For our next gathering of Share the Wealth, on Sunday 7 October, Steve Tamari will briefly explain the context for the civil war in Syria and share why sectarianism is a reality but not the…
The original sin of the prevailing world system has first of all been colonial domination. This is the first sin; all the others in the system spring from it. The greater sins are those that…
No hostilities Firecrackering off In my mind
A sunny day 70 degrees Sitting outside together We discuss the future— Prospects, possibilities, The quixotic quest for balance in this topsy-turvy world
Best breakfast at Half and Half with Dr. Sadat in Clayton!
1. In his 2007 book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter had this to say: “When we arrived there in January 1996, it was obvious that the Israelis had almost complete control…
Julia Thomas, Mary Shannon and I are beginning a Latin America Reading Group. Our first book will be Che Guevara’s The Motorcycle Diaries. We hope to meet up in mid-October at Café Ventana, and will…
1. “I don’t really see that we’re the bad boy.” “Why should I feel responsible?” “But the thing which I think I will remember about Vietnam when I am a hundred years old and will…
1. The following remarks are from Captain Ted Shipman, a U.S. intelligence officer in South Vietnam: “You see, they do have some–well, methods and practices that we are not accustomed to, that we wouldn’t use…
1. In War without Fronts: The USA in Vietnam, German historian Bernd Greiner explains his focus: “At the heart of this book are the wartime atrocities and war crimes committed by the ground troops. To…