LENIN'S TOMB: On ruling class anti-racism
"On the one hand, there is a patronising concern for the 'white working class', which scapegoats migrants, black people and 'politically correct' policies for the supposed alienation of white workers from politics. On the other hand, there is a condescending endorsement of the 'work ethic' of immigrants, as if their oppression and exploitation was a fact about their personalities or culture. From a different perspective, this attitude also blames immigrants, in this case for being more available for undignified, hyper-exploitative, low-paid labour than their local counterparts. What neither attitude can admit, what the ruling dogma can never allow, is that workers of whatever status have more in common with one another than with their bosses."
"The Lebanese may be divided on whether the Shiite militant group Hezbollah is a savior or a menace, but according to a new poll they appear to agree on one thing: the group's armed wing is a force to be reckoned with.
According to the poll, which was conducted by the Beirut Center for Research and Information and published in the left-leaning Lebanese daily Al Akhbar, 84% of Lebanese "trust the resistance's capabilities facing any Israeli attack.""Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Egypt gas exports to Israel legal
More of the same from America/Israel's top policeman in the Arab world.
What's next for Iran's reform movement? | SocialistWorker.org
"I'm not sure if public protests in public space as the main way of showing opposition can be successful in the future. It will be successful on occasion. But it can't be the only strategy. So the opposition has to find other ways, including thinking about spreading protest to places of work, thinking about organizing strikes, and especially creating class coalitions.
The main thing that's been missing until now has been the language of class--bringing forward the economic demands of the population as the main demand of the green movement."YouTube - Inside Story - Mohamed El Baradei for the Egyptian presidency?
Interesting discussion on the upcoming Egyptian elections between a Cairo Uni professor, some NDP tool, and Hossam el-Hamalawy. ElBaradei offers a breath of fresh air to a politically-stagnant Egypt, and I (Hoda) find some of his views rather impressive for a mainstream figure (his calls for a new constitution, an end to emergency laws, recognition of Coptic and Baha'i rights, his stance against a US/Israeli attack on Iran)... but given that he hasn't unveiled an official platform, along with my general wariness of politics, I'm hesitant to give an endorsement now.
The Boursa Exchange blog translated a lengthy interview with ElBaradei here: http://nottooshaabi.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/get-elected-or-al-baradei-tryin-omnibus/VS. THE POMEGRANATE: Interview: Steven Salaita, Part Two
Part 2/2 of the Salaita interview.
VS. THE POMEGRANATE: Interview: Steven Salaita, Part One
Part 1 of 2 of a great interview with Prof. Steven Salaita, author of "The Uncultured Wars: Arabs, Muslims and the Poverty of Liberal Thought."
ei: Harvard Fellow calls for genocidal measure to curb Palestinian births
Martin Kramer is a Zionist who repeatedly makes abhorrent remarks about Islam, Palestine, Iraq and anything else remotely related to brown people (he studied under Bernard Lewis and Fouad Ajami! What else would you expect?). Zionists and patriarchal Palestinian organizations have more in common than they think: they want to control (or free) Palestine through the regulation of female bodies.
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