UNESCO: Boycott For Boycott?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 5th, 2011 4:37 am by HL
UNESCO: Boycott For Boycott?
The admission of the Palestinian Authority into UNESCO has occasioned a fuss about the American response, the automatic cutting of $70 million in funding to the organization, triggered by existing, AIPAC-inspired Congressional legislation. (M.J. Rosenberg’s good column on the subject…
Arms Industry Job Claims: Don’t Be Scared, Be Skeptical
Military spending should not be seen as a jobs program. To paraphrase President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we should spend everything we need to defend the country, and not one penny more. But that hasn’t stopped the arms lobby from attempting…
The Seething, Surging Rage Against OWS
It’s often said that Occupy Wall Street will have accomplished a lot even if its encampments are dispersed by winter cold and cops. That’s true, if they stay peaceful, buoyant, drug-and-alcohol free — even leaderless and indecisive. More decisive organizations…