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Smashing the Abbas icon of Palestinian non – violence
By Nicola Nasser*
Indisputably, the 80 – year old President Mahmoud Abbas has established himself internally and worldwide as the icon of Palestinian non – violence. His Israeli peace partners leave none in doubt that they are determined to smash this icon, which would leave them only with opposite alternatives the best of which is a massive peaceful intifada (uprising) against the Israeli occupation.
It is true that Abbas cannot yet be called the Ghandi of Palestine. He has yet to follow in the footsteps of the founder of modern India and deliver similar national results by leading a massive popular revolution for liberation and independence, but his strictly adhered to non – violence platform continues to be the prerequisite for any peaceful settlement of the Arab – Israeli conflict in and over Palestine.
The ‘US Way of War’ from Columbus to Kunduz
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
The confluence of Columbus Day Weekend and the Kunduz hospital bombing has us thinking about the deep levels of cultural violence in the United States and what can be done to change it. How does the US move from a country dominated by war culture to one dominated by a humanitarian culture? And, how do we do it in time to avoid war with China and Russia, which both advanced closer this week.
What does Celebrating Columbus say About the Character of the United States?
Popular Resistance has reported on the the legacy of Columbus. Howard Zinn describes the true history of Columbus and the Indigenous people of North America. There is a great need for the Columbus myth to be revised with realities. When the truth is understood, it is evident the US is celebrating a brutal war criminal and that it is time to abolish Columbus Day.
After-all, Columbus lost at sea, “discovered” a continent, or an island near it, where up to a hundred million people already lived. He enslaved the indigenous peoples, treating them as workhorse animals and sex slaves; he fed live natives to his dogs and cut off the hands of those who did not work hard enough; he slaughtered tens of thousands, beginning a process of ethnic cleansing across the continent, and his son was one of the originators of the African slave trade.
Putin’s Righteous Mission
by Stephen Lendman
The US/UK/Israeli axis is the greatest threat to world peace, Putin its best chance to restore it, to save humanity from the scourge of another global war, a nuclear one if waged too horrible to imagine.
Stopping lunatics in Washington, London and Tel Aviv is crucial. Putin’s mission in Syria directly challenges America’s hegemonic Middle East agenda. His campaign against terrorism hugely disrupts it, a potentially game-changing initiative.
Not according to The New York Times. It’s anti-Putin propaganda is relentless. Its latest edition has it backwards - headlining “ISIS Makes Gains in Syria Territory Bombed by Russia.” More on its Big Lie below.
Netanyahu Unleashes Settler Attacks, Targets Palestinian Hospitals and Patients
by Stephen Lendman
Netanyahu-ordered state terror continues raging with no end in sight. Heavily armed soldiers, militarized police, border guards and other security forces are systematically terrorizing Palestinians - beating, wounding and murdering them in cold blood.
Police states operate this way, Israel one of the vilest, run by Arab-hating fascists, criminal thugs by any standard, unrestrained brutality their mode of operation - fully supported by Washington.
Netanyahu unleashed extremist settlers to commit “vigilante attacks against Palestinians,” the Yesh Din human rights group explained.
Putin Goes Ballistic In Syria, Obliterates The USA’s Secret ‘Mideast Strategy’
Putin’s Russia Blows Up Scheme For ‘Greater Israel’
Russian Military Demolishes IS Infrastructure, Destroys ISIS Terror Network, Dismantles ISIL Command & Control, Devastates Greater Israel Cabal
The Primary Zio-Anglo-American Strategy In The Middle East Was Just Destroyed.
In case you haven’t noticed something quite extraordinary and magical just happened in the Middle East.
Russia’s military has not only turned the tide in Syria — in just a few days time — President Putin has decisively subverted a longstanding Zio-Anglo-American scheme to create the Greater Israel.
Gandhi Jayanti, Gandhi's Dream
Robert J. Burrowes
On behalf of those of us who struggle to honor Gandhi's legacy to the world, I would like to wish Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi 'happy birthday!' Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 and had he defied both the assassin's bullet and the aging process, he would have been 146 years old this year.
In theory, the world celebrates 2 October as the International Day of Nonviolence but it is a day that few remember or commemorate meaningfully. Perhaps this is appropriate given the rather desultory progress we have made in making our world nonviolent. Still, while our scorecard might not be what Gandhi would have hoped nearly 68 years after his death, a number of people are making a committed effort to create this nonviolent world. This effort, by its nature, must be multifaceted. Much of it is mundane; some of it profound. Let me tell you about some of these efforts by people I find pretty inspiring.
Netanyahu’s War on Palestine
by Stephen Lendman
Netanyahu’s premeditated state terror against defenseless Palestinians continues. Multiple Israeli provocations began things. Palestinians responded in self-defense as expected and justified. Israel calls it terrorism.
The latest incident involved murdering six Gazan youths on Friday, wounding 60 others, 10 in serious condition.
Scores of Palestinians protested Israeli West Bank violence by throwing stones across the heavily guarded barbed wire fencing, separating Gaza from Israel. Israeli soldiers responded with live fire, committing cold-blooded murder. Clashes continued Friday throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Putin and the Press: The Demonology School of Journalism
James Petras
Introduction
Putin’ The major influential western print media are engaged in a prolonged, large-scale effort to demonize Russian President Putin, his politics and persona. There is an article (or several articles) every day in which he is personally stigmatized as a dictator, authoritarian, czar, ‘former KGB operative’ and Soviet-style ruler; anything but the repeatedly elected President of Russia.
He is accused of hijacking Russia from the ‘road to democracy’, as pursued by his grotesquely corrupt predecessor Boris Yeltsin; of directing the bloody repression of the ‘freedom loving Chechens’; of jailing innocent, independent and critical oligarchs and robber barons; of fomenting an uprising in the ‘democratic, newly pro-Western’ Ukraine and seizing control of Crimea; of backing a ‘bloody tyrant’ in Syria (elected President Bashar Assad) in a civil war against ISIS terrorists; of running the Russian economy into the ground; and of militarily threatening the Baltic and Eastern European NATO member countries.
Does Netanyahu Intend Full-Scale War on Palestine?
by Stephen Lendman
He met with his full security team for the first time since waging naked aggression on Gaza in summer 2014.
Does he intend to ravage Palestine entirely - invading with thousands of troops, using tanks, artillery, and multiple daily bombing raids on residential areas, maybe this time murdering tens of thousands of defenseless civilians, turning Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem communities to rubble like Gaza ones!
Put nothing past this monster, an Arab-hating barbarian, a serial killer vital to stop. He’s on a “war footing,” said the Times of Israel - announcing “the start of (a) Zionist enterprise,” an ominous signal of horrors to come.
Putin: The Preeminent World Leader
by Stephen Lendman
On September 30, a new chapter in East-West relations began. Ten days that shook the world followed, many more to come, good guys taking the initiative.
Putin’s righteous anti-terrorism mission changed Middle East geopolitics decisively, a defining moment in recent history, putting Russia in charge of calling the shots in Syria with perhaps Iraq to follow if Baghdad requests help.
It looks increasingly likely after many Iraqi parliamentarians urged it, and PM Haider al-Abadi said he “welcomes” it. Washington appears caught flat-footed after this momentous turn of events, shifting the balance of power dramatically.
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