Special from The Wild Wild Left
OpEds
By Diane Gee
Op-Ed Contributor / The New York Times
A Plea for Caution From Russia
By VLADIMIR V. PUTIN
MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies.
Oliver Munday
How the media represented this trial. Draw your own conclusions. The above report is typical of all parties involved.
By Barry Grey, wsws.org
The acquittal of George Zimmerman, the killer of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is the reactionary culmination of a process that has from the start been a travesty of justice. The basic tragedy is the death of a young man who committed no crime and posed no danger to his assailant.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
By SHEILA KRUMHOLZ and ROBERT WEINBERGER
[Note we reproduce this NYT’s piece here for reasons of compelling public service.—Eds]
WASHINGTON
Hieronymus
ROOM FOR DEBATE
The I.R.S. is in the hot seat for scrutinizing conservative groups applying for tax exemption. But do all 501(c)(4)’s need a second look?
NEWS that employees at the Internal Revenue Service targeted groups with “Tea Party” or “patriot” in their name for special scrutiny has raised pious alarms among some lawmakers and editorial writers.
By Ruth Eisenbud
Gandhi understood the fallacy of creating the religious state of one people at the expense of another.
These are some of the words of Gandhiji on the creation of Israel…They are from a book called Soul Force – Gandhi’s Writings on Peace. (pages 373-386). They also appear as noted below:
“No wonder that my sympathy goes out to the Jews in their unenviably sad plight. But one would have thought adversity would teach them lessons of peace.Why should they depend on American money or British arms for forcing themselves on an unwelcome land. Why should they resort to terrorism to make good their forcible landing in Palestine?…”