Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’
Middle East Chronicles, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 27, 2010 1:50 - 1 Comment
Politics The US Army’s code of dishonour
As the Wikileaks war logs revealed last week, the US army routinely ignored and abetted the killing and torture of Iraqi civilians at the hands of the Maliki government. This is not without precedent. From West Beirut, Nussaibah Younis writes about the striking parallels between US policy in Iraq and its actions in Lebanon in the 1980s.
Ideas, Interviews - Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:41 - 12 Comments
Interview Noam Chomsky (2010)
In an exclusive major interview, Noam Chomsky, considered by many to be the world's greatest public intellectual, responds to questions posed by Ceasefire Editor Hicham Yezza on the Middle East, global warming, the financial crisis, the future of the left, Iran, and on why all states are unacceptable.
Features - Monday, February 23, 2009 7:32 - 4 Comments
Sowing the Seeds – Gaza 2009
'Not surprisingly,' writes Rowan Lubbock, 'the anger and rage that is slowly sprouting form this latest sowing of violence is already visible. As with all episodes in the great chess-game of Middle East power politics, it is the weak that suffer the consequences.'
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- Video Blog | Retired police chief arrested at OWS after calling fellow officers ‘obnoxious, arrogant and ignorant’
- Special Report | Did Zionist hackers bring down our Russell Tribunal website?
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- Comment | Iraq – What was done in our name?
- Interview | Larissa Sansour: “For Palestinians, politics is not just an option, but a fundamental circumstance.”
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- Analysis | European Parliament: an unexpected victory for Western Sahara
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- Special Report | Palestinian home demolitions: the ethnic cleansing that dare not speak its name
- Special Report | Some thoughts on the The Fabian New Year Conference
- Interview | Guy S. Goodwin-Gill: on power, refugees and modern international law (Part 1)
- Interview | Yanar Mohammed: “This government of ethnic and sectarian divisions does not represent Iraqis in any way”
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More In Arts & Culture
- Counterpoetics | of the imperishable spirit
- Exhibition | Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero delle Cattedrali (White Cube)
- Books | Review: ‘Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere’ by Paul Mason
- Exhibition | The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951
- Chess Corner | Bobby Fischer : World Championship Candidate