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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

Life sentences for Bahrain activists – Middle East – Al Jazeera English

via english.aljazeera.net

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Define American: Jose’s Story

via youtube.com Essential, of the highest importance!!!!!

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Episode XCIII of The American Political Melodrama:Queer Atheist on candidate John Huntsman, the Mirage of Moderation

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/21/huntsman-s-gay-rights-shakeup.html?om_rid=De4wA2&om_mid=_BOAeUMB8cA9gDk The American Psyche was pushed into political irrationalism by September 11th with the assistance of the Neo-Fascists, Neo-Conservatives, and War Mongers who pounced on the opportunity to pursue the American Imperial Dream of Endless War and the concomitant project … Continue reading

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A. Whitney Ellsworth, New York Review Publisher, Dies at 75

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/books/a-whitney-ellsworth-new-york-review-publisher-dies-at-75.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimesarts&seid=auto#

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Episode XCI of The American Political Melodrama:Richard Haas writes off Europe by Political Observer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-europe-no-longer-matters/2011/06/15/AG7eCCZH_story.html It is hard not to feel a certain welling contempt when reading Mr. Richard Haas’ latest opinion piece ‘Why Europe no longer matters’ in The Washington Post. Here is a public intellectual, the president of the council of foreign … Continue reading

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Book Review – House of Exile – By Evelyn Juers

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/books/review/book-review-house-of-exile-by-evelyn-juers.html?pagewanted=1&ref=world#

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Russia’s Best-Known Gay Activist Has an Uphill Fight

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Elena Bonner, Widow of Sakharov, Dies at 88

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With executive pay, rich pull away from rest of America – The Washington Post

via washingtonpost.com ‘According to the CIA’s World Factbook, which uses the so-called “Gini coefficient,” a common economic indicator of inequality, the United States ranks as far more unequal than the European Union and the United Kingdom. The United States is … Continue reading

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Israel has no right to stop Gaza aid flotillas – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/israel-has-no-right-to-stop-gaza-aid-flotillas-1.368463#

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