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Parallels: Israel and India; Bibi and Modi
Keeping one ethnicity in control: The Israeli state and Modis India. Palestinians and Indias Muslim minority. The chumminess of Bibi and Modi. And in both cases, the oppressors ask: who lit the fire
Israel’s American Objective: Create Fear Among Students
No one wants to be labeled anti-Semitic. But theres a massive yet secret Israel-run spy network not only spying on American university protesters but intimidating them, affecting their lives and jo
From 2016: Israel Conflates Religion with Nationalism
The unquestioned backing by Jewish Americans for the State of Israel started to fade about ten years ago, well before the current war. This keepingdemocracyalive is from 2016, in which Allan C. Brown
Palestine is Not The Only Middle East Nation Denied
Their language is illegal where they live. They can not give their kids Kurdish names. A continuing legacy of European imperialism. Americans owe Kurds gratitude for beating ISIS in 2014. Our guest Ka
Critical Race Theory: Scopes Trial Redux?
In the Scopes Trial of 1925, William Jennings Bryan spoke against teaching evolution, saying I have all the information I need to live and die by. Todays intense fight against teaching Critical Rac
Rabbi in The West Bank Calls for Torat Tzedek, An End to Settler Brutality
Violence in the West Bank has ramped up markedly in recent days. Jewish settlers there see the barbaric and evil acts of October 7th as a green light. Theyre not just vigilantes, they are subsidized
The Left Can Win a Moral Revival
The corporate powers in the late sixties were seriously freaked out by the powerful momentum of the left. So along came the 1971 Powell Memo, which was a battle plan to retake power. And it worked. On
Powerful Left-Labor Coalition Emerging
Used to be labor unions were seen as being limited to white working class men and as such lacked power to make real change. With the wins by the UAW and writers union, writing in the New Republic auth
Horror and Absurdity: Revisiting Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5
One entire generation held the book and the author in reverence. And with Tom Rostons new book The Writers Crusade and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse Five a new generation is discovering the uniqu
The Right’s Latest Target: Unmarried Women
You may have heard the story: King Cnut sat on the seashore and tried to command the tide not to touch his feet, yet the sea ignored him. Such may be the case with the right wings war against unmarr