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  • Nick Griffin

    Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 08:19 in bbc, british national party, racism, great britain

    One-fifth of Britain would vote for ‘racist’ Nick Griffin (full article…) I watched the BBC appearance – it was quite boring and silly. Besides the ridiculous posturing over who Winston Churchill “belongs to”, the ...

  • Spies

    Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 09:29 in United States, racism, antisemitism, islamophobia, aipac

    Republican members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus said the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) have tried to plant “spies” within key national-security committees in order to shape legislative policy. (full article...

  • This is Zionism

    Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 06:58 in Israel, palestine, racism, religious fundamentalism

    Throughout Israel, young Jewish men are forming vigilante groups to end interracial relationships between Arab men and Jewish women, which are occurring with increased frequency as Jewish settlements dig deeper into Arab territory. The vigilantes say...

  • The Correct Use of Racism

    Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 06:54 in iraq, racism, pseudo-science, abu graib, orientalism

    Hundreds of anthropologists at the business meeting — the first official quorum in 30 years — unanimously endorsed a resolution condemning “the use of anthropological knowledge as an element of physical and psychological torture....

  • Racists Preconditions

    Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 08:26 in Israel, palestine, racism, netanyahu, military occupation

    Netanyahu: PA must recognize Israel as Jewish state for there to be peace (full article…) Didn’t he just say that there weren’t going to be preconditions? It’s not fun exposing Netanyahu’s contradictions, because they oc...

  • French Racism

    Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 13:38 in france, racism, en français

    Des histoires comme celles-là, j’en aurais tant d’autres à raconter. On dit de moi que je suis d’origine étrangère, un beur, une racaille, un islamiste, un délinquant, un sauvageon, un “beurgeois”, un enfant issu de...

  • This is Zionism

    Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 13:48 in Israel, palestine, racism, israeli arabs

    Every night, dozens of young men in Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood take to the streets and go out searching for girls. But theirs is not a promiscuous search. In fact, the group of some 35 volunteers is looking to prevent such inte...

  • South Carolinian Politics

    Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 00:07 in South Carolina, racism, us congress, thurmond

    The congressman, we learned, belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, led a 2000 campaign to keep the Confederate flag waving above South Carolina’s state Capitol and denounced as a “smear” the true claim of a black woman that ...

  • Criminalizing Dissent

    Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 14:21 in Israel, palestine, democracy, zionism, racism, authoritarianism, israeli arabs

    Criminalising dissent is not unique to Israel. Many oppressive states, such as apartheid South Africa, have used it to de-legitimise parties, ideas and activities disliked by ruling elites and security apparatuses. Furthermore, persecution on grounds...

  • Zionism is Racism

    Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 23:58 in Israel, marriage, media, racism

    The Israeli government has launched a television and internet advertising campaign urging Israelis to inform on Jewish friends and relatives abroad who may be in danger of marrying non-Jews. The advertisements, employing what the Israeli media descr...