Mosque Mania Anti-Muslim Fears and the Far Right By Stephan Salisbury Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com There is a distinct creepiness to the controversy now raging around a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan. The angry “debate” over whether the… Continue Reading
News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 9th, 2010: The Washington Note: Steve Clemons says that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a conflict that matters, “…far beyond the Israeli and Palestinian populations and is a screaming, right now… Continue Reading
Yale professor and prolific author David Bromwich takes some swipes at President Barack Obama’s war policies. Most of the piece on The Huffington Post is more generally on U.S. attitudes about war in the post-9/11 world, citing examples like the… Continue Reading
As discussed by Ali on Wednesday, attempts to deny a linkage between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and broader U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East seem to be an ongoing theme of right-wing Israeli politicians and their supporters. But the “2010… Continue Reading
Ali Gharib was interviewed yesterday by Scott Horton for Antiwar Radio. The interview can be listened to here: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You… Continue Reading