Entries (RSS)Archive for 'Imperialism'
Egypt, Too Big to Fail
If Obama sees his job as preserving the legitimacy of failed institutions above all else, I wish he would spare us the high-flown rhetoric and betrayals of hope.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 05 Feb 2011 at 15:08 under Egypt, Imperialism, Politics.
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Complicity
“Lurking in Egypt’s police and intelligence files are mountains of materials on significant human rights abuses…. In some of these cases, the United States government knew what was going on or had agents in the room.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 03 Feb 2011 at 15:38 under Civil Rights, Egypt, Imperialism.
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Strong Measures
“At the time described in this book, in fact, to put a Congolese to work or to get him to work, it was necessary to use a stick. Today, in certain environments, to send children or adults into the fields, it is necessary to do it with strong measures.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 22 Oct 2010 at 05:48 under Culture, Imperialism, Race.
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Let’s Talk About Israeli Racism
Maybe Benjamin Netanyahu is disrespecting Barack Obama in part because he is black?
Posted by Marcel Côté on 17 Mar 2010 at 19:31 under Imperialism, Politics, Race.
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Finally, America vs. Israel
“The message couldn’t be plainer: Israel’s intransigence could cost American lives.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 15 Mar 2010 at 10:08 under Imperialism, Politics.
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Obama’s War of Choice
Did Obama “court” Iran not because he wanted a deal, but as a gesture designed to fail? Did he set out merely to show the world that he was being reasonable, that he offered his hand and Iran refused?
Posted by Marcel Côté on 10 Feb 2010 at 19:42 under Imperialism, Iran, Politics, War.
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American Oligarchy
The cost of America’s global empire is eroding democracy at home. It’s time to find new models, and a better way.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 26 Jan 2010 at 07:56 under Imperialism, Politics.
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Asking Why
America needs to understand that the Muslim world isn’t judging us by our words, but by our actions. The way for the U.S. to earn trust is to change its behavior.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 09 Jan 2010 at 08:48 under Imperialism, Politics, War.
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The Widening Gyre
Attempting to use reason to defend unreason leads to moral bankruptcy. America is no longer the force for good it might once have been, it is a military dynamo and spreader of chaos. Subtle reasoning won’t change that. Only repentance can change that.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 05 Jan 2010 at 18:16 under Imperialism, Politics, War.
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Creative Destruction and the Iraq War
Ledeen: “Creative destruction is our middle name, both within our own society and abroad. We tear down the old order every day….” Klein: “Iraq wasn’t being destroyed by cruise missiles, cluster bombs, chaos, and looting; it was being born again.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 26 Nov 2009 at 21:03 under Imperialism, Iraq, Politics, War.
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