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Jim Miles is a Canadian educator and a regular contributor/columnist of opinion pieces and book reviews to Palestine Chronicles.His interest in this topic stems originally from an environmental perspective, which encompasses the militarization and economic subjugation of the global community and its commodification by corporate governance and by the American government. Jim Miles' work is distributed globally in print and on alternative news websites. Published articles and book reviews may be viewed on the Palestine Chronicle website:www.palestinechronicle.com
Thursday, December 22, 2011 Imperial Messenger - Thomas Friedman (2 comments)
Fernandez' writing provides an in depth coverage to Friedman's rhetoric and hubris, aided by his arrogance, double standards, poor metaphors, and self-contradictions.
Monday, November 21, 2011 Non-violence does not have to be passive (1 comments)
The Occupy Movement and its non-violent method of confrontation demonstrates that non-violence does not have to be passive. Indeed, most social changes for the betterment of the common people have come through demonstration of some form against the powers that be, the elites. The response is often violent in itself, but so far the Occupy movement has not seen violence of the nature involving other protest movements.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Chris Hedges - a man of our times (5 comments)
Chris Hedges has enterd my pantheon of great writers of our era, among the likes of Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, and Robert Fisk.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 The Longest War - near sighted and narrow focus (3 comments)
The Longest War - the more gentle name for the war on terror - is viewed very narrowly and without much background context in this supposed "Magnum opus."
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Moral bankruptcy: will U.S. veto Palestine? (1 comments)
The U.S. has already indicated that it will veto the Palestinina request for UN membership. Israel is now trying to revive the dead end of negotiations. Why have the vote?
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Post Modern Imperialism - Eric Walberg (3 comments)
Eric Walberg has written a concise yet comprehensive over view of the Great Games played out in the Middle East. At the heart of it all - wealth and power, as always.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Fast Times in Palestine -- A Book Review (1 comments)
One small town Oklahoma girl's voyage of discovery and revelation in the Palestinian territories and Israel.
Monday, July 25, 2011 Between Two Worlds (1 comments)
An excellent documentary on the divisions within the Jewish community concerning Palestine/Israel.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 Canada's election - hard right turn (4 comments)
On May 02, 2011, Canadians elected a new Conservative government majority, allowing the trend to the right to increase significantly. Generally Canada will follow the U.S. line on the environment and terror, a position that is not really far from Canada's long term traditional foreign policy in many regards.
Friday, April 29, 2011 Book Review: After Empire - Birth of a Multipolar World (2 comments)
The empire will not acquiesce to its downfall as recent coercive events in the Middle East demonstrate. This work places the decline of empire within its proper global context - a mixture of finances, military over-reach, and the rise of other ideas and systems.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 U.S. power in the Indian Ocean littoral
An interesting read that attempts to define the situation within the Indian Ocean region and its littoral countries. Kaplan arises at some intersting sub-themes, perhaps unwittngly, but significant nevertheless.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Deadly Embrace - U.S. and Pakistan; Book Review (1 comments)
The U.S. has long been invovled with
Pakistan's troubles. This work, written by a Washington insider provides little in the way of hope that the situation can be made better anytime soon.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 Three strikes - we're out. (1 comments)
A personal perspective on the odds opposing a saner safer world - global problems with the military, the economy, and the environment are a part of the overall problem of too many people chasing after too many things.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 Leslie Gelb's Unconvetional Wisdom (4 comments)
Foreign Policy magazine's forty year celebration includes a section on unconventional wisdom. Most of what it contains within is rather conventional wisdom for readers of alternate websites and viewers of alternate news media.
Sunday, February 20, 2011 Forked tongue (1 comments)
The U.S. carries on its tradition of speaking conciliatory words while acting simply in its own imperial interests.
Thursday, February 17, 2011 Review - Gaza in Crisis - Chomsky/Pappe (1 comments)
A timely discussion by two of the world's foremost academics on Israeli tactics in Gaza
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 On "political dialogue" and "principles" (2 comments)
The U.S. - the Obama government - calls for dialogue and principles in a situation that its own actions helped considerably in creating.
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Remaking the Middle East - Foreign Affairs (1 comments)
Foreign Affairs magazine tries valiantly to provide some constructive critique on the Middle East. It does not recognize that Obama is simply following in the steps of previous administrations.
Thursday, November 11, 2010 Canada Stands by Israel (2 comments)
Canada's Stephen Harper, after being snubbed by the UN for a position on the Security Council, has said Canada will no longer be an "honest broker." That tends to leave much dishonesty to work with.
Thursday, October 28, 2010 The Chosen Peoples - Israel and America (4 comments)
The two authors attempt to examine the effects of the idea of chosenness on the people of Israel and the U.S. with some questions remaining.
Saturday, October 16, 2010 Empire of Liberty (1 comments)
RIchard Immerman has written an excellent interesting and compelling history of the U.S. as the successor empire to the British and French, an empire, as with all empire's, wherein 'liberty' is constrained.
Friday, October 8, 2010 Canada and Israel - Building Apartheid
Yves Engler has written an excellent short history of Canada's support of the state of Israel, surpassing in intent if not financial aid that of the U.S.
Monday, September 27, 2010 Dismantle the empire - or face insolvency (14 comments)
Chalmers Johnson's latest work clearly demonstrates the need to change the military empire that now controls the U.S. economy.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Children of Catastrophe - from a Lebanese refugee camp (1 comments)
This well written personal account highlights the restrictive and harsh living conditions in a Palestinian refugee camp located in northern Lebanon. Not accepted by the Lebanese government, under constant attack and harassment by Israeli air and naval forces, the author describes how he succeeded in maintaining his hope and drive towards a better education.
Thursday, September 16, 2010 Washington Rules - America's Path to Permanent War (1 comments)
Andrew Bacevich once again writes a clear authoritative account of the United States military and its influence on global affairs - and thus on the homeland.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 A not so new U.S. public policy (1 comments)
The collection of essays that comprise "Toward A New Public Policy" could be summarized in four words: arrogance, ignorance, image, fail. This policy is all about changing image and not much about changing actions.
Thursday, September 2, 2010 Palestine Betrayed (1 comments)
Yale writer Efraim Karsh creates a canard about the reality of the Palestinian 'nakba' of 1948.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 Start-up Nation - The Israeli "Miracle"
A look at the implications in Start-Up Nation reveals that no miracle has occurred, only the common place military-industrial liaison.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 Letters from Palestine
A review of Kenneth Ring's excellent compilation of personal stories from the West Bank and Gaza
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Quicksand - Book Review
Like Quicksand, this book is deceptive, starting very strong, ending stuck in the rose coloured viewpoint of U.S. imperialism.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Netanyahu in Canada - (2 comments)
Israel once again shows its disdain for international law and humanitarian actions, all while Netanyahu pleads his case to the sycophantic Canadian government.
Monday, May 31, 2010 Dazed and confused (2 comments)
All the separate pieces of bad news are all related to our corporate-military economy supporting our debt-burdened, easy energy, consumptive life style.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Beyond Fundamentalism - Book Review (1 comments)
A short work with some powerful statements, a bit sensational at times, but mostly well grounded presentations on fundamentalism in the three main monotheistic religions. .
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Israel - Water Wars
With the intersection of climate change and geopolitical goals, Israel is at much at war for water as it is for land.
Saturday, April 3, 2010 Defacto Unitary State - Israel/Palestine (4 comments)
Israel has created - unwittingly - a single state of all its people, including Palestinians. Not pretty, but it is there.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 Behind the Wall - Book Review
A powerful and captivating series of vignettes of life in occupied Palestine.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Settlement Freeze - take it to the UN
The "quartet" is avoiding the UN Security Council - pehaps because they know their actions, and Israels, are counter to international law.
Sunday, March 21, 2010 Bases of Empire - Book Review (2 comments)
An overview of U.S. military bases around the world with an examination of some particular examples and the local resistance to them.
Friday, March 12, 2010 Three Kings - Book Review
A well researched and documented political history of the U.S. imperial expansion into the Middle East after World War II.
Sunday, March 7, 2010 Perpetual Fraud (1 comments)
The war of terror perpetuates the fraud of imperial wars with the military-corporate powers being the only 'winners'.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Haiti and media amnesia
Canada's MacLean's magazine misses the critical reality that is Haiti.
Sunday, January 17, 2010 Israel and Palestine - Book Review (1 comments)
One of the more strongly expressed writings from the group of Israeli revisionist historians.
Saturday, December 19, 2009 Democracy and theocracy - Part II - from communalism to occupation and subjugation
Part II looks at how theological considerations, meritocracy, and the fear of social democracy influence perceptions on democratic values and influence actions justified as democratic, from Palestine and Israel through to U.S. actions around the globe.
Friday, December 18, 2009 Democracy - Part I - "people power" usurped by elites. (1 comments)
A look at the business values - globalization, free trade, corporations and capitalism - that define the workings of our democracy today.
Monday, November 30, 2009 Imperial Inertia (4 comments)
All current global problems are related - the economy, wars, the environment - all part of the same thing.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Reflections on Michael Moore's "Capitalism" (1 comments)
A bit slow in viewing, but worth a comment about this half of capitalism. The other half? China.
Sunday, November 1, 2009 In the Jaws of the Dragon - Book Review
The U.S. economy is increasingly embroiled with the Asian economies in a manner that maintains weaknesses in the U.S. economy as a whole.
Friday, October 23, 2009 A Choice of Enemies - Book Review
A good compilation of modern Middle East history from 1979 forward - if the first and last chapters can be ignored.
Sunday, October 11, 2009 Premature Peace (4 comments)
A peace prize given to a man who talks well, but acts within the norm of U.S. foreign policy.
Friday, October 2, 2009 Make love...make war - two sides of the Israeli coin (1 comments)
Two different Israeli authors, one sees a military solution, the other sees a humanistic solution, both based on traditional Judaism
Thursday, September 10, 2009 Palestinian Rejection - Book Review
An excellent summary work on the committees, documents, and rulings from the Balfour Declaration through to the UN partition plan.
Thursday, September 3, 2009 Syria and Iran - Book Review
A well written academic work that highlights the interactions of Iran and Syria.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 The Inheritance - Book Review
An interesting account of Bush era current events, but not with any significance for the future.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 After America - Book Review (1 comments)
A well structured and informative look at some possible futures for the no longer dominant U.S. empire.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Book Review = Halliburton's army
An effective account of Halliburton's wrongdoings within the U.S. war machine.
Monday, June 15, 2009 In Mortal Hands - Book Review
There is nothing green or safe about the nuclear industry as its history is all about making weapons of mass destruction.
Thursday, June 4, 2009 The Devil We Know - Book Review (1 comments)
The 'devil we know' proves to be a rational, pragmatic, and flexible player in Baer's analysis of the situation with Iran.
Thursday, May 21, 2009 The Hebrew Republic - Book Review (2 comments)
An interesting philosophical read concerning the changes necessary to create a Hebrew, secular, Jewish state - highly improbable with the turn of current events.
Sunday, May 10, 2009 Food shortages and science (4 comments)
An argument about global "failing states" fails to accurately make its case about civilization.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Terror and Torture - Commentary (3 comments)
Terror and torture cannot be separated. The U.S. conceals its own culpability under self righteous denial.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Predator State - Book Review (2 comments)
James Galbraith effectively deconstructs the free market myths and provides basic solutions to the Predator State.
Saturday, April 4, 2009 State of the nations III - Environment/Solutions (1 comments)
The previous two articles looked at the economy and military as integrated items. The environments, now subordinate in the main media, is still a part of it all.
Friday, April 3, 2009 State of the Nations II: War on terror (1 comments)
The second part of the essay examines the basis and rationales for the war on terror in context with the economy.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 State of the nations - Part I - The Economy
This three part series discussses the over-all theme of the requirements of our consumer economy needing a "military fist" to support it, both destroying teh environment while doing their work.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Canada Past Due in Afghanistan
Four more Canadian soldiers die in a war without just cause in Afghanistan. Canada should bring its troops home before more lives are sacrificed in vain.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 American Raj - Book Review (1 comments)
A comprehensive view of the Muslim world and its variety of cultures and beliefs - it is not a monolithic culture of terror as formulated by its occupiers.
Friday, March 20, 2009 Torture Team - Book Review (1 comments)
A clearly written focus on the chain of command and its abuses of international law in relation to Guantanamo.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 U.S. vs. THEM - Book Review
Peter Scoblic has written a good history of the modern conservative era and its relationship with nuclear weapons.
Saturday, February 14, 2009 Israel's Occupation - Book Review
This is the best work available on the nature of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Book Review - Uncultured Wars
Steven Salaita's essays discuss the obvious and not so obvious anti-Arab/Muslim racism in the U.S.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Not to remain silent (1 comments)
The current battle in Gaza is on hold with questions that only time will answer, but within which the answer lies.
Thursday, January 15, 2009 Canada complicit with Israeli war crimes
Canada was the only nation to vote against the UN Human Rights Commission statement on its offense into Gaza and human rights violations. Canada is complicit with Israeli war crimes.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 Rebuttal to Joan Brunwasser's link to Haaretz (1 comments)
The link provided to a Haaretz article that argued against five presupposed "leftist" arguments against Israel - all of which are out of context or simply poorly argued.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Gaza - Plan of Attack (12 comments)
The Gaza attacks have historical precedent in Israel's long sought after goal for control of Eretz Israel.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Fear of Socialism (1 comments)
The "progressives" of the U.S. have many very good common sense ideas, all of which could fall within the rubric of "socialism."
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Bad Money - Book Review (2 comments)
Kevin Phillip's describes the current U.S. problems through the lens of "finance capitalism" and oil, ending on a rather negative note.
Saturday, December 13, 2008 Robert Kagan's Mythology of U.S. Exceptionalism (2 comments)
Robert Kagan's arguments are superficially coherent, but the underlying thesis for them is highly faulted.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 Book Review - Hamas vs. Fatah (5 comments)
A very one dimensional view of the Hamas-Fatah conflict, generally taken completely out of context.
Monday, November 10, 2008 Book Review - The Limits of Power (3 comments)
An excellent overview of U.S. foreign policy by Andrew J. Bacevich, this should be required reading as Obama formulates his new policies.
Thursday, October 30, 2008 States of mind
A dizzying array of problems befuddles the world - with the main sources of the problem being the ones seeking the solution. Not the best way to go.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 Book Review - Hope Denied, Justice Destroyed (1 comments)
William Cook's writing expresses with very strong terms the outrage that should be present for the international rule-breaking of Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Book Review - The Secret War With Iran (2 comments)
A good piece of rhetoric and propaganda encouraging the U.S. to attack Iran.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 The dismal science becomes gloomier (4 comments)
The unscientific beginnings of economic "science" leave it without a theory.
Friday, August 29, 2008 Racing the Enemy - Book Review
The race is still on for geopolitical control of territory - Hasagawa's work describes the critical period of the summer of 1945 that started our current world order.
Saturday, August 23, 2008 Deconstructing Brzezinski's Russia (3 comments)
Zbigniew Brzezinski continues to argue with hypocrisy and double standards towards the Russians.
Thursday, August 21, 2008 Canada's Harper serves as Bush's mouthpiece (1 comments)
Canada's Prime Minister Harper again speaks on bended knee in support of Bush's foreign policy.
Thursday, August 21, 2008 A Doctor in Galilee - Book Review
A wonderfully and powerfully written account of a Palesinian doctor's life experiences living and working inside Israel's green line.
Friday, August 15, 2008 THe Future is Now - the End of Cheap Oil (1 comments)
Recent material indicates that a global energy change is coming soon, with possible 'traumatic' results.
Sunday, July 20, 2008 Marching Toward Hell - Book Review
The shackles of oil and Israel, the elitist ignorance of the American government, the antagonism of the Muslim world supported by the predictions and indictments of bin Laden have created a losing position for the Americans no matter what they attempt to do.
Sunday, July 20, 2008 Descent Into Chaos - Book Review
An excellent work that examines the previously poorly chronicled affairs between the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
