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Comment on Media War: US Media’s Push for War on Iran by The Devil in the Media War Machine - precarity.org

The Devil in the Media War Machine - precarity.org — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:55:18 +0000

[...] have raised this question in various posts, here and [...]

Comment on Who is Best for the Planet? by “A real race for a meaningless post” - precarity.org

“A real race for a meaningless post” - precarity.org — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:54:36 +0000

[...] Dabashi offers another great article. Faced with the futility of Obama-style hope, he calls for electoral abstention: So in a bizarre turn of events marking our historic moment, Americans face the same choice of [...]

Comment on USA Inc. Welcome to corporate country by IAEA’s Post-El Baradai reports - precarity.org

IAEA’s Post-El Baradai reports - precarity.org — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:48:33 +0000

[...] most matters, the corporate state behaves like a corporation. There was a vacancy for a job to be done, and the right man was hired. [...]

Comment on Media War: US Media’s Push for War on Iran by Oil, the Left’s Favourite Culprit for War - precarity.org

Oil, the Left’s Favourite Culprit for War - precarity.org — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:34:50 +0000

[...] Left. It was the culprit they were comfortable with. Nowadays, though, AIPAC‘s and the US media‘s push is so shrill that even the Left is no longer pointing accusatory fingers at oil. [...]

Comment on War on Iran. Dramatis Personea by Oil, the Left’s Favourite Culprit for War - precarity.org

Oil, the Left’s Favourite Culprit for War - precarity.org — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:33:36 +0000

[...] coming from the Western Left. It was the culprit they were comfortable with. Nowadays, though, AIPAC‘s and the US media‘s push is so shrill that even the Left is no longer pointing [...]

Comment on So what was the reason for attacking Iraq? by Oil, the Left’s Favourite Culprit for War - precarity.org

Oil, the Left’s Favourite Culprit for War - precarity.org — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:41:58 +0000

[...] started, there were cries of “No war for oil!” coming from the Western Left. It was the culprit they were comfortable with. Nowadays, though, AIPAC‘s and the US media‘s push is so shrill that even the Left is [...]

Comment on Little by Little, the Look of the Country Changes by Apple, Chris Hayes and God - precarity.org

Apple, Chris Hayes and God - precarity.org — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:04:44 +0000

[...] It is a damning indictment that Hayes’s use of the word empathy is anachronistic in contemporary American culture! [...]

Comment on Islamophobia and the Celluloid Closet by Academic Criticism of Kony 2012. A Syallbus Instead of a Solution - precarity.org

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:04:12 +0000

[...] On Saturday, Chris Hayes brought up the issue in his show, Up. As I recall, he suggested that this very dilution may be necessary in order to bring an idea to the wider public. (He rightly mentioned Michael Moore as an example.) As Harvey Fierstein would argue: Visibility, at any cost. [...]

Comment on Jon Stewart on the Rachel Maddow Show by Jon Stewart and Iran - precarity.org

Jon Stewart and Iran - precarity.org — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:03:42 +0000

[...] However, I distinctly remember Stewart pushing for (uh, shall we say?) a focus, if not war, on Iran. He was getting all excited by some book which allegedly tied Al Qaeda with Iran. He should have known better, but the behaviour was consistent. Now, we should all forgive past errors in judgement, but they need to be acknowledged as such–especially when Stewart is so often presumed to be on the left. [...]

Comment on Syria: Saudi Arabia’s New Iraq? by Iraq, the Battlefield for Iran and Saudi Arabia - precarity.org

Iraq, the Battlefield for Iran and Saudi Arabia - precarity.org — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:01:58 +0000

[...] a lot. Saudi Arabia’s role in Syria, and Saudi Arabia’s role in Iraq. It is worse than Israel’s! Middle East, Saudi [...]