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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday February 15, 2015 21:54 by William Wraithwrite
We Americans (conditioned in the Hebrew tradition) have learned to see enemies in Biblical terms as one-sidedly evil as Satan. It takes a mass media of some very sophisticated accomplishment to continually portray people like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Muammar Gaddafi, several Middle Eastern leaders as Satan. One needs to be somewhat steeped in the Biblical Literature to create such black and white conclusions. This is one legacy the Bible has bequeathed to modern politics—the absolutism of naming enemy in terms of good versus absolute evil. Israel plays a master game of such portrayal of their supposed enemies. The current leader of Syria, Bashar al-Assad is the new version of Zionist Satan, but even this casting of totally evil Muslim figure is not good enough—we have a new entity that does the most obviously sensational sins—behead journalists and engage in egregious forms of violation—the ISIS/ ISIL phenomenon that America magically armed and some claim even trained (see in alternative media) and magically uses to create even more authoritarian war powers to an already criminal torture state that Barack Obama has no power to quell. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday February 10, 2015 22:52 by ipsc
Would you like to come along to the next Open Meeting of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign? The next meeting is on Thursday 12th Febraury at 7.30pm Venue: IPSC Office, 18 Capel Street, Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
mayo / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday February 10, 2015 22:03 by pbp
Fine Gael National Conference 2 DAY PROTEST In CASTLEBAR - Send This Government A Message Come and make as much noise as possible and send the government a message! FRIDAY - Meeting at The Royal Theatre & Event Centre, The Old Westport Road, Castlebar, Mayo at 5PM SATURDAY - Meeting at The Royal Theatre & Event Centre at 12.30PM read full story / add a comment |
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