LAURENT GUYENOT—The paradoxical nature of Jewishness (combining separatism and universalism), which is reflected in the ambiguous nature of Zionism (combining nationalism and internationalism), is ultimately linked to the Jewish conception of God. Is the biblical Yahweh the national god of Israel or the universal God of humankind?
March 7, 2018
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Damascus & Northern Syria will unite to promote leftism, if they embrace political Islam
27 minutes readRAMIN MAZAHERI—Historical reminder: This peaceful coexistence changed in places like Syria only when the French & English came along in the 19th century, bringing their racism, religious intolerance, identity politics and privileged statuses for minority Christians, etc.
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BILL VAN AUKEN—In the same address, Tillerson declared that the Monroe Doctrine “is as relevant today as it was the day it was written.” This nearly 200-year-old canon of US foreign policy supposedly endowed Washington with the right to use force in preventing outside powers from establishing a foothold in the Western Hemisphere.
Initially invoked as a US policy of opposing any attempt by European empires to re-colonize newly independent countries in Latin America, it was turned into a declaration of a US sphere of influence and became the rationale for some 50 direct US military interventions along with a series of CIA-backed coups that imposed fascist-military dictatorships over much of the region in the second half of the 20th century. -
PETER SCHWARZ—The growth of the right wing due to the anti-working class policies of the nominal “left” parties is especially pronounced in Italy. Since the 1990s, the successor organisations to the Italian Communist Party have repeatedly enforced the interests of the financial markets and the European Union’s austerity dictates against bitter opposition from the working class. Over the past six years, four successive prime ministers have rolled back the historic gains of the workers’ movement and slashed social benefits.
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By David Walsh, Senior Film & Culture Critic, wsws.org he 90th Academy Awards ceremony…
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