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Suicide Girls reports,
During an Israeli bombing raid on Beirut, a Lebanese trumpeter grabbed his instrument and pressed record. From his apartment, 2 miles from a target site, Mazen Kerbaj could hear and see bombs exploding in the distance. Mazen afraid for his life was inspired to make a statement using the explosion of the bombs [...]
…to Kimya Dawson on the birth of her baby daughter Panda Delilah this past Friday morning. We need more awesome people in the world, and Kimya is a constant perpetuator of awesomeness.
Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinksi:
“I hate to say this but I will say it. I think what the Israelis are doing today for example in Lebanon is in effect, in effect — maybe not in intent — the killing of hostages. The killing of hostages.”
“Because when you kill 300 people, 400 people, who have [...]
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah
Israeli ‘Doves’ Say Response Is Legitimate
Lebanon offensive criticized in Israel
Little dissent as Israelis support war
There is a limit
Left-wingers protest Lebanon war in Haifa
Tel Aviv: Thousands rally against war
Israel Is Powerful, Yes. But Not So Invincible.
The class war
Loving they neighbor
What’s in a song? In this case, the origins [...]
Cartoon by Jamys
See, that’s all I’m trying to say…
Except when I’ve illustrated this point previously, I used an arguably less incendiary depiction:
Indymedia reports,
Murray Bookchin, the visionary social theorist and activist, died during the early morning of Sunday, July 30th in his home in Burlington, Vermont. During a prolific career of writing, teaching and political activism that spanned half a century, Bookchin forged a new anti-authoritarian outlook rooted in ecology, dialectical philosophy and left libertarianism.
Infoshop has posted [...]
Re: Qana — I don’t even know what to say anymore.
The EU and the UN both slammed Israel for it’s “wholly unjustified” attack. The Left is screaming, “Israel is guilty of war crimes.”* And Israelis are grieving.
But, but, but… “It’s also a violation of humanitarian law to blend in among the civilian population.” [...]
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports,
Six women were shot – one fatally – this afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle by a man who told a witness he was upset about “what was going on in Israel.”
Police spokesman Rich Pruitt said there was one shooter, who was apprehended without incident outside the Jewish Federation [...]
AP:
Israel’s government decided Thursday not to expand its battle with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for now, but authorized the army to call up 30,000 reserve soldiers in case the fighting intensifies. Lebanese officials estimated a civilian death toll as high as 600.
Full story.
30,000 reservists = Possibly all of my male friends under 30. Religious, [...]
The Class War Federation provides the first truly anarchistic and morally defensible critique of the current situation in Israel and Lebanon I have yet read.
Class War is appalled at the carnage that is occurring in the Middle East. We are also disappointed but not surprised at what is being said about it, especially by some [...]
