March 2012 Archive

No War on Iran and No First Strike

By Michael Lerner: Today, our ad saying "No" to a first strike (preemptive attack) by either Israel or the U.S. on Iran, appeared in the New York Times National Edition on page A19.

Super Teusday

Danny Schechter un-spins select stories from the day’s New York Times for his NYTX News Dissector video column.

The Devil Is in the Details – Ross Douthat’s Vision

By Marie Burns: I don’t know if he believes this shit or if he’s a duplicitous wanker. I know this much: Ross Douthat’s essays on politics ...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Waxes Poetic on Assassinating Americans

By Michael McGehee: The New York Times published an article yesterday on a speech given at Harvard by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. In the speech Holder spells out the ...

Black People Against Zionism, Black People Against Apartheid

By Jalal Abukhater: I stumbled upon this appeal published on the New York Times 1 November 1970 edition, it is titled “An appeal by Black Americans against United States support of the Zionist government of Israel,” it was sponsored by Committee of Black Americans for truth about the Middle East. The appeal is explicitly described in a 1972 Journal of Palestine Studies article by Lewis Young titled “American Blacks and the Arab-Israeli Conflict.”

Drone Strikes? What’s To Feel Bad About?

By Laura Flanders: “Three major investigations were under way on Wednesday into the Koran burning at Bagram Air Base by the American military last week, the ...