Tag Archives: Democracy
UK Jews on BBC “Question Time”: loyal to Israel, disrespectful of British values
Gilad Atzmon writes:
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Free choice vs media determinism
Lawrence Davidson questions the extent of free will, whether in commercial or political choices, in the face of media manipulation amounting to determinism and exercised through advertisements and selective news and emphasis. Read more [...]
Israel’s upcoming election choices
Uri Avnery advocates a centrist-leftist election bloc to contest Israel’s upcoming polls, which he argues will decide between a racist, warmongering state or a democratic state at peace with the Palestinians. Read more [...]
Watch: Iranian women’s fight against the hijab
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Transitional times or the end times?
Amid violence and destruction raging in many corners of the world, Graham Peebles detect signs of hope in the growing movement that seeks to build an alternative to the neo-liberal paradigm. Read more [...]
Scots kiss goodbye to independence
Stuart Littlewood explains why the promises made to the Scottish people by the ruling British elite to dissuade them from voting for independence, must be taken with a large pinch of salt. Read more [...]
When Scots ruled chunks of England
As Scotland decides whether to break free or remain subservient to its southern neighbour, Stuart Littlewood looks back to a time when the relationship between Scotland and England was far less unequal. Read more [...]
The choice facing Arabs: integration or irrelevance
Jamal Kanj views a recent UN report on the failure of the Arab states to integrate, and argues that Arabs face a choice between democracy and integration or disintegration and irrelevance. Read more [...]
Sharing – the alternative to inequality and collapse
Graham Peebles explains why redistribution – or sharing – of resources, skills and knowledge is the sensible alternative to the prevalent neo-liberal model, which is promoting inequality and destroying social cohesion. Read more [...]
Accepting responsibility for our ills in the Arab world
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