Israel massacres peace activists (updated)

31May10

By now you will have heard about Israel’s assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, in the course of which, according to current estimates, at least 10 and as many as 20 peace activists were killed, and dozens injured. The flotilla was carrying hundreds of activists, including a Nobel Peace Laureate, along with thousands of tons [...]

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Tags: Activism, blockade, flotilla, Gaza, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, nonviolence, siege

Kant and the democratic peace

26May10

So, I’ve been feeling guilty about not posting anything substantive on this blog for ages. Exams and other fun stuff have precluded me from instructing you, my loyal fanboys and girls, what to think about things, and I can only imagine the shadowy wilderness of confusion and ignorance through which you’ve been stumbling blindly as [...]

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Tags: democratic peace theory, Doyle, DPT, Kant, liberal cosmopolitanism, meta, politics, PPSIS

How ‘terrorists’ are born

24May10

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Tags: checkpoints, dehumanisation, Machsom Watch, occupation, West Bank, zionism

“The dead children strategy”

11May10

The “dead children strategy“:

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Tags: Alan Dershowitz, children, Gaza, Goldstone, Lawfare, Racism, zionism