Saudis the latest to combine facade democracy and political repression
"Certainly the West and the Saudis could have some trouble imposing the facade democracy formula in the heartland of Islam."
Democracy – Rhetoric or Reality?
"When the Ottoman Empire gave way to the British Empire, a new technique of control and manipulation surfaced. The British were masters at "divide and conquer" while occupying the Middle East."
Wanted: a Sharon of the Left
"Immediately after leaving the army, Ariel Sharon created the Likud. It was 1973, when he realized that the army top brass would never tolerate his appointment as Chief-of-Staff."
In Public With John & Joan Q.
"The point I’m making in this article is that there are MORE of us that are aware than our corporate owned media will tell us. The youth of this country is ALRIGHT, actually quite fabulous I may add."
War, Social Justice, Media and Democracy
:: Prepared text of speech at the Brazilian Social Forum, November 8, 2003 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil ::
"When a country — particularly “a democracy” — goes to war, the passive consent of the governed lubricates the machinery of slaughter. Silence is a key form of cooperation, but the war-making system does not insist on quietude or agreement. Mere passivity or self-restraint will suffice to keep the missiles flying, the bombs exploding and the faraway people dying."
