Tag: The West
Truth-telling British MP in Zionists’ crosshairs
Stuart Littlewood says UK Liberal Democratic Party condemnation of MP David Ward for telling the truth about Zionist crimes shows how far the party has become disconnected from its principles and grassroots.
Western dogma of advertising and consumerism
Ziyad El-Hady analyses the role of advertising – and its underlying consumer culture – in undermining freedoms in the West through subliminal conditioning, and its promotion of social problems and insecurities.
Mis-analysing Libya
Nureddin Sabir shows how lack of understanding of Libyan history and society can lead to flawed conclusions regarding the propriety of the UN-authorized intervention to save Libyans from Gaddafi’s murderous intentions.
Iran nuclear irony lost on West
Jamal Kanj argues that, in dealing with Iran's nuclear programme, the five-plus-one countries – permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany – "should be guided by reason, not by Israel's irrational paranoia.
Media limitations and manipulations
Ziad El-Hady looks at how government, elite and corporate interests shape media reporting of current affairs, trivializing and sensationalizing news, corrupting our understanding of the world and reinforcing prejudice and bigotry.
Debt slavery in the West
Ziad El-Hady argues that people in the West are enslaved to debt through a relationship with financial institutions that “mirrors many of the attributes of an oppressive master-slave relationship”.
The left’s double standards on Libya
Jeffrey Blankfort highlights the hypocrisy of some leftists in Europe and the USA who are happy to treat Libyan civilians as expendables and to support murderous Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The Arab Islamists’ bargain with the West
Optimistic observers of the Arab world might like to believe that the Islamist wave sweeping across the region is but a temporary phase that must be traversed before the people regain control