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An Underlying Societal Rift

By Ghassan Khatib The recent clashes in Acre between Israeli Jews and those of Palestinian origin brought to the surface a very thorny issue, the uncomfortable co-existence in Israeli society between the Palestinian minority and […]

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Political Equivalence

By Ralph Nader I wish to declare the principle of political equivalence as grounds for the moral authority to govern through shared benefits and sacrifices between these in Washington, D.C. who rule and the citizens […]

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Latin America

By James Petras Latin America is entering a period of profound economic recession, financial crises, collapsing stock market quotations, prices, deep devaluation of its currencies, growing unemployment, declining revenues and the prospect of a prolonged socio-economic […]

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A Doctor in Galilee: Carob

By Hatim Kanaaneh – Arrabeh, Galilee Mqiqa Summer is a trying season when it comes to deciding on the choice of fruits from my garden for breakfast. And whether to indulge my cholesterolophobia by skipping the […]

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Gaza Caravan School

Sitting in her rusty caravan school in the southern city of Rafah, Mariam al-Habbash braces for yet another cold winter with no escape from rains and chilling freezing. "In summer we melt inside the caravans […]

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Learning from Lessons Past

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank If the Palestinians had not gone through the Oslo experience, I would have said this plan just might work. Ideally, nothing makes more sense than for Palestinian police […]

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After George W. Bush

By Deepak Tripathi As America enters the final week of the 2008 election campaign, there is something new and historic in prospect and a number of future scenarios come to mind. What actually happens will […]

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States of Mind

By Jim Miles – Canada Is it writers block, or is it that the world is in such a mess that it has simply short-circuited my mind?  So many bad news scenarios present themselves on […]

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EDLs: Tracking Your Every Move

By Christopher Parsons The potential for ubiquitous surveillance that emerges with Enhanced Drivers Licenses (EDLs) could only be imagined by the Stasi in Communist East Germany, but is a genuinely looming specter for contemporary North […]

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Debatable Debates

By Ralph Nader The three so-called presidential debates – really parallel interviews by reporters chosen by the Obama and McCain campaigns – are over and they are remarkable for two characteristics – convergence and avoidance. […]