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#MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders speaks out against conditions in #US #DetentionCenters #CBP #migrant #camps. doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/new…
#MERIPonline twitter.com/NabilAlTikriti…
Ya know, sometimes reading old stuff isn't so bad. Here #NabilAlTikriti #Merip analyzes the background to yesterday's historic #AKP defeat in #İstanbulsecimi: https://t.co/7O8FCoK4Gm
— Nabil Al-Tikriti (@NabilAlTikriti) June 24, 2019
Ya know, sometimes reading old stuff isn't so bad. Here #NabilAlTikriti #Merip analyzes the background to yesterday's historic #AKP defeat in #İstanbulsecimi: merip.org/2019/04/turkis…
#MarieJego #LeMonde describes political situation after last night's #Istanbul #election results: lemonde.fr/international/…
Fascinating thread, about a topic I don't nearly enough about to engage... twitter.com/mdvlmercutio/s…
Here's an explosive thread for you on Postcolonial Theory. I had never thought of it in these terms--mostly it seemed overhyped, but of some, if limited, utility. Need to rethink this now. Also, I'm definitely putting "The Empire of Apostles" on the to-read list! https://t.co/LGRCZAiH1L
— Dan Franke (@mdvlmercutio) June 22, 2019
Requiem for a mall, the Lake Forest Plaza mall, a main memory for New Orleanians of a certain age, and a sample of so many national trends (some not mentioned in this discussion): mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/17/the…
#UMW #MaryWashington alumnus #AlexDecina and #KatherineNazemi analyze projected business investment in #Syria for #Carnegie: carnegieendowment.org/sada/79351
Detailed consideration of #Oxfam's managerial processes and reform efforts since 2012, by #AndrewPurkis, who was deeply involved in many of the discussions at the time: andrewpurkis.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/let…
#AaronHanlon #Chronicle outlines the falsehoods passed as knowledge about the #Humanities in US #HigherEd: chronicle.com/article/Lies-A…
If the #US #Navy were to name a vessel after the current #POTUS, which type of vessel should it be? twitter.com/SeanaArrechaga…
Our President is so thin skinned that the Navy has to hide the name of a ship? We have reached a new and very absurd low. https://t.co/7dByTfrNhx
— Seana Arrechaga (@SeanaArrechaga) May 30, 2019
Evaluation of #WoodrowWilson's record. Interesting that first African-American graduated from #Princeton in 1948, and U.S. intervention in #Haiti in 1919-20 recorded 3,071 Haitians killed (by U.S. forces). By end of 19 yr occupation, 15,000 Haitians died. thedisorderofthings.com/2019/05/28/the…
#NCUSAR National Council on US Arab Relations to unveil #DesertShield and #DesertStorm #memorials this Thursday in #Washington, but with no #Iraqi speakers. Somehow, that says a lot. myemail.constantcontact.com/-INVITE--Brief…
#ValerieStrauss #WashingtonPost #oped nails the real reasons #liberalarts are under attack -- they're only meant for the #rich. The rest of us are not meant to be critical, independent thinking, or knowledgeable about the world. washingtonpost.com/education/2019…
#RachelLu #TheWeek provides a set of broadly correct solutions for the #US #HigherEd malaise, of a shrinking sector: theweek.com/articles/84013…
If #NikiLauda can make it to 70, there's hope after all. May he enjoy final retirement.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Christopher Torchia, SF Gate, 2/24/2012: “Turkey’s Jewish narrative: tolerance and dark side”
Turkey’s Jewish narrative: tolerance and dark side. This article discusses the SS Struma sinking that we mentioned in class this week. Continue reading
Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz, 2/23/2012: “U.S. refuses to grant visa to Israeli MK due to his membership in ‘terror group’”
U.S. refuses to grant visa to Israeli MK due to his membership in ‘terror group’ — for the first time in recent memory, an Israeli parliamentarian was denied entry into the United States due to membership in a banned organization, … Continue reading → Continue reading
Israel Shamir, Counterpunch, 2/22/2012: “What Really Happened in the “Yom Kippur” War?”
What Really Happened in the “Yom Kippur” War? Continue reading
Jonathan Cook, MERIP, “The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed,” 2/23/2012
The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed “Little more than a decade ago, in a brief interlude of heady optimism about the prospects of regional peace, the Israeli Supreme Court issued two landmark rulings that, it was widely assumed, … Continue reading → Continue reading
Jonathan Cook, MERIP, “The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed”
The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed
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Primary Source Resource
This website is a German repository of Middle East and North African primary source documents and secondary literature journals. The journals are mostly in German, but many of the primary sources are in English — including one that I found … Continue reading → Continue reading
Adam Shatz on Palestinian Politics Today
Adam Shatz, London Review of Books, 7/14/11: Is Palestine Next?
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Glenn Greenwald on Khader Adnan Hunger Strike Case
Khader Adnan and now-normalized Western justice
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Muhtesem Yuzyil [The Magnificient Century], English Subtitles, 1st Episode
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Conquest 1453 Official Trailer, English Subtitles
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