Category: United States
In praise of UN rights rapporteur Richard Falk
Lawrence Davidson says UN rights rapporteur Richard Falk is guilty only of telling Americans the truth: that much of the terrorism they fear is a product of their own government’s continuing barbarism.
Freedom and high anxiety in the USA
Lawrence Davidson says US-type freedom has encouraged the heartless disregard of poverty, allowed the evolution of interest groups that work against national interests and produced a media environment that breeds exaggeration.
Critical thinking gone missing – worldwide
Lawrence Davidson explores the reasons for the absence of critical thinking among Americans and others, from lack of interest in matters that don’t affect their daily lives to bureaucratic groupthink and ideology.
The Holy Land gets skunked
Lawrence Davidson says President Obama and most of Congress can’t tell the difference between fair and foul in Israel because their world has been defined by a Zionist lobby with Orwellian powers.
Obama: the world’s greatest peace fraud
Stuart Littlewood says all US President Barack Obama has done during his trip to the Middle East is buy time for Israel to continue its criminal behaviour and theft of Palestinian land.
Obama’s visit and Israel’s penchant for conflict
Jamal Kanj says America’s Israel firsters, from David Miller to Dennis Ross, have prevailed on Obama to feed Israel’s penchant for conflict, which has driven the US to the verge of bankruptcy.
Obama in Israel to bless government of settlers
Jonathan Cook says the unspoken message of Obama’s Israel visit is that Tel Aviv is free to pursue its hardline agenda with little danger of anything more than symbolic protest from Washington.
Obama vs Netanyahu – the next round
Alan Hart says people should give Obama more time to negotiate with Iran since agreement with Tehran “could be a real game-changer because it would leave Netanyahu without his best blackmail card”.
The wrath of the bureaucracy and US public apathy
Lawrence Davidson elaborates on the bureaucratic logic that stifles independent thought and explains why this logic, which is manifested in the prosecution of whistleblower Bradley Manning, finds sympathy among many Americans.
Israeli appetite for US welfare funds
Jamal Kanj says while Americans are poised for grinding cuts in public services and the armed forces, the Zionist lobby is already manoeouvring to protect Israel’s multi-billion-dollar annual gift of taxpayer money.
