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The Four-Letter Word by Uri Avnery June 23, 2017

When a Briton or American speaks about a "four-letter word", he means a vulgar sexual term, a word not to be mentioned in polite society.

In Israel we also have such a word, a word of four letters. A word not to mention.

This word is "Shalom", peace.

American Politics

Trump's Triumphant First 100 Days (for the Ruling Class)" by Steve Jonas May 8, 2017 Is there a more appropriate day on whic...

Civil Rights

Time to end mass incarceration by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. April 10, 2015 Mass incarceration in the United States is counterproductive...

Democracy

"Gravely Concerned That Egypt's Democracy Has Faltered," Jimmy Carter May 18, 2014 The Carter Center is concerned about the restrictive political...

Science & Technology

Science, Mind, and Limits of Understanding by Noam Chomsky February 15, 2015 One of the most profound insights into language and mind, I...

Environment

The Clash over Coal Coal plant fights familiar to nuclear power protesters. The plant...

Media & Propaganda

Propaganda and the Politics of Perception by Michael Carmichael War propaganda glorifies military indoctrination as the highes...

World News

Brexit, the Crisis of Capitalism, and Immigration by Steve Jonas June 30, 2016 Following the Brexit, the UK may well be on its way back to bei...

Healthcare & Medicine

The Infiltrator; a Drug Story by Steve Jonas August 1, 2016 The Infiltrator (for those who are ...

Military & War Crimes

Edge Left Recalls Pearl Harbor by David McReynolds December 24, 2014 It is hard for me to realize that 73 years have passed sinc...

Religion & Faith

The Government We Deserve by Rollin Russell December 6, 2016 Numerous sages have said it: "In a democracy you get th...

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August 13, 2013

Yesterday on the 15th installment of Moral Monday, anticipating that the Governor would follow and kowtow to the actions of the extreme and immoral ultra regressive Republican majority of the General Assembly, we chose not to have a Moral Monday protest in the state but to do what the NAACP and Moral Monday Movement has promised and that is to have a legal strategy to fight against this General Assembly that we believed was constitutionally inconsistent and morally indefensible.