[Hmm, do you think that title just got the attention of the NSA? Hah.]
I've already posted about Islamophobia and its effects. But it needs emphasis again and again. Because frankly, I understand those Muslims here in the U.S. - and elsewhere in "the West" - who end up being pulled (pushed) into extremist or radical ideology and turning against ( Read more... )

The Geneva Convention established that intentionally targeting medical facilities is a war crime, a crime against humanity.
In Syria alone, just in the first four months of 2016, seven MSF (Doctors Without Borders) supported hospitals have been bombed. But that's just MSF facilities; there are many more hospitals and medical facilities not ( Read more... )

I think I have been meaning to share this for at least a year - my fabulous ADD memory: eventually I remember, just might not be all that timely. It is worth pointing out that the artist Muslimgauze was active 1983-1998; he died in '99. He was pretty prolific, with a good portion of his work being released posthumously and unfinished ( Read more... )

(The article is from the beginning of the month, so before Rubio was forced to drop out (which is unfortunate).)

"The chances of America entering a new ground war in the Middle East will significantly increase under a Republican president. Their style would be more forceful as they rely more on American military power as an instrument of change."I ( Read more... )

Lynn Hill - 21st Century War Poet"Lynn Hill was an active participant in both Iraq and Afghanistan. She spent much of her military career flying Predator drones, gathering intelligence and firing missiles remotely some 12,000 miles away - from a central station in Las Vegas ( Read more... )

Shit, I really wish I could see this.

The New Yorker Politics & More Podcast: Laura Poitras' "Astro Noise" at the Whitney Museum

This was a very interesting and rather shocking at some points BBC Documentary Podcast: Molenbeek Through the Looking Glass. Molenbeek is a neighborhood in Brussels from which came the "frontman" and a few others who took place in the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. It is a predominantly Muslim neighborhood with a notorious reputation ( Read more... )

This really is a great discussion about psychology in general - theorizing, theory-building and theoretical paradigm; real-world application to both explaining and understanding behavior in actual instances; and the practice of psychology as both an academic and scientific discipline. The terrorism stuff is surely quite interesting, especially ( Read more... )

Seriously, what the fuck? U.S. air strike on a known MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan (MSF, for those of you who don't know, is Doctors Without Boarders.)
UN says the attack may count as a war crime.

Unsurprisingly, the U.S. is trying to pin the blame on the Afghans, claiming that Afghan forces asked U.S. for the air strike.

But you know, ( Read more... )

How can humanity be so cruel and so terrible to its own? (Let us not forget that turning a blind eye can be an act of cruelty, too. After all, we throw parents in jail for negligence.)

Now that bodies of Syrian refugees, including those of small children, are washing up on beaches in Turkey, will the world take seriously Syria's ever-worsening ( Read more... )