(Tomdispatch.com) – “Veni, Vidi, Vici,” boasted Julius Caesar, one of history’s great military captains. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed that famed saying when summing up the Obama administration’s military intervention in Libya in 2011 — with a small alteration. “We came, we saw, he died,” she said with […]
Archives for March 2019
No, Mr. Milstein, Reps. Ilhan Omar & Rashida Tlaib are not Muslim Brotherhood and you should be Ashamed
Adam Milstein just tweeted that “the Muslim Brotherhood is in Congress,” enclosing a picture of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), the two Muslim women in Congress. This while decent people are mourning the supremacist murder of 50 innocent Muslim worshipers in New Zealand, instigated by rhetoric like that of Milstein. The […]
How Youth Climate Strikers can and Must Keep up the Momentum
By Harriet Thew | – As part of one of the largest environmental protests ever seen, over a million young people went on strike on Friday March 15 2019, calling for more ambitious action on climate change. Inspired by Greta Thunberg, a Swedish school girl who protested outside the Swedish parliament every Friday throughout 2018, […]
Israeli Justice Minister Campaigns on “Fascism” Perfume that “Smells like Democracy”
Veteran journalist Noga Tarnopolsky comments at Twitter: If you like sexism with your Supreme Court bashing, Israeli Justice Min Ayelet Shaked has an ad in which she plays a fashion model, sprays herself with eau de fascism & fixes her sexy gaze on you & to say “I dunno. For me its the scent of […]
N. Zealand Attack “Shows Blind Spot on White Nationalism”
by Qasim NAUMAN | – Hong Kong (AFP) – Brenton Tarrant was steeped in a neo-fascist, anti-Muslim ideology, according to a rambling “manifesto” he posted online before the massacre of 50 people at two mosques last week The carnage unleashed in Christchurch by a white supremacist has highlighted what analysts say is the global problem […]
New Zealand Attack plays into hands of Muslim Extremists
By Michel MOUTOT | – Paris (AFP) – White supremacist Brenton Tarrant, who is accused of killing 50 people in the New Zealand mosque massacre in what he claimed was a blow against Muslim “invaders”, played into jihadist hands by following their strategy, experts say. From the Islamic State (IS) group to Al-Qaeda, jihadist groups […]
Israel Deprives Palestinians of Access to Clean Water to Favor Israeli Squatters: UN
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A United Nations human rights investigator stressed that Israel is depriving millions of Palestinians of access to a regular supply of clean water while stripping their lands of minerals “in an apparent act of pillage,” on Monday. Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, said that Israel […]
When it Comes to Actively Defending Religious Minorities, Trump is no George Washington; but he Should Be
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If Trump were actually acting as a president, he could and would tamp down the terrifying spread of hatred against Muslims that has resulted in several mass murders at mosques in the English-speaking world in recent years. All he would have to do is come out and say that ordinary […]
Despite Crackdowns, White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root on YouTube
By A.C. Thompson and Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, and Christopher Mathias, HuffPost | – The ideas in a treatise by Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman responsible for the massacres at two New Zealand mosques, are also circulating on many of the world’s most popular social media platforms. In his 74-page manifesto, Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman […]








