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Please leave your comments here, or use the forum: http://tokyoprogressive.org/index/forums/viewthread/4/ … [Read more...] about Dec 19 2006 Comment on the Electronic Intifada articles (see Dec archives)

by Stephen ZunesThe election of a Democratic majority in the House and Senate is unlikely to result in any serious challenge to the Bush administration’s support for Israeli attacks against the civilian populations of its Arab neighbors and the Israeli government’s ongoing violations of international humanitarian law.The principal Democratic Party spokesmen on foreign … [Read more...] about Challenging the Democractic Hawks on Israel

by Jay BookmanJimmy Carter may be right or he may be wrong; in fact, like the rest of us, he's almost certainly some of both.But Carter is not by any stretch of the imagination anti-Semitic. In fact, merely by making that ridiculous accusation, people such as Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, have proved Carter right about some of the … [Read more...] about Anti-Semitism Label Confines Open Debate

Published on Sunday, December 17, 2006 by CommonDreams.org The Sober Racism of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto by Liza GrandiaFilm critics appear split on how to handle Mel Gibson's newest production, Apocalypto. A few refuse to patronize the film in symbolic protest of Gibson's drunken rants over the summer. Others suggest we should temporarily suspend judgment about Gibson's … [Read more...] about The Sober Racism of Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto

Hadis AmitIsraeli conscientious objector Hadis Amit (ISR14913), a 19 year old woman CO, was today sentenced to 14 days in prison for refusing to serve. In a letter to the military authorities, announcing her refusal to perform military service, Hadas wrote:"If I were to be recruited into the army, this would absolutely and in all respects contradict my convictions and my way … [Read more...] about ISRAEL: Woman CO Hadas Amit sentenced to 14 days imprisonment