Archive for April, 2010
Lesson of History
“People who are oppressed must start to defend their interests and their basic human rights; they need to be prepared to make sacrifices for this lofty goal. … If the Arab people would only learn this simple lesson of history our current state of opression would be ended.”
Posted by eatbees on 23 Apr 2010 at 04:08 under Civil Rights, Politics.
Comments: 2
Strength in Diversity
My latest essay for Talk Morocco is up, on the theme of “Moroccan identity.”
Posted by eatbees on 19 Apr 2010 at 12:51 under Culture, Morocco.
Comments: none
Blogging in Morocco
Is it possible that the recent wave of criminal prosecutions is, paradoxically, a result of greater freedoms? Perhaps they are growing pains as journalists and bloggers test the limits, and the state struggles to define its new boundaries?
Posted by eatbees on 13 Apr 2010 at 21:56 under Civil Rights, Media, Morocco.
Comments: 3
The Noble Goat
Larache, Morocco, August 8, 2009.
Posted by eatbees on 13 Apr 2010 at 21:49 under Culture, Morocco, Travel.
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“Targeted Killings”
For all I know, “radical Muslim cleric” Anwar al-Awlaki has done something deserving of a death sentence, but that’s what the judicial process is supposed to determine.
Posted by eatbees on 08 Apr 2010 at 15:44 under Civil Rights, Politics, War.
Comments: 10
Democracy in Egypt?
“If you bet on individuals [like Mubarak] instead of the people, you are going to fail. And Western policy so far has been to bet on individuals, individuals who are not supported by their people and who are being discredited every day.”
Posted by eatbees on 03 Apr 2010 at 11:38 under Civil Rights, Egypt, Politics.
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The Problem Is the American People
“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”
Posted by eatbees on 02 Apr 2010 at 17:03 under Extremism, Politics.
Comments: 12