obama’s wars

here is a great episode of al jazeera’s fault lines with josh rushing documenting the extent to which america’s wars, started by bush, have become obama’s.

on why coca cola should be boycotted (and no pepsi, etc. is not any better)

there was a great article about bds by sousan hammad in counterpunch last month, which begins with a great fanon quote and engages in an important analysis of the psychological complications involved when trying to educate palestinians about bds: “An underdeveloped people must prove, by its fighting power, its ability to set itself up as [...]

on meddling and hypocrisy in iran

i’ve been reading the selected writings of eqbal ahmad this week. there are some excellent, insightful essays about palestinian politics and resistance strategies in this volume, which are especially interesting given ahmad’s history–as someone who lived in algeria and tunisia during the algerian revolution that kicked out the french colonists and although he was born [...]

on refugees & idps

today is world refugee day. there are 42 million refugees world-wide. there are also 7.6 million palestinian refugees, who are not included in the numbers that the united nations high commission for refugees (unhcr) uses because palestinian refugees fall under the united nations relief and works agency (unrwa) which means something different in terms of [...]

the strange bedfellows of south africa and the zionist entity

the global boycott, divestment, and sanctions (bds) movement released a damning report this week detailing how the south african government is complicit in the zionist entity’s apartheid regime. a mere 15 years after south africa ended its apartheid regime through armed resistance coupled with their own bds movement we see how state power replicates itself. [...]

obama’s mercenaries

yesterday there was some good news coming out of iraq: Five US contractors have been arrested by Iraqi police in connection with the murder of a colleague, officials have said. If the men appear in court, it would be the first time American citizens face Iraqi justice since a bilateral security pact came into force [...]

sub-contracting occupations

i find it disturbing that there are people who seem to think that there was something new or who were impressed by obama’s speech because he used the word “occupation.” here is the paragraph in which obama used that word: On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people – Muslims and [...]

the hypocrisy of a “benevolent” empire (on bushama’s cairo speech)

i do not have a satellite dish in my new apartment and my internet connection is a bit slow here so i watched barack obama’s speech to the so-called muslim world on al jazeera’s website. as he began his speech today the zionist entity was busy flying american-made f-16s in the sky above palestine in [...]

on human rights

the united nations human rights council has some new members including the united states, china, and saudi arabia. my first thoughts upon reading this report below was horror that these countries, which consistently violate human rights around the world and within their own borders, would be on such a council. but then again what countries [...]

obama bombs over pakistan

a naive, and likely american, reader of my blog seems to think that the united states did not instigate and is not participating in the war on pakistan because this reader spoke to a someone in the military who denied it. ah, okay, that settles it. not! here is a reuters report about more american [...]