A conversation which I began on a facebook group here made me realize that I have been obtuse about something.  I talk a great deal about the Israel-Palestine conflict on this LJ, and although I have elucidated the personal motives for my interest in Palestine and in terrorism, I have not made the magical side of the equation clear.  On some level ( Read more... )

One of the mythological narratives that have sprung up as justification for post-9/11 aggression in the middle-east is the idea that Arabs have a violent past, and that Islam has been “spread by the sword.”  This is a particularly troubling myth from the traditional liberal’s point of view, because history largely seems to bear out this ( Read more... )

 The media likes to connect things that it doesn't like to Hitler, and fascism.  Does the label “Islamo-fascist” denote a legitimate comparison viz the Third Reich in Germany, and the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle-East , Africa and Asia?

Yes.  It does. The term is a ludicrous instrument of propaganda, but there is a distinct similarity at work ( Read more... )

Its interesting to watch what’s happening with Turkey right now.  Events are presently taking place that will not be comprehensible until more facts come to light, but I do know that the context of Turkey’s decision to involve themselves in Iraq, and the outrage at the U.S. decision to declare the Armenian genocide a genocide (the timing of which I ( Read more... )

It is common knowledge (by which I mean- you will easily be able to confirm this with a google search) that the Jordanian King Hussein was a salaried agent of the C.I.A.  I’ve mentioned this a couple of times in this thread, and in my other writings about the middle-east.  What is less commonly known (and which you might have to read a real book to ( Read more... )

We have been told that a Hamas-led government in the recently occupied territories is unacceptable.  The usual reasoning behind this is that Hamas had not accepted Israel’s “right to exist in peace and security.”  This ephemeral concept is useful for genocidal zionists, because any act of violence can be seen as a denial of this “right,” and any “ ( Read more... )

There was a Muslim Brotherhood backed assassination attempt on Egyptian President Nasser in 1954.  It was a crucial time.  Nasser was promoting his program of limited land ownership, and redistribution of the lands which would be confiscated from a few feudal families of landlords.  This was something which Hassan al-Banna, leader of the Muslim ( Read more... )

This is an examination of authoritarian socio-political structures during the English occupation of India from the revolt of 1847 to World War One.  You might call it long.  I call it thorough.  You might want to print it off if you seriously want to read it though, so you don’t burn your eyes out of your head.

The East India Trading Company is a ( Read more... )

The goal of the state of Israel is Palestinian genocide.  You can argue with me about this, but you’d be wrong.  This is not my opinion.  This is a quantifiable, observable, completely obvious fact of reality.  If you support Israel, even to say that the state of Israel has the “right to exist,” you also support the genocide of the Palestinian ( Read more... )

This post will examine the role of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League in the creation of two states in south Asia after the withdrawal of the British empire, and the impact of that situation on Afghanistan during and after the Cold War.

This is a historical post, but certainly topical.

A few days ago there was a vote in the Canadian ( Read more... )