Category Archives: Analysis

Canadian Being — An Un-American Activity

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We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all. – Pericles’ funeral oration, Athens, 431 BCE The 17th … Continue reading →

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No-No-Noam Chomsky! (to the metre of ‘K-K-K-Katie,’ but without the adoration)

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Recently in an online political publication (http://www.burbankdigest.com/)*, I spotted the following characterisation of Noam Chomsky’s political role : “Chomsky is a critical left-liberal friend of the zionist outpost. This little episode [of being denied entry into the West Bank by … Continue reading →

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Palestine Before 1948

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Reham Al-Helsi’s “Palestine Before 1948″ (http://avoicefrompalestine.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/palestine-before-the-nakba-1948/) is one of the best documentary introductions to pre-Nakba Palestine that I have come across in the last 7-8 years. Its great strength lies in its portrayal of Palestinian society’s full involvement in the … Continue reading →

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