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November
2009
Make no mistake about it, Obama’s visit not only marks America’s belated acknowledgement of China as a world power, perhaps the world power unless India catches up (a debatable point), but also that the two countries are showing early, hopeful signs that they realize that their interests are and must continue to be aligned enough to cooperate. The topics they discussed– climate change, the global economy, Asian and Middle Eastern security risks– are no doubt very important to them and world, but perhaps not as important as the very meeting itself. Now Obama’s half-brother (he does have a name, it’s Mark Ndesandjo) is another story…
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November
2009
This is one among many realities that we wish would be too bad to be true. Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, the prominent right-wing spiritual leader in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has openly condoned Jews killing any non-Jews, including children and babies, who pose a threat to Israel. In his new book, the warmongering Rabbi asserts: “If a gentile endangers the existence of Israel, it is allowed to kill him. Also if he is completely not to blame for the situation that has been created.” He might have well said that a genocide of non-Jews (no doubt referring primarily to Arabs) along Holocaust lines is kosher too…
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November
2009
“Loss” is a word commonly heard when someone dies, as in “a loss to us” or “the world’s loss.” But what about what we and the world have gained because someone has lived? This may be the more inspiring and pragmatic question to ask of everyone, but especially in noting the passing of two of the great 20th century intellectuals today as centenarians: Claude Levis-Strauss at 100, the French anthropologist and a founder of the widely influential structuralist school of critical analysis; and Ayala at 103, the paradigmatic anti-fascists sociologist and novelist. The following is less of a tribute than a well-deserved acknowledgment…
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October
2009
Halloween seems to be coming early to the largest and most powerful military alliance in existence anywhere today, if not ever. The former head of Canada’s armed forces, a longtime member of NATO command whose soldiers are still at the front line in Afghanistan, characterizes the organization as “a corpse decomposing and somebody’s going to have to perform a Frankenstein-like life-giving act by breathing some lifesaving air through those rotten lips into those putrescent lungs or the alliance will be done.” This is also a clear indication of more fundamental and yet unaddressed issues about NATO…
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12
October
2009
President Obama has now reached a pinnacle of global popularity cults matched only by Che Guevara. Cults of personality are a constant throughout human history, but in recent times they have been primarily based on nationality, race and/or ideology, a powerful propaganda machine and a perception of merit (think Nelson Mandela, Adolf Hitler, George Washington and Mao Zedong). Obama has now earned himself a place among them and others, and has bettered them in certain respects…
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October
2009
Bringing together scholars, activists, educators and leaders of many top local, national and international organizations, the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) conference starts today at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 8-10, 2009). This year’s topic is “Exploring the Power of Nonviolence,” honoring Gandhi’s 140th anniversary. For live coverage follow @AntonyAdolf on Twitter…
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September
2009
Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumphal subsequent reunification of Germany into an economic and political powerhouse (largely non-militarily), the City of Berlin has been award Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias Peace Prize…
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August
2009
The criminal probe announced by US Attorney General Eric Holder into CIA agents who interrogated “inhumanely” is a copout move for the Obama administration, who should have gone after those who ordered and supervised them too.
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August
2009
An innovative conference bringing together scholars and organizers of Islamic communities across Europe is now taking place in Caux, Switzerland, lead by an inter-faith peace group with a storied and successful past, making clear their concerns for peace and threats to it in the present and future…
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July
2009
The Taliban are circulating a 13-chapter code of conduct for their fighters in Afghanistan, requiring them to avoid harming civilians and members of the country’s fragile government. What is involved in this Islam-based code of military conduct?
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