versión en español abajo The Left and Islam by Gilad Atzmon July 10, 2009 “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” – Karl Marx 1843

To make people care, craft a ‘politics of meaning’. by Murray Dobbin July 9, 2009 “We hunger for communities of meaning that can transcend the individualism and selfishness that we see around us and that will provide an ethical and spiritual framework that gives our lives some higher purpose.” – Michael Lerner, The Politics of Meaning

by Farooq Sulehria July 10, 2009 A columnist in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv told his readers on the day of election in Iran: “If you have friends in Iran, try to convince them to vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today. There is no one who will serve Israel’s PR interests better than him.” (12 June 2009)

by Sami Halabi July 7, 2009 Lebanon’s elections last month confirmed yet again that in this tiny Mediterranean country, sectarian politics are paramount. Long gone from the collective consciousness are the lessons of the 15-year civil war that began as a political and class dispute and descended into sectarian enmity. Forgotten also are the post-war years that [...]

by Arundhati Roy July 13, 2009 Is democracy a hit with humans because it mirrors our myopia? While we’re still arguing about whether there’s life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be? By democracy I don’t mean democracy as an ideal or an [...]

by Dahr Jamail and Jason Coppola July 2, 2009 Manifest Destiny In 1845, an American columnist, John O’Sullivan, writing about the proposed annexation of Texas, claimed that it was America’s “manifest destiny to overspread the continent.” Later in the same year, referring to the ongoing dispute with Great Britain over Oregon, he wrote that the United States had [...]

Just ask the animals. As soon as they stop having all that homosexual sex by Mark Morford July 1, 2009 I am sitting here right now smiling just a little, fondly recalling that famously controversial children’s book, the one about the gay penguins.

By Gilad Atzmon 25 de mayo, 2009 Contrariamente a sus hermanos y hermanas cosmopolitas, que difunden el sionismo y el racismo tribal bajo un disfraz liberal y progresista, Melanie Philips no esconde sus cartas. Hace unos días definió claramente lo que es el sionismo: “El sionismo”, escribe Philips, “es simplemente el movimiento para la autodeterminación del pueblo judío [...]

US soldiers have been encouraged to spread the message of their Christian faith among Afghanistan’s predominantly Muslim population, video footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to show.