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Suspected neo-Nazi accused of nail-bomb plot
Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 11:53 AM EST (yorkshirepost.co.uk)
A suspected neo-Nazi from East Yorkshire was planning a nail bomb attack and had four home-made devices, a court heard yesterday.
Religion and Public Life in and out of the US
Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 11:49 AM EST (The Economist)
MENTION a "megachurch" and most people think of a gleaming building in the American suburbs. In fact, many of the biggest churches are outside the United States.
IrshadManji.com » Intervening in Afghanistan
Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 8:33 PM EST (irshad manji)
The debate is raging in various NATO countries - especially Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada - about how much longer to leave Western troops in Afghanistan... In a nutshell, here's why I support humanitarian intervention in Afghanistan:
Doing the Incommensurate: Your little baby sister can do it with ease, or Why "You wanker" really is a valid argument, or It's not really relativistic nihilism yet.
Thu Nov 8, 2007 5:02 PM EST
The abortion debate is the perfect example. On one side, mostly people who value life (the fact of it) above all else. I don't really get that position – in particular, why it doesn't imply casual sex in the hopes of conceiving as many lives as possible.
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A common lack of understanding on racism
Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 3:50 PM EST (pickledpolitics.com)
The Tories cannot bring themselves to properly condemn racism. They will either blame the media, blame political correctness or pontificate about how difficult it is to step out of line.
At Rabin Square, 12 years on
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 4:36 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
On Saturday evening, as I have done every year since that fatal night 12 years ago, I went to Rabin Square in the heart of Tel Aviv, opposite the municipality, to mark the anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
The starting point for progressive politics
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 4:32 PM EST (greatersurbiton.wordpress.com)
I was a Trotskyist during my teens and early twenties, but gradually came to the painful conclusion that most so-called 'left-wing socialists' were in fact nihilistic reactionaries of the worst kind.
Religious Right Cranks Up Another `War On Christmas'
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 12:32 PM EST (Talk To Action | Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith)
Your kids are queasy from eating too much candy, there's a decomposing jack o'lantern on your front stoop and the trees in your back yard are rapidly shedding leaves. Sounds like the time is right for another "War on Christmas" brought to you by the Religious Right!
Rockin' Rabbi Raises Awareness
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 11:58 AM EST (forward.com)
"Protocols," the title song of his debut album, was written in reaction to a string of antisemitic incidents that Rav Shmuel experienced.
From Stockwell to the web (via Tel Aviv)
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 11:01 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Today the Guardian launches a UK national newspaper first - a searchable digital archive which will soon contain all the copies of the paper and its sister title, the Observer, from their first issues in 1821 and 1791.
Double Bind Antisemitism
Tue Nov 6, 2007 4:38 PM EST
The standard charge of the antisemite is that the Jews have too much power.
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46% of the British public is aware of the fact that the Jews are in league with the Freemasons in a bid to take control of their government and media. Wait, what?
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 12:25 PM EST (city-journal.org)
In August 2006, as the war in Lebanon raged, a gang of teenage girls confronted 12-year-old Jasmine Kranat and a friend on a London bus. "Are you Jewish?" they demanded. They didn't hurt the friend, who was wearing a crucifix.
South Korean Electrician Sacrifices His Life During a Strike.
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 11:44 AM EST (bwint.org)
Shouting, "The Incheon electrician's strike is just, arrest Yoo Hae San," 48-year old Jung Hae Jin, member of the Korean Construction Workers Union, KFCITU, set himself on fire at 1:54 p.m.
Why actors and models love to hang out with Hugo Chávez. - By Anne Applebaum - Slate Magazine
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 11:26 AM EST (Slate)
Fast forward 90 years, and surprisingly little has changed. True, the Russian revolution itself is no longer much admired, not even by Reed's heirs on the far left. But the impulse that drew Reed to St. Petersburg remains.
Colts' Sanders a tough act - NFL
Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 11:12 AM EST (ESPN.com)
Bob Sanders was on the verge of accomplishing the impossible. The 5-year-old boy's Big Wheel was flying down the steep, gravel-covered hill, and he was about to catch up to his bicycle-riding 10-year-old friend.
ADL Survey: Anti-Semitism In America Remains Constant; 15 Percent Of Americans Hold 'Strong' Anti-Semitic Beliefs
Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 12:55 AM EDT (adl)
The 2007 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Jews in America, a national telephone survey of 2,000 American adults conducted October 6 through October 19, found that 15% of Americans - or nearly 35 million adults - hold views about Jews that are "unquestionably anti-Semitic," co …
A Case Study in Demonisation - the exclusion of (some) racists from debate
Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 12:20 AM EDT ()
"The cancellation of Finkelstein had nothing to do with pressure from supporters of Israel. Rather, it resulted from another of the speakers against the motion and groups of interested students pointing out that Finkelstein was an inappropriate co-speaker.
Fundamentalism and the Modern World
Seeded on Fri Nov 2, 2007 3:08 PM EDT (sojo.net)
A return to the Dark Ages? Or a modern rebellion against secularism? Either wayas we've so painfully learnedwe ignore this phenomenon at our grave peril. by A dialogue with Karen Armstrong, Susannah Heschel, Jim Wallis, and Feisal Abdul Rauf Karen Armstrong is a former Catho …
Payback no worry for Patriots' Tom Brady
Seeded on Fri Nov 2, 2007 9:06 AM EDT (The Boston Herald)
"All the opponents we've played are very . . . just as we play. We play hard, we play with respect for them. I don't think anyone ever takes any cheap shots. Not in football."
The Feminine Critique - New York Times
Seeded on Fri Nov 2, 2007 2:19 AM EDT (The New York Times)
DON'T get angry. But do take charge. Be nice. But not too nice. Speak up. But don't seem like you talk too much. Never, ever dress sexy. Make sure to inspire your colleagues — unless you work in Norway, in which case, focus on delegating instead.
Racism - personal or structural
Thu Nov 1, 2007 3:51 PM EDT
A lot of discussion of race, like a lot of other discussions, tend to revolve around varying definitions. Most people in the US, if asked, describe racism primarily in a rigid, personal sense. In such a view, the racist is defined by a conscious (and easily disproved) hatred.
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Former left-wing domestic terrorist Examines 1960s Activism
Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 1:10 PM EDT (WNYC New York Public Radio)
The Weather Underground was a Radical Left group that splintered off of Students for a Democratic Society in 1969; their mission was the violent overthrow of the US government.
Talent-Rich and Resource-Poor
Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 1:06 PM EDT (WNYC New York Public Radio)
Joshua Wyner, executive vice president of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, argues the nation is ignoring the needs of lower-income gifted students in their report, Achievement Trap: How America is Failing 3.4 Million High-Achieving Students from Lower-Income Families
Why I left the SWP (on the fractious Left)
Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 12:36 PM EDT (workersliberty.org)
Most of my conflicts so far had been organisational. Although I disliked the way the SWP [a major British, socialist party, run by idiots and kitsch leftists] operated internally, I still largely agreed with the basic political perspectives — especially around the war on Iraq.
A BuJu Responds to Sam Harris
Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 11:41 AM EDT (zeek.net)
Whether you're Jewish, Buddhist, new-Atheist, or other (Christian, syncretist, whatever), if you're interested in the debates over religion, I think this is worth reading.
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