From Victimhood to Aggression: Jewish Identity in the light of Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children
Gilad Atzmon
Identity is a very tricky concept. It can very mean many opposing things and at the same time it can mean nothing. One may start to wonder about one’s identity only when one feels he is under the threat of losing it. The case of Jewish identity is a very good example. Judging by the literature and history textbooks, Jews started to explore the notion of their identity following the emancipation, assimilation and the collapse of the rabbinical authority. In short, Jews started to wonder who they were once their collective self-notion was already melting down. Seemingly, the notion of ‘Jewish identity’ was there to replace the tribal, rabbinical and racially orientated notion of the ‘Jew’ with a tolerant acceptable ‘liberal’ discourse that aims at a universal awareness.
PermalinkLAHORE ATTACK MOSSAD & CO. STRIKES AGAIN
daily.pk / u2r2h blog
Mossad CIA SIS in PAKISTAN WOW... look at the ACTUAL freedom of the press in Pakistan! Of course the WESTERN EMBEDDED MEDIA have carefully inocculated you against "conspiracy theories" and you are ashamed to even THINK about "the possiblities".. but Pakistan's educated writers have no compunction to call things by their name. Mind you, it is THEIR REALITY -- that the west violently imposes on them.
Just to show, every action has a re-action. I, for myself, believe that all the consequences are INTENDED, just refer to the SENTINIENT WORLD SIMULATION (computer programme and GAMING machine) that is running inside the Pentagon, as we speak. See Learned helplessness - CIA mind control for on that. But here now.. TADAA .. the startling article.
Pay to Play Politics is Unacceptable for Health Care Reform - Video
Kevin Zeese
Yesterday morning, eight doctors, lawyers and other activists stood up for single payer health care. We stood up during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. The hearing was only to hear from the insurance industry, pharmaceutical companies, HMO’s and business interests. They did not want to hear about a real national health care plan.
I was one of the eight.
We stood up to the private health insurance industry, to the corporate power in Congress and demanded a single payer national health care plan where everybody is in and nobody is out. We want a plan that ensures the peoples right to choose their own doctor, hospital and health care treatment. We want a plan that will control costs – something that cannot be done unless the insurance industry, HMO’s and pharmaceutical companies are challenged.
Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part I
Stephen Lendman
This is the first of several articles on Ellen Brown's superb 2007 book titled "Web of Debt," now updated in a December 2008 third edition. It tells "the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free." Given today's global economic crisis, it's an appropriate time to review it and urge readers to digest the entire work, easily gotten through Amazon or Brown's webofdebt.com site. Her book is a remarkable achievement - in its scope, depth, and importance.
In the forward, banker/developer Reed Simpson said:
"I have been a banker for most of my career, and I can report that even most bankers (don't know) what goes on behind (top echelon) closed doors....I am more familiar than most with the issues (Brown covered, and) still found it an eye-opener, a remarkable window into what is really going on....(Although many banks follow high ethical practices), corruption is also rampant, (especially) in the large money center banks, in one of which I worked."
Australia joins the Asia Pacific arms race
Zachary Fillingham
Summary
A recently released defense white paper by the Australian government signals Australia’s entry into a widening Asia Pacific arms race.Asia Pacific map
Analysis
The white paper, titled “Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030,” suggests that a new strategic reality is dawning in the Asia Pacific region, one in which Chinese power and influence is fast filling the vacuum left by a waning American presence in the region. To prepare for this new security environment, the Australian government has proposed a substantial boost in defense spending, amounting to $72 billion over the next twenty years. The money will most notably be spent on new submarines, air warfare destroyers, frigates, cruise missiles, and 100 Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighters.
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