The politics of progress; cleantech, the economy, antiwar
Text of a speech by Bill Paparian at an antiwar rally in L.A. on Aug. 12, 2006 during the Lebanon invasion.
Paparian, a former Mayor of Pasadena, CA., is running for Congress (CA-29) as a Green against incumbent Democrat, Adam “I Love Wars” Schiff.
“We have all watched this past summer in silent, numbing horror at [...]
Planes from the US to Israel filled with weapons and munitions are not being allowed to land or refuel in several European countries, including Britain, Germany, and Italy.
The head of the El-Al pilots union complained about this, calling it a “a substantial blow to state defense”, sure glad he’s so focused on the well-being on [...]
Two informative podcasts from 8/25/06.
ANSWER LA Forum: People’s Victory in Lebanon
Imperialism and the “New Middle East”
Nader Abuljebain, Palestinian author and historian, National Council of Arab Americans.
History and political development of Lebanon.
mp3 (40:36, 13.4mb)
Muna Coobtee, Free Palestine Alliance, Steering Committee ANSWER LA.
Current developments in Lebanon.
mp3 (27:31, 8.91 mb)
[tags]Lebanon,Nader Abuljebain,Muna Coobtee[/tags]
63% of Israelis want Olmert gone
But few of them get it. They used 3rd generation warfare tactics against a 4th generation warfare non-state entity, and wonder why they failed.
“Strains”? A more accurate word is “violates.”
P.S. Google News currently has this story second-ranked with 872 related links while JonBenet is first-ranked with 4,977 links. Sigh.
The AngryArab says the CounterPunch interview with Nasrallah, which they may have gotten from the MarxMail list, is fake.
This “interview” with Nasrallah that is posted on Counterpunch is fake. I declare it to be a hoax, OK? I mean, it is so obvious. The guy does not sound like Nasrallah from the first sentence. [...]
The Nation Magazine and Human Rights Watch are both pleased that the Israeli war is over. They just didn’t want to take a stand.
Which is precisely what many liberals and progressives have done – tried to ignore and evade having to deal with the Lebanon invasion, except for the cynical ploy of using it to [...]
“I don’t think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon. What happened is that Israel is holding almost 10,000 prisoners, so when the militants in Lebanon or in Gaza take one or two soldiers, Israel looks upon this as a justification for an attack [...]
The Angry Arab posted this photo “from the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday.” His blog is always worth a read, check it out.
Not on Planet Dubya, nosiree, we’ll have no unpleasant intrusions by facts and logic here.
Meanwhile, the President is attacked, presumably by those who hate freedom and love the terrorists. Even if they themselves used to say that anyone who attacked Bush hated freedom and loved the terrorists.
And even Israeli public opinion doesn’t agree with him.
From the Aug. 12 march and rally in L.A.
There are several hundred thousand Armenians living in Lebanon, and the Glendale / Pasadena area of Los Angeles has a large Armenian population.
Some silly media reports said there were only 200 people at the L.A. demo yesterday.
I shot this 32 second video from the stage as protestors marched into the rally site. Case closed.
Thousands marched in Los Angeles and San Francisco and tens of thousands in Washington D.C. (Ignore the loony wire report saying 200 in L.A.) The L.A. marchers were predominantly Arab and Muslim, and I got some good video footage (especially considering this was my first time out with my new camcorder.)
The Phillistines. Palestinian hip hop! [...]
“With this resolution, a new, stronger Lebanon can emerge with the world’s help,” said war criminal Condoleezza Rice.
The sanctimonious hypocrisy of the Bush Administration knows no bounds.
Israel is losing. The myth of the invincible Israeli war machine has been destroyed. A few thousand disciplined guerillas fought them to a standstill, something that changes the entire [...]
Israeli warplanes strike Beirut
This Saturday, National march on Washington D.C.. Also in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and elsewhere.
Initiated by ANSWER, National Council of Arab Americans, and Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation.
Hundreds of organizations have endorsed August 12, including virtually every Arab and Muslim group. Caravans of buses are coming, with D.C. being the primary [...]
