There is a good article at the Al Jazeera site written by Dr. Louay Safi who writes and lectures on issues relating to Islam and the West, democracy, human rights, leadership, and world peace. He is a strong advocate of human rights. His commentaries are available at http://louaysafi.com. His article concerns the latest Mubarak and [...]
Archive for February 3rd, 2011
The Rumsfeld version
February 3, 2011
It seems that to Rumsfeld not is there nothing to blame him for but if there is to be any blame it must go to others and not him. The Guardian has a review of an upcoming book about Rumsfeld, the type of thing that seems to abound in bookstores these days. Very often you [...]
Mubarak’s friends emerge
February 3, 2011
As time goes by you start to see just how many friends Mubarak has. You start with Hilary Clinton and then you turn to Blair, a man known for his ability to say nothing but whatever he feels will do in the circumstances. Gilad Atzmon has prepared a short article that starts with the proposition [...]
Living on our knees to the elite
February 3, 2011
Since the global financial crisis started, finished or continued we have been witness to ever expanding profits by many industries and the elites that control them. A tree usually grows better if you prune the deadwood and reshape the canopy. In this case the deadwood consists of the public, the employees and anything else not [...]
The Mubarak fightback seems to be on in earnest
February 3, 2011
There is a distinct move being made by what has been termed the pro Mubarak forces against both those protesting, the media and others. It appears the waiting game may be over as Mubarak or at least those who support and very likely both reach a point where their real intentions will be revealed. It [...]
What a democratic Egypt would mean
February 3, 2011
There is an interesting article at the Al Jazeera site by Dr. Muqtedar Khan who is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Delaware and Fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. He commences with a quote from the Quran and finishes with a quote from Shakespeare. The [...]
A history of the problems in Egypt
February 3, 2011
This article from the Sabbah site is an interesting historical look at Egypt that should allow you to see other points of view about what is happening there now. The author Dr. Ashraf Ezzat, commences with, “History has always been one of my passions. Every passing moment has in a way contributed to our history [...]
Mubarak and the waiting game
February 3, 2011
When you read this article from Jason Ditz at the Anti War site you probably will not be surprised. The seemingly expressionless face of a corrupt Mubarak no doubt able to luxuriate in his close personal friendship with Hilary Clinton and the endless nonsense that comes from the warmongering Obama, expresses his hatred for any [...]
Demonstrating in the UK
February 3, 2011
Could this be coming to a street near you? Remember the times of the Viet Nam moratorium marches, apart from a few Special Branch police wandering around and police removing their badges before laying in the boot you could at least do this on a week day. These days of course most demonstrations here are [...]
The UK inquiry into Iraq continues
February 3, 2011
For those of you who are still following the Chilcot inquiry there is an interesting report at the Guardian site. It concerns the evidence of Jack Straw. Interestingly you may well ask if the UK is conducting an inquiry why is there nothing happening in the US to examine their role. Prehaps it has something [...]
Chomsky on the position in Egypt
February 3, 2011
There is an excellent series of talks given by Chomsky on Egypt at link. They are part of lectures delivered by him in the last week or so. As you would expect they reflect his enormous ability to accurately and simply explain the issues at stake when looking at the US attitudes to Egypt. They [...]
Chomsky on the position in Egypt
February 3, 2011
There is an excellent series of talks given by Chomsky on Egypt at link. They are part of lectures delivered by him in the last week or so. As you would expect they reflect his enormous ability to accurately and simply explain the issues at stake when looking at the US attitudes to Egypt. They [...]
Mubarak and clinging to a throne Atwan’s view
February 3, 2011
What follows is an article by highly respected commentator Bari Abdel Atwan, he has titled it, “ Mubarak is Clinging to His Throne “ He commences with the observation that,” There is a consensus in the east and west, inside and outside Egypt, in America and the Arab world, that the rule of President Hosni [...]