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American-Arab journalist Ramzy Baroud is the author of The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto Press, London), now available at Amazon.com
Thursday, May 24, 2012 Redefining the 'Arab Spring': Is Chaos Overtaking Revolution? (1 comments)
The age of revolutionary romance is over. Various Arab countries are now facing hard truths. Millions of Arabs merely want to live with a semblance of dignity, free from tyranny and continuous anxiety over the future. This unromantic reality also includes outside "players," whose presence is of no positive value to genuine revolutionary movements, whether in Egypt, Syria, or anywhere else.
Saturday, November 12, 2011 Freedom Waves Will Reach Gaza
Predictably, the US government and mainstream media stood in unhinged solidarity with Israel in its latest escapade. Instead of warning Israel from harming any US citizens participating in the humanitarian mission, US State Department officials "reminded U.S. citizens that they could face civil and criminal penalties in their efforts to deliver resources to the Gaza Strip."
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 'Theater of the Absurd': Netanyahu and His Endgame in Palestine
The illegal colonies dotting the Palestinian landscape, in violation of many UN resolutions, are funded by US money. The Wall is also largely an American investment. Yes, in fact, the entire Israeli colonial project would have been unfeasible without US funding, political backing and the silencing of any country that tried to challenge this iniquitous paradigm.
Monday, March 14, 2011 Neocon 'shock and awe': the rise of redefined Arabs (1 comments)
The studious neoconservatives at the Foreign Policy Initiative and elsewhere must be experiencing an intellectual "shock and awe," even as they continue in their quest to control the wealth and destiny of Arabs. Arab societies, however, have risen with a unified call for freedom. The call is now too strong to be muted.
Friday, March 4, 2011 Mixed Messages: Arabs Challenge Israeli Hasbara (1 comments)
The fractured nature of the latest round of Israeli official propaganda could partly be blamed on the element of surprise. Israel, which bought into its own dehumanization of its Arab enemies for so long, couldn't fathom such scenarios as popular non-violent revolutions underway in the Middle East.
Sunday, December 19, 2010 Insisting on Their Humanity: 'The Plight of the Palestinians'
This insistence on one's humanity has been the key strength which has allowed the Palestinian people to preserve their struggle and resistance before the wicked arm of occupation and oppression for nearly 63 years.
Friday, November 26, 2010 More Than a Bribe: Obama Surrenders Palestinian Rights
What happens now that Obama has finally shown he really is no different from his predecessors? That the United States has lost control of its own foreign policy in the Middle East? That, frankly, Netanyahu has proved more resilient, more steadfast, and more resourceful than the American president?
Sunday, October 10, 2010 'Dying to Win': Newt Gingrich's 'Terrorism'
Gingrich could not have formulated a better entrance to the foreign policy debate than to position himself as America's savior - not only from the terrorists, whoever they are, and wherever they are - but also from America's incompetent leadership since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Rebranding Iraq
War is not about numbers and dates. It's about people, their rights, their freedom and their future. Re-branding the army and the war will provide none of this for grief-stricken and vulnerable Iraqis. The fact is, no one has won this war. And the occupation is anything but over.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 Karzai's Washington Visit: The War Awaiting Kandahar
Let's face it, the US war in Afghanistan was never morally grounded and it never could be, either, not unless the militant mindset that governs US foreign policy somehow acquires a complete overhaul.
Friday, April 2, 2010 The Lobby vs America
While Jewish communities in the US may not be united in their support of the largely rightwing and hawkish Zionist lobby groups, both major political parties in the US and all branches of the government stand in complete support of Israel.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 An Odyssey for Justice
The valiant peace warriors of Viva Palestina have truly set new standards for how far a peace and justice activist is willing to go to back up his/her words with actions. Many millions around the world watched historic odyssey -- despite the mainstream media's shameless disregard of the unfolding drama.
Friday, December 18, 2009 The Lobby Within
Why is the man who leads the world's only superpower proving not only incapable of achieving what should be a practicable feat, but also going so far as to hinder the efforts of other parties to simply recognize Palestinian rights or pinpoint Israeli injustices?
Friday, July 17, 2009 Gaza and the Language of Power
Once again, Israel is resorting to its traditional propaganda (such as equating Palestinians with Nazis), drawing on people's historical sympathies, guilt and ignorance of false analogies. And once again, it is the brute logic that "might makes right" pursued by those with the bigger guns, that continues to menace the Middle East, with Gaza being the most devastating example.
Friday, April 11, 2008 Basra Battles: Barely Half the Story
the tide has turned so fast in Iraq, whereby the new enemy is now largely Shia, and one which envisions a unified and free Iraq which controls its own resources; that Iran's influence in Iraq has morphed to the point of guaranteeing a win-win situation, while the US is playing with a lot fewer cards; that US firepower has proven less effective than ever, and that the upcoming elections could create a nightmare scenario
Saturday, September 22, 2007 Racism and War: Overcoming Us and Them
Racism is, among many things, convenient. It provides simplified, definite and ready-to-serve answers to complex and compounded questions. Racists, in turn, come from all walks of life; their motivation and the root causes behind their contemptible views of others may differ, but the outcome of these views is predictably the same-- racial discrimination, social and political oppression, religious persecution and war.
Monday, December 18, 2006 Aljazeera: The Plot thickens (1 comments)
The launch of Aljazeera International on November 15, the English arm of Aljazeera Satellite Television was hardly an ordinary event.
It was another notable addition to the growing global efforts aimed at counterbalancing American-European domination over world media...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 Re-Interpreting Iraq: Propaganda Campaign Underway
To their credit, top US Pentagon officials cautioned journalists and the public, since the Iraq war's early days, that the dissemination of misinformation would be a vital weapon in their war strategy. Needless to say, they have certainly held true to their word.
