We will not go down, for the Gaza tonight
Kourosh Ziabari
On the eve of New Gregorian Year, the international community commemorates the second anniversary of Israel's deadly offensive in the Gaza Strip in the wake of the continuous blockade of the coastal sliver which has paralyzed the lives of more than 1.5 million impoverished Palestinians living there.
Two years ago and during the final days of 2008, Israel launched an all-out military attack on the Gaza Strip which, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, claimed the lives of 1,417 Palestinians, the majority of whom were innocent women and children. The military assault of the Israel Defense Forces also wounded 5,303 Palestinians, destroyed more than half of the basic infrastructure of the strip and displaced tens of thousands of defenseless civilians.
PermalinkIslamophobia in Western Media
by Stephen Lendman
Post-9/11, Western media, especially in America and Britain, describe Muslims as fundamentalists, extremists, terrorists, and fanatics. Throughout the West, Islam is identified with violence, when, in fact it has common roots with Christianity and Judaism. Their tenets are based on love, not hate; peace, not violence; charity, not exploitation; and a just, fair society for people of all faiths. You'd never know it from Islamophobic media reports.
Islamophobia Defined
OpEdNews Ranked Among Top 100 Blogs, Why?
By Mark Powell
Just got a mass email from Rob Kall, executive editor, publisher of OpEdNews.com:
Nice to start the new year with this news: OpEdNews Ranked Among Top 100 Blogs Overall
OpEdNews is Bold and Daring: The Way Progressive News Should Be (LOL)
Consider the top 15 articles at the site for the past week:
#1 12/30/2010: America's Gulf: New Report Says It's Dying by Stephen Lendman
#2 12/28/2010: Rove Might Be Trying To "Pull A Siegelman" With Julian Assange by Roger Shuler
#3 12/28/2010: Is an economic collapse being prepared? If so, for whose benefit? by Richard Clark
#4 12/27/2010: FROM MIDDLE CLASS TO SLAVE CLASS - COURTESY OF THE FED, THE WHITE HOUSE, CONGRESS AND THE BANKERS. by lila york
#5 12/27/2010: THE U.S. STOCK MARKET IS RIGGED by lila york
#6 12/23/2010: Pentagon's Christmas Present: Largest Military Budget Since WW II by Rick Rozoff
#7 12/31/2010: Obama's Outrage: Rage Against Russia, Silence at Indian Injustice by Chris Floyd )
#8 12/28/2010: 2011 by paul craig roberts
#9 12/26/2010: Have You Been Fooled: These Dirty Pharma Marketing Tricks? by Martha Rosenberg
#10 12/27/2010: 2011: A Brave New Dystopia by Chris Hedges
#11 12/27/2010: Obama Year Two: Continued Betrayal and Failure (Part I) by Stephen Lendman
#12 12/29/2010: America Has Gone Away by paul craig roberts
#13 12/31/2010: Capricorn Solar Eclipse, January 4, 2011 by Cathy Lynn Pagano
#14 12/26/2010: The psychological, cultural & societal disintegration of America under post-industrial capitalism by Richard Clark
#15 12/26/2010: Welcoming the Summer Soldier: Suppressing Dissent in America by David Model
Bold and Daring, not really. Thought Provoking, not a chance. The same old rant that everyone else publishes, for sure.
Of the top 15, Rob had the “courage” to publish, almost every one is replete with negativity and a Corporatocracy rant. The identical rant that we are bombarded at every other alternative news and opinion website, 24x7 (except, of course The Peoples Voice, currently featuring Thought Provoking Articles):
What we aren’t getting that they have, that we deserve but they won’t give us because life isn’t fair. And don’t forget the world is full of a bunch of greedy bastards who run the corporations that don’t care about anything but profits.
I recently submitted Baron Otto Von Bolschwing, SS Veteran of Eichmann's "Jewish Affairs", an article written by Katherine Smith.
The reason Dr. Smith is not submitting is because she was banned for being too bold and daring.
I found this out quite by accident. I, like a lot of others who read her articles at OpEdNews, noticed when you search her titles, the google results tell you her articles have been scrubbed from the site:
OpEdNews - Article Missing ?- 2 visits ?- 10/22/10
Opednews.com Progressive, Liberal United States and International News ...
www.opednews.com/.../Don-t-Leave-Home-Without-T-by-Katherine-Smith-101009-779.html - Cached
I contacted Dr. Smith and she confirmed that all of her submissions, consistently in the top 10 by page views, have been scrubbed (except one) from the site. She also confirms that she is banned.[1]
Katherine writes Thought Provoking articles which she confirmed every one that was published at OpEdNews was in the top ten.
The collapsing hegemony of the West
By Kourosh Ziabari
In its path towards becoming a regional and international superpower, Iran is achieving remarkable breakthroughs in science and technology which have started to flabbergast the rivals around the world, from the United States as a self-proclaimed absolute superpower in economy and science to the neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region which are years from reaching self-sufficiency in meeting their domestic needs.
Historically, Iran has been known as a cradle of civilization and home to a number of leading scientists and scholars in various fields of knowledge and academic endeavor. Many of the world's prominent scientific accomplishments and discoveries were first brainstormed, proposed and realized in Iran and the international community owes to the Iranian scientists its familiarity and acquaintance with a number of outstanding scientific achievements.
Hail to the Thief: The New York Times Defends Mikhail Khodorkovsky
by Stephen Lendman
On October 25, 2003, Khodorkovsky (below called MK) was arrested for tax evasion and corruption, dating from when the Soviet Union dissolved and state privatizations followed. "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime," explained Honore de Balzac. Billionaire Russian oligarchs, like MK, illegitimately amassed great fortunes, avoiding prosecution during Yeltsin's tenure (1991 - 1999).
Beginning in 1991, various socio-economic measures were implemented without public discussion or parliamentary approval. Most important were Yeltsin's personal directives, creating a billionaire aristocracy handed the economy's most important, profitable sectors, free of charge - literally a license to loot.
Will 2011 see the creation of Palestine?
Khaled Amayreh
A Palestinian rioter, left, throws a stone at Israeli border police during
clashes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan
With the peace process going
nowhere, and the US having failed in its role as broker, Palestinian leaders are considering their options.
Palestinian Authority (PA) officials in Ramallah are reluctant to give an unequivocal answer to the question of whether 2011 will see the establishment of the state of Palestine. International goodwill is certainly what many Palestinians are pinning their hopes on. However, international goodwill alone won't be enough, especially if Israel resorts to stonewalling and if its guardian-ally, the United States, refuses to rein in Israeli intransigence and unilateralism.
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