but supported him over the war in Chechnya. Why? Because now he refuses to play ball. Once again, it seems that Russia and the United States are finding it (...)
• 1 March 2014, by Bradley Castelli

  Exhausting Means of Resolution in Syria

  Many were relieved when Western powers relented in their haste to intervene militarily in Syria back in September 2013. It was a chemical attack just outside of Damascus that served as the (...)
• 1 March 2014, by John Feffer

  Ukraine: Out of the Frying Pan

  The very fact that Ukrainian protesters can oust their leader and plunge their country into political uncertainty testifies to the diminished influence of the major international players trying (...)
• 1 March 2014, by Messaoud Romdhani

  The New Constitution: The Text and the Old Biases

  After a delay of fifteen months and intense controversies between Islamists on the one hand, and other liberal groups and civil society associations on the other, over several issues such as, the (...)
• 1 March 2014, by Naomi Klein

  How Science is Telling us All to Revolt

  In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems researcher named Brad Werner made his way through the throng of 24,000 earth and space scientists at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical (...)
• 1 March 2014, by FRANK BARAT

  Remembering Stéphane Hessel

  Stephane Hessel, died a year ago today. I wrote this about him at the time, won’t change a word today. Mon cher Stéphane, Wherever you are, I know you are well and at peace. I am also sure of (...)
• 1 March 2014, by Ratna Kapur

  Totalising History, Silencing Dissent

  The agreement by Penguin Books India to destroy all existing copies of Wendy Doniger’s book represents the destruction of the very fabric of Indian culture The agreement by Penguin Books India, (...)
• 1 February 2014, by Messaoud Romdhani

  Three years after the Tunisian Revolution

  14 January 2014 marked three years after ousting Ben Aly and his family and announcing the breakdown of the despotic regime under the pressure of an unprecedented insurrection that burst out in (...)
• 1 February 2014, by Norman Finkelstein

  A Time to Live, A Time to Die

  I can’t remember my first Pete Seeger concert. But I do vividly recall that in my mid-20s I became a Pete Seeger groupie. I probably went to one of Pete’s concerts every month. He was (...)
• 1 February 2014, by Omar Barghouti

  Why the Boycott Movement Scares Israel

  If Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempts to revive talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fail because of Israel’s continuing construction of illegal settlements, the Israeli (...)
• 1 February 2014, by Vijay Prashad

  Scarlett Johansson is Right – The Face of Sodastream Doesn’t Fit With Oxfam

  Thanks to the star’s involvement with the Israeli company, illegal settlement activity is under increased scrutiny Global charities seek global ambassadors to help them raise the profile of (...)

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