Culture and Dissent

"If Edward Said and Noam Chomsky argue that the role of the intellectual is to speak truth to power and Bill Moyers says the same of journalism, then what Laidi is arguing is much the same for art and culture in the Occupied Palestinian Territories."

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What is the Religion of America ?

"If I look at the American leadership , they all appear to be from some tribe of man-eaters. Show Mr. Bush some barrels of oil and he may destroy the whole country for them."

Look! The UN-Muppet Has Spoken

"Many around the world including the 1.2 Billion Muslims will be asking why Mr Annan did not state this clearly before the conflict! Why did he not help to mobilise other nations of the UN in order to defend Iraq, therefore, prevent the violation of the UN charter? Does the UN have any form of accountability to the 1.2 Billion Muslims, which it is supposed to be representing through the member states, or does the UN respond only to the Power-Point presentations given by Colin Powell, which subsequently proved to be another lie in a catalogue of lies?"

Bush vs. Not-Bush

"Democrats put a tight lid on demonstrations, and reduced the convention crowd to a programmed TV audience, but the Republican production topped that. Not only was their house a vast sea of blissful studio patrons, but the outside was kept cosmetically clean by a massive police action."

Core of the conflict

"Israeli violations of humanitarian law concerning people under occupation go beyond the day-to-day harassments and collective punishments of Palestinians and the brutal Israeli measures including the killings, the confiscation of land, the destruction of infrastructure and the restriction of movement."