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March, 2008

Betting the Bank - Paul Krugman / The New York Times (3/14)

The PA's Hollow Protests - Amira Hass / Haaretz (3/13)

"Kill A Hundred Turks And Rest ..." - Uri Avnery / Gush Shalom (3/10)

The Silent Violence of Gaza's Suffering ... - Ralph Nader / Counterpunch.com (3/9)

Confronting the Kitchen Sink - Bob Herbert / The New York Times (3/8)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (3/7)

How to Become an Israeli Journalist - Yonatan Mendel / London Review of Books (3/6)

'The World' According to Washington - Noam Chomsky / Asia Times (3/5)

"What Can He Change?" - Immanuel Wallerstein / Fernand Braudel Center (3/2)


February, 2008

Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear - Naomi Klein / The Nation (2/29)

Terrorists Wanted the World Over - Noam Chomsky / TomDispatch.com (2/28)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (2/28)

The Breakthrough that Did Not Happen - Amira Hass / Haaretz (2/27)

Walking Away: The Least Bad Option - Immanuel Wallerstein / Fernand Braudel Center (2/24)

The Politics of the Local in Iraq - Charles Tripp / Le Monde Diplomatique (2/3)

We Own the World - Noam Chomsky / Z Magazine (2/2)


December, 2007

Madrid Redux - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (12/4)

 

November, 2007

Pakistan - Ignacio Ramonet / Le Monde diplomatique (11/29)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/29)

Not Through Annapolis - Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman / Democracy Now (11/28)

Noam Chomsky and Robert Trivers Discuss Diceit - Noam Chomsky, Robert Trivers / Seed Magazine (11/26)

A US Lebanese Narrative - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (11/23)

Beyond the Veil - Laila Lalami / The Nation (11/22)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/22)

A Moment Before the Lights Go Out - Amira Haas / Haaretz (11/21)

Waiting for Annapolis - Noam Chomsky / Khaleej Times (11/19)

Exercises in Mendacity - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (11/17)

What Does Putin Want? - Immanuel Wallerstein / Fernand Braudel Center (11/16)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/15)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media - Noam Chomsky / myspacetv.com (11/15)

US War Insanity - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (11/9)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/8)

Badiou and Balibar Dialogue on "Universalism." - A. Badiou, E. Balibar / UCI Humanities (11/7)

The United States' New Backyard - Alain Gresh / Le Monde diplomatique (11/6)

Last Call for a Two-State Solution? - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (11/4)

Du Chaos Irakien à l'Escalade Contre l'Iran - Alain Gresh / Le Monde diplomatique (11/1)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/1)

 

October, 2007

Getting Your Victims to Love You - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (10/26)

Turkey Is a Thorn in the Side of a Cosy Western Consensus - Zizek / Guardian Unlimited (10/24)

Academic Freedom is at Risk in America - Saree Makdisi / Counterpunch (10/22)

Poetry As Performance Art - Ed Emery / Le Monde diplomatique (10/21)

Of Banality and Burden - Hamid Dabashi / Al-Ahram Weekly (10/19)

Globalization and Inequality - Becker on the IMF Report - Gary Becker / Becker-Posner Blog (10/17)

Globalization and Inequality - Posner's Comment - Richard Posner / Becker-Posner Blog (10/17)

It's the Oil - Jim Holt / London Review of Books (10/15)

How to Pay for a Free Press - Andre Schiffrin / Le Monde diplomatique (10/14)

How China Got Religion - Slavoj Zizek / International Herald Tribune (10/12)

Derailing a Deal - Noam Chomsky / Khaleej Times (10/11)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (10/11)

The Sun Sets Early on the American Century - Philip S Golub / Le Monde diplomatique (10/8)

Iraq and the U.S. Elections - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (10/4)

 

September, 2007

 

The True Costs of the Iraq War - Joseph E. Stiglitz / Project Syndicate (9/13)

Candy at the Checkpoint - Amira Hass / Haaretz (9/11)

Battle of the Camps - Rannie Amiri / CounterPunch (9/10)

Ignorant Thieves - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (9/7)

The Many Battles for Turkey's Soul - Andrew Finkel / Le Monde diplomatique (9/7)

Burn Rate - Ed Harriman / London Review of Books (9/6)

Up in Arms - Maurice Lemoine / Le Monde diplomatique (9/5)

 

August, 2007

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/31)

Israeli Games Again - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (8/31)

Three Governments and One Closed Crossing - Amira Hass / Haaretz (8/29)

Big Brother Democracy - Naomi Klein / The Nation (8/27)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/23 )

Whatever Happened to the War Movement - Alexander Cockburn / New Left Review (8/22)

Why Israel? - Jason Kurin / ZNet (8/22)

Divorce Moroccan-Style (English /Arabic) - Wendy Kristianasen / Le Monde diplomatique (8/20)

The One Clear Solution - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (8/18)

Responsibility and War Guilt - Noam Chomsky, Gabriel Schivone / ZNet (8/17)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/16)

The Middle East Peace Process Scam - Henry Siegman / London Review of Bokks (8/13)

Palestine: A Policy of Deliberate Blindness - Régis Debray / Le Monde diplomatique (8/10)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/9)

The Hebron Tactic - Amira Hass / Haaretz (8/8)

Democracy's Invisible Line - Noam Chomsky, Daniel Mermet / Le Monde diplomatique (8/7)

Can Musharraf Survive? - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (8/6)

Empty-Hearted Secularism - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (8/4)

Back to a Corrupt Occupation - Amira Hass / Haaretz (8/3)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/2)

Guillotining Gaza - Noam Chomsky / Khaleej Times (8/1)

 

July, 2007

Where to Lebanon? - Talal Salman / Al-Ahram Weekly (7/28)

Media Spin on Iraq: We're Leaving (Sort Of) - Normon Solomon / Counterpunch (7/27)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (7/26)

Institutions, Order and Hypocrisy - Amira Hass / Haaretz (7/26)

Outsourcing Intelligence - R.J. Hillhouse / The Nation (7/24)

Nasrallah in the Crosshairs - Rannie Amiri / Counterpunch (7/22)

Trading Off Domestic Policy Successes against Military ... - R. Posner / Becker-Posner Blog (7/21)

Comment on the Alleged Trade Off Between Going to War ... - G. Becker / Becker-Posner Blog (7/21)

Interventions - Noam Chomsky / ZNet (7/18)

The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness - Chris Hedges, Laila Al-Arian / The Nation (7/17)

In Princes' Pockets - Tarek Ali / London Review of Books (7/16)

Lawlessness, Waste and Incompetence - Ralph Nader / Counterpunch) (7/14)

Palestine Wrecked - Alain Gresh / Le Monde diplomatique) (7/5)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (7/5)

Our Second Biggest Mistake in the Middle East - Alastair Crooke / LRB (7/4)

Subverting Democracy - Joseph Massad / Al-Ahram Weekly (7/1)

 

June, 2007

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (6/28)

Divide and Rule, Israeli-Style - Jonathan Cook / Counterpunch (6/26)

The 6-Day War and its 40-Year Legacy - Segev, El-Farra, Finkelstein / Democracy Now (6/25)

A Restructured PLO - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weely (6/22)

France: Sarkozy's Old Familiar Song - Serge Halimi / Le Monde diplomatique (6/19)

Welcome to Palestine - Robert Fisk / The Independent (6/17)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (6/14)

Match Point - Noam Chomsky / Chomsky.info (The New Republic) (6/10)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (6/7)

Countdown to War on Iran - Alain Gresh / Counterpunch (Le Monde diplomatique) (6/6)

In Praise of the Occupation - Amira Haas / Haaretz (6/5)

"You can't win a crime, you can only stop it." - Iraq Veterans Speak Out - Int'l Socialist Review (6/4)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (6/1)

 

May, 2007

Holding on Tight to the Frequencies - Amira Haas / Haaretz (5/31)

Chomsky on Religion and Politics - Amina Chaudary, Noam Chomsky / Islamica Magazine (5/29)

Bush Admin. Arranged Support for Militants Attacking Lebanon - S. Hersh / therawstory (5/26)

Hersh on Sunni Militants in Lebanon - Seymour Hersh, Amy Goodman / Democracy Now (5/26)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (5/25)

The Great Bank Heist of Tripoli - Rannie Amiri / CounterPunch (5/24)

The Great Bank Heist of Tripoli - Rannie Amiri / CounterPunch (5/24)

The Redirection - Seymour M. Hersh / The New Yorker (5/24)

Chomsky on India-Pakistan Relations - Michael Shank, Noam Chomsky / FPIF (5/23)

Good Governance Begins at Home - Joseph E. Stiglitz / Project Syndicate (5/21)

The Dreams of Others - Slavoj Zizek / In These Times (5/18)

What's the Matter with Harvard? - Howard Friel / ZNet (5/17)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (5/17)

Eyes Wide Shut - Peter Harling, Joost Hiltermann / Le Monde diplomatique (5/13)

Flee, Freedom Fighter, Flee - Yonatan Pollak / ZNet (Haaretz) (5/11)

Une élection décisive - Ignacio Ramonet / Le Monde diplomatique (5/9)

Knight of the Living Dead - Slavoj Zizek / New York Times (lacan.com) (5/9)

Are We Politicians or Citizens? - Howard Zinn / The Progressive (5/8)

The Chutzpah Industry - Jon Wiener / The Nation (5/7)

Why Israel is After Me - Azmi Bishara / Los Angeles Times (5/4)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (5/3)

Olmert Comes Undone - Robert Fisk / Counterpunch (5/3)

 

April, 2007

What Cease-Fire? - Amira Hass / Haaretz (4/30)

Distorting Camp David - Norman Finkelstein / The Jerusalem Fund (4/30)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (4/26)

Up for Tenure and Under Fire - Michael Scharff / Daily Princetonian (4/25)

Shattered Illusions - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (4/22)

Chomsky, Zinn on Iraq, Vietnam, Activism ... Part II - N. Chomsky, H. Zinn / Democracy Now (4/22)

Chomsky, Zinn on Iraq, Vietnam, Activism ... - N. Chomsky, H. Zinn / Democracy Now (4/18)

Cluster Bombs & Land Mines - John Rodsted / Australian Broadcasting Corporation (4/17)

Where Are the Cries of Outrage Over Military Rapes? - Ralph Nader / Counterpunch (4/16)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (4/13)

Back to Square One - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (4/7)

What If Iran Had Invaded Mexico? - Noam Chomsky / TomDispatch (4/7)

The EU's Global Mission - Joseph E. Stiglitz / Project Syndicate (4/6)

Iraq: Follow the Money - Joy Gordon / Le Monde diplomatique (4/5)

The True Hollywood Left - Slavoj Zizek / lacan.com (4/3)

Beware of State Power - N. Chomsky, George Mcleod / ZNet (4/3)


March, 2007

Initiative Versus Principle - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (3/30)

Human Development Report 2006 - Beyond Scarcity - United Nations Development Programme (3/26)

Reflections on Fallujah - The Brussells Tribunal (3/25)

War Porn - Jean Baudrillard, Paul A. Taylor / IJBS (3/23)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (3/23)

Olmert: As Expected - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (3/22)

Sudan: Genocide in Darfur - Gerard Prunier / Le Monde diplomatique (3/20)

Can One Really Tolerate a Neighbor? (Parts I - IV) - Slavoj Zizek / Tilton Gallery (lacan.com) (3/16)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (3/16)

Israel's Right to be Racist - Joseph Massad / Al-Ahram Weekly (3/15)

The Uses of the Word "Jew" - Alain Badiou / lacan.com (3/14)

Secret and Lies - Ignacio Ramonet / Le Monde diplomatique (3/12)

War, Neoliberalism and Empire in the 21st Century - N. Chomsky, S. Dossani / Counterpunch (3/9)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (3/9)

Israel and Iran Share Most Negative Ratings in Global Poll - BBC Poll (Globe Scan) (3/7)

Truth Procedures in Politics - Alain Badiou / Abreu Gallery (lacan.com) (3/7)

A Strategic Shift - Seymour M. Hersh / The New Yorker (3/5)

The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil War, Insurgency - Mahmood Mamdani / LRB (3/4)

Jerusalem's Apartheid Tramway - Philippe Rekacewicz, Dominique Vidal / Le Monde Diplomatique (3/3)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (3/2)

Bush's Headlong Rush Into Iran? - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (3/1)

Staticide in Iraq - Toby Dodge / Le Monde Diplomatique (3/1)


February, 2007

Apartheid Looks Like This - Jonathan Cook / Al-Ahram Weekly (2/29)

In Place of Appeasement - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (2/22)

Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, and the Rest of the World - Noam Chomsky , Michael Shand / FPIF (2/16)


January, 2007

Will the Dam Break in 2007 - Joseph Stiglitz / Project Syndicate (1/19)

Return to Arab Survival - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (1/18)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (1/18)

The High Court of Justice is in No Hurry - Amira Hass / Haaretz (1/17)

Iraq: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - Albert, Chomsky / ZNet (1/17)

Free Papers or Free Press - Ignacio Ramonet / Le Monde Diplomatique (1/15)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (1/13)

End of the Neocons - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (1/12)

Denying the Facts, Finding the Truth - Slavoj Zizek / New York Times (1/8)

On Israel and Palestine - Noam Chomsky, Bob McChesney / Media Matters (1/5)

Attacks on Carter - Norman Finkelstein / Counterpunch (1/1)

Why Marx Still Matters - Paul D'Amato / Int'l Socialist Review (1/1)


December, 2006

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (12/28)

The Roman Empire is Falling - Robert Fisk / ZNet (The Independent) (12/9)

Strong in Spite of Themselves - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (12/8)

A Patchwork of Communities - Wendy Kristianasen / Le Monde Diplomatique (12/2)

HRW Must Retract Its Shameful ... - N. Finkelstein / normanfinkelstein.com (12/1)

HRW Must Retract Its Shameful ... - N. Finkelstein / normanfinkelstein.com (12/1)


November, 2006

Mother of All Defeats - Immmanuel Wallerstein / FBC (11/28)

Labyrinthe Palestinien - Ignacio Ramonet / Le Monde Diplomatique (11/28)

A Selective Memory - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (11/27)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/24)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/17)

Journalists' Coverage of Middle East - Robert Fisk / Arab American News (11/14)

US: Republican Deficits - Serge Halimi / Le Monde Diplomatique (11/13)

Pinochet in Palestine - Joseph Massad / Al-Ahram Weekly (11/10)

The Least Accountable Regime in the Middle East - Ed Harriman / LRB (11/8)

CPI - Iraq Among Three Most Corrupt (table/main) - Transparency Int'l. (11/7)

Guilty All Around - Robert Fisk / ZNet (The Independent) (11/6)

Fear and Money in Dubai - Mike Davis / New Left Review (11/2)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (11/2)

Etat d'urgence permanent - Philip Golub / Le Monde Diplomatique (11/1)

The North Korean Imbroglio - Immmanuel Wallerstein / FBC (11/1)


October, 2006

Dirty Bombs Over Lebanon - Robert Fisk / Counterpunch (10/30)

Noam Chomsky on America's Foreign Policy - Noam Chomsky / PBS (10/27)

Israel's Cluster Bomb War - Saree Makdisi / Counterpunch (10/25)

On Dawkins's 'The God Delusion' - Terry Eagleton / London Review of Books (10/24)

On Dawkins's 'The God Delusion' - Joan Bakewell / The Guardian (10/24)

The North Korean Nightmare - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (10/23)

What are 20 Tons of Explosives? - Amira Hass / Haaretz (10/21)

'655,000 Iraqis Killed Since Invasion' - MP3 Podcast / The Lancet (10/19)

Scott Ritter on "Target Iran" - Ritter, Goodman / Democracy Now (10/18)

Desirable Duds - James Brooks / Counterpunch (10/17)

'655,000 Iraqis Killed Since Invasion' - Sarah Boseley / The Guardian (10/14)

Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction - Gabriel Kolko / Le Monde Dipl. (10/13)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (10/13)

Chomsky and Trivers on Deceit - N. Chomsky, R. Trivers / Seed Magazine (10/12)

US: World Empire of Chaos - Marwan Bishara / Le Monde Diplomatique (10/11)

Neo-Con Futurology - Stephen Holmes / London Review of Books (10/10)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (10/7)

Universal Instincts - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (10/6)

Not an Internal Palestinian Matter - Amira Hass / Haaretz (10/5)

The Israeli Lobby - Ben-Ami, Indyk, Judt, Khalidi ... / LRB (10/5)

The Israeli Lobby - Ben-Ami, Indyk, Judt, Khalidi ... / LRB (10/5)

Meeting Nasrallah - Assaf Kfoury / Counterpunch (10/4)

Precious Clarity - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (10/3)


September, 2006

Missing the Goverment of Thieves - Amira Hass / Haaretz (9/29)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (9/28)

The Loose Cannon in the Middle East - I. Wallerstein / FBC (9/25)

Ancient Prejudices Against Islam - Karen Armstrong / The Guardian (9/21)

A Bavarian Provocation - Tariq Ali / Counterpunch (9/18)

Israel's Failed Invasion - Amnon Kapeliouk / Le Monde Dipl. (9/14)

Hizbullah's Deliberate Attacks on Israeli civilians - Amnesty Int'l. (9/14)

When Rockets and Phosphorous Cluster - Meron Rapoport / Haaretz (9/13)

Evidence Indicates Deliberate Destruction of Civilian ... - Amnesty Int'l. (9/12)

Settlers on Israel's Eastern Frontier - Gadi Algazi / Le Monde Dipl. (9/11)

Apocalypse Now - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (9/9)

You are Terrorists, We are Virtuous - Yitzhak Laor / London Review of Books (9/7)

Let's be Realists... - Slavoj Zizek / In These Times (9/6)

Viewing the World from a Bombsight - Noam Chomsky / Counterpunch (9/4)

The Tiger at Bay - I. Wallerstein / FBC (9/1)

Mahfouz, 9/11 and the Cruelty of Memory - Edward Said / Counterpunch (9/1)


August, 2006

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/31)

Do I See or Do I Remember - Elias Khoury / London Review of Books (8/30)

Fed Up with the Whiners - Gideon Levy / Haaretz (8/29)

On the US-Israeli Invasion of Lebanon - Noam Chomsky / ZNet (Al-Adab) (8/24)

Israel at a Loss - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (8/24)

Comments on Dershowitz - Noam Chomsky / chomsky.info (8/22)

Learning from Its Mistakes - Charles Glass / London Review of Books (8/21)

The Flaws in the UN Resolution - Karim Makdisi / Counterpunch (8/18)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/17)

Five Reasons Why Great Military Powers Lose Wars - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (8/15)

Watching Lebanon - Seymour M. Hersh / The New Yorker (8/14)

To Failure's Credit - Gideon Levy / Haaretz (8/13)

Put an End to the Aggression - Fouad Siniora / The Guardian (8/12)

On Israel, Lebanon and Palestine - N. Chomsky, K. Afrasiabi / Mid. East Online (8/12)

Let Jerusalem Go - Slavoj Zizek / LRB (8/11)

When the Skies Rain Death - Azmi Bishara / Al-Ahram Weekly (8/10)

Crocodile Tears of Leaders as City Burns - Robert Fisk / ZNet (8/10)

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations (English /Arabic) - PCHR (8/10)

Israel Responded to an Unprovoked Attack ... - George Monbiot / The Guardian (8/8)

The Draft UN Resolution on Lebanon - Karim Makdisi / Counterpunch (8/7)

The Real Estate War - Gideon Levy / Haaretz.com (8/6)

AIPAC's Hold - Ari Berman / The Nation (8/6)

What Next Lebanon? - James Zogby / Al-Ahram Weekly (8/4)

Time to Call It Quits - Saree Makdisi / Counterpunch (8/4)

How Can We Stand By - Robert Fisk / ZNet (The Independent) (8/3)

The Most Unsuccessful War - Ze'ev Sternhell / Haaretz (8/2)

Who's Arming Israel - Frida Berrigan, William Hartung / FPIF (8/1)

Into the Meat Grinder - Robert Fisk / Counterpunch (8/1)

It Takes Forethought to End a War - Nehemia Shtrasier / Haaretz (8/1)


July, 2006

White Flags, not a Legitimate Target - Peter Bouckaert / The Guardian (7/31)