Tag Archives: Norman Finkelstein

Joan Peters RIP

Update below. Just when writing the previous post, the author of From Time Immemorial of 1984, Joan Peters (or what was her later name, Joan Caro) passed away at the age of 78. The book tried to entertain two popular … Continue reading

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The Making of Norman Finkelstein

A couple of years ago, I have seen American Radical with much sympathy for Norman Finkelstein. It was after I had followed in full the fateful “debate” with Alan Dershowitz at “DemocracyNow!” about the latter’s apologetic trash “The Case for Israel” which is … Continue reading

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Once Bitten, Twice Shy

http://youtu.be/7SV52jkLprU The news in this CNN clip is not Edward Snowden’s Pope Francis-like pathetic Xmas message on privacy broadcast by British Channel 4 or Glenn Greenwald’s endorsement of it or Dana Bash’s stupid accusation of releasing Snowden’s leaks for “maximum … Continue reading

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Die Gedanken sind frei

Well, still. With new progressive developments such as Google Glass users may surrender to total surveillance soon, given the disturbing news that Google and the NSA seem to be more or less one and the same. And the NSA is … Continue reading

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