https://www.opednews.com/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 Opednews.com Progressive, Liberal United States and International News, Opinion, Op-Eds and Politics en-us Copyright 2026 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:21:12 -0400 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:21:12 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.opednews.com/populum/pthemes/opednews/images/rssbanner.png https://www.opednews.com/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 152 149 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Voices-of-Palestinian-wome-Feminism_Palestinian_Resistance_Settler-colonialism-230210-573.html Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:11:08 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Voices-of-Palestinian-wome-Feminism_Palestinian_Resistance_Settler-colonialism-230210-573.html Jim Miles Two new books on Palestine present a strong feminist viewpoint on current events concerning Palestine. They construct a larger view, drawing on global events and intersecting with other interests such as feminism and indigenous cultures. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada--the-not-so-peacea-by-Jim-Miles-American-Empire_Canada_Militarism_Military-Industrial-Complex-220615-725.html Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:52:42 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada--the-not-so-peacea-by-Jim-Miles-American-Empire_Canada_Militarism_Military-Industrial-Complex-220615-725.html Jim Miles Canada has long upheld its mantra as being a 'peacekeeping' nation, a peaceable kingdom. Yves Engler's recent book brings together a record of Canada's support for foreign and domestic militarism that denies this position. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-War-for-Civilisa-by-Jim-Miles-Middle-East_Middle-East-Conflict-Israel-Palestine-Le_Middle-East-Wars-220328-434.html Mon, 28 Mar 2022 21:57:57 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-War-for-Civilisa-by-Jim-Miles-Middle-East_Middle-East-Conflict-Israel-Palestine-Le_Middle-East-Wars-220328-434.html Jim Miles An older history by one generation - current events at the time of writing, now a still-valid historical view of events in the Middle East, written graphically and intensely. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Absit-Omen-by-Jim-Miles-Nuclear_Weapons-220308-697.html Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:57:43 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Absit-Omen-by-Jim-Miles-Nuclear_Weapons-220308-697.html Jim Miles A hot topic recently but one that has been around since the advent of nuclear weapons. Given current powers of the bomb and civilizational weak points, in the long term there will be no survivors if the war goes nuclear. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-Truckers-and-Free-by-Jim-Miles-Canada_Freedom_Freedom-Of-Assembly_Racism-220213-219.html Sun, 13 Feb 2022 23:13:10 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-Truckers-and-Free-by-Jim-Miles-Canada_Freedom_Freedom-Of-Assembly_Racism-220213-219.html Jim Miles A Canadian reaction to the "Freedom Convoy" and its inherent faults as it passes its third weekend in Ottawa. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Public-Intellectual--The-by-Jim-Miles-Citizen-Activists_Intellectuals_Middle-East-Conflict-Israel-Palestine-Le_Palestine_and_Israel-220213-296.html Sun, 13 Feb 2022 22:43:01 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Public-Intellectual--The-by-Jim-Miles-Citizen-Activists_Intellectuals_Middle-East-Conflict-Israel-Palestine-Le_Palestine_and_Israel-220213-296.html Jim Miles An amazing autobiography of an amazing life covering most of the significant events of the last century. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Giants--The-Global-Power-by-Jim-Miles-Capitalism_Financial-Elite_Financial-Elites_Global-Capitalism-220129-17.html Sat, 29 Jan 2022 22:34:07 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Giants--The-Global-Power-by-Jim-Miles-Capitalism_Financial-Elite_Financial-Elites_Global-Capitalism-220129-17.html Jim Miles A book well worth reading after an interview well worth watching. The only drawback is an unfortunately written final letter to the globalist elite. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Between-a-Rising-Tide-and-by-Jim-Miles-Apartheid_Environmental-Justice_Palestine_and_Israel_Palestinian-220124-883.html Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:04:18 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Between-a-Rising-Tide-and-by-Jim-Miles-Apartheid_Environmental-Justice_Palestine_and_Israel_Palestinian-220124-883.html Jim Miles A summary of a presentation on environmental issues within the Palestinian context. Essentially it is a discussion of geopolitical issues affecting Palestine's ability to cope with the effects of climate change and the effects of Israeli erasure of the cultural landscape. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-American-Trap-by-Jim-Miles-Alstom_American-Foreign-Policy_American-Hegenomy_American-Imperialism-220118-746.html Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:15:57 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-American-Trap-by-Jim-Miles-Alstom_American-Foreign-Policy_American-Hegenomy_American-Imperialism-220118-746.html Jim Miles An honestly written account of the author's journey through the American Trap - a combination of the US$, the DOJ, and various governments and corporate organizations. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-as-Commodity-by-Jim-Miles-Democracy_Democracy-For-America_Financialized-Economy_Financialized-Economy-211222-72.html Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:41:41 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-as-Commodity-by-Jim-Miles-Democracy_Democracy-For-America_Financialized-Economy_Financialized-Economy-211222-72.html Jim Miles The recent Summit for Democracy was a bit of a wash, demonstrating only the desire for the U.S. to continue monopolizing the use of the word democracy. ------. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Racism-and-the-rule-of-law-by-Jim-Miles-Anglo-Empire_Five-Eyes_Law-Enforcement_Papal-Bull-211209-680.html Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:17:37 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Racism-and-the-rule-of-law-by-Jim-Miles-Anglo-Empire_Five-Eyes_Law-Enforcement_Papal-Bull-211209-680.html Jim Miles A critical look at the Anglo empire and its basis on ancient outdated 'laws'. https://www.opednews.com/articles/International-Brigade-Agai-by-Jim-Miles-Apartheid_International-Humanitarian-Law_Palestine_and_Israel_Racism-211207-774.html Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:55:48 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/International-Brigade-Agai-by-Jim-Miles-Apartheid_International-Humanitarian-Law_Palestine_and_Israel_Racism-211207-774.html Jim Miles A timely review of the struggle against apartheid South Africa, with a contemporary look forward at apartheid today. ------. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Contested-Lands--a-rathe-by-Jim-Miles-Bias_History_Iran_Israeli-palestinian-211123-487.html Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:56:29 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Contested-Lands--a-rathe-by-Jim-Miles-Bias_History_Iran_Israeli-palestinian-211123-487.html Jim Miles An attempt by the author to cover 100 years of Middle East history in 218 pages - it can't be done, and its omissions reveal its bias. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dan-Rather-growing-long-in-by-Jim-Miles-China_China-Politics_Cultural-Genocide_Dan-Rather-211121-992.html Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:28:20 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dan-Rather-growing-long-in-by-Jim-Miles-China_China-Politics_Cultural-Genocide_Dan-Rather-211121-992.html Jim Miles A copy of a recent Dan Rather column in which he writes very much like Thomas Friedmann through U.S. rose-coloured glasses... and my response to it. ------. https://www.opednews.com/articles/From-IDF-to-IJV-by-Jim-Miles-Israeli-Apartheid_Israeli_Propaganda_Military_Occupation-211112-623.html Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:43:26 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/From-IDF-to-IJV-by-Jim-Miles-Israeli-Apartheid_Israeli_Propaganda_Military_Occupation-211112-623.html Jim Miles Former IDF members discuss their journey from the Israeli military to their current position as protesters against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canadian-Imperialism--ali-by-Jim-Miles-Canadian-Charter-Of-Rights_Canadian-Imperialism_First-Nations_Imperialism-211026-861.html Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:56:54 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canadian-Imperialism--ali-by-Jim-Miles-Canadian-Charter-Of-Rights_Canadian-Imperialism_First-Nations_Imperialism-211026-861.html Jim Miles Canada is a child of the British Empire. With its siblings, most notably the U.S., it continues to act as a significant part of the modern empire. ------. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Shades-of-Green-by-Jim-Miles-Canada_Green_Zionism-211010-253.html Sun, 10 Oct 2021 22:58:37 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Shades-of-Green-by-Jim-Miles-Canada_Green_Zionism-211010-253.html Jim Miles Discussions in Canada's Green Party about Zionism have effectively torn the party apart. It is argued here that one cannot support Zionism and still be considered a 'green' activist. ------. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Beyond-the-tipping-point-by-Jim-Miles-Climate-Change_Climate-Change_Tipping-Point-210921-144.html Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:34:43 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Beyond-the-tipping-point-by-Jim-Miles-Climate-Change_Climate-Change_Tipping-Point-210921-144.html Jim Miles A personal commentary/reflection on this summer's Pacific Northwest 'heat dome'. ------. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Except-for-Palestine--a-m-by-Jim-Miles-Bds-Movement_Gaza-Invasion_Israeli-Blockade-Of-Gaza_Palestine-Statehood-210827-632.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:10:51 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Except-for-Palestine--a-m-by-Jim-Miles-Bds-Movement_Gaza-Invasion_Israeli-Blockade-Of-Gaza_Palestine-Statehood-210827-632.html Jim Miles This is a review of the new book "Except for Palestine - The Limits of Progressive Politics". It is a remarkable and well-presented short work examining the contradictions in progressive discourse. ----. https://www.opednews.com/articles/After-the-Apocalypse--Ame-by-Jim-Miles-American-Empire_American-Hegenomy_American-Imperialism_American-Military-210726-153.html Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:40:00 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/After-the-Apocalypse--Ame-by-Jim-Miles-American-Empire_American-Hegenomy_American-Imperialism_American-Military-210726-153.html Jim Miles "After the Apocalypse" is a short book, more of an extended essay. Bacevich's goal is a view to revising "the premises informing America's role in the world. Put simply, basic U.S. policy must change." https://www.opednews.com/articles/Right-of-conquest--a-raci-by-Jim-Miles-Doctrine-Of-Discovery_Propaganda_Racist-Depopulation_Right-Of-Conquest-210724-865.html Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:11:05 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Right-of-conquest--a-raci-by-Jim-Miles-Doctrine-Of-Discovery_Propaganda_Racist-Depopulation_Right-Of-Conquest-210724-865.html Jim Miles The rhetorical propaganda of the "right of conquest" has never been valid. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Don-t-read-this-book--A-c-by-Jim-Miles-Book_Reviews_Conflict_Critical_History-210626-794.html Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:29:53 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Don-t-read-this-book--A-c-by-Jim-Miles-Book_Reviews_Conflict_Critical_History-210626-794.html Jim Miles "War: How Conflict Shaped Us" does not properly shape a thesis, does not provide any convincing support (which it cannot do if the thesis is missing or shallow), and does not in any way answer the suggestion of the title of how we are shaped by it. MacMillan has done much better, and I would not recommend this book for anyone other than to those looking for a grab bag of historical events scattered over time and space. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Apartheid--a-global-pheno-by-Jim-Miles-Apartheid_Canada_Global-Hegemony_History-210521-470.html Fri, 21 May 2021 21:35:04 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Apartheid--a-global-pheno-by-Jim-Miles-Apartheid_Canada_Global-Hegemony_History-210521-470.html Jim Miles A brief outline of Israel's apartheid policies - its long history and its ongoing violence over the land. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trudeau-poodles-empire-by-Jim-Miles-Empire_Liberals_Media_Military-170411-834.html Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:31:25 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trudeau-poodles-empire-by-Jim-Miles-Empire_Liberals_Media_Military-170411-834.html Jim Miles The U.S.' fifty-first state continues its ardent support of the military industrial complex. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Putinism--Through-the-U-by-Jim-Miles-Books_Corporations_Debt_Economy-170405-532.html Tue, 04 Apr 2017 21:14:06 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Putinism--Through-the-U-by-Jim-Miles-Books_Corporations_Debt_Economy-170405-532.html Jim Miles A trio of works that more accurately reflects the reality of the U.S. by what they omit in their discussion of their maligned target. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Liberation-of-Aleppo-by-Jim-Miles-Assad_Atrocities_Boeing_Empire-161219-769.html Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:06:18 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Liberation-of-Aleppo-by-Jim-Miles-Assad_Atrocities_Boeing_Empire-161219-769.html Jim Miles The "fall" of Aleppo for the U.S. empire is more realistically the liberation of Aleppo from terrorist groups supported by the U.S. and its allies. https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-conflicted-Oped-news---by-Jim-Miles-Democracy_Economic_Election_Hackers-161111-379.html Sat, 12 Nov 2016 00:28:14 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-conflicted-Oped-news---by-Jim-Miles-Democracy_Economic_Election_Hackers-161111-379.html Jim Miles A quick and perhaps cursory look through the Oped articles sees a divided progressive community, not really sure of how to react. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dogs-not-barking--Netanya-by-Jim-Miles-Assad_Dogs-Of-War_Hezbollah_Israel-151014-106.html Wed, 14 Oct 2015 05:25:47 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dogs-not-barking--Netanya-by-Jim-Miles-Assad_Dogs-Of-War_Hezbollah_Israel-151014-106.html Jim Miles Sometimes silence can be as deafening as noisy rhetoric, if it is recognized as such. With Russia now engaged in Syria, two of the dogs of war are strangely quiet about the situation. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-Multi-Polar-World-by-Jim-Miles-Brics_Dollar_Financial_International-150518-31.html Mon, 18 May 2015 17:15:59 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-Multi-Polar-World-by-Jim-Miles-Brics_Dollar_Financial_International-150518-31.html Jim Miles With much talk over the past decades about a new world order, it should be known that is a current reality, but certainly not the way it was intended by those who first framed the idea. The very concept of a Cold War II indicates there is at least a bipolar world - and if China is thrown into the mix, and with India as part of the BRICS, it is developing into a multipolar world. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Review--The-Rise-of-Islam-by-Jim-Miles-Al-Qaeda_History_Islamic-Jihad_State-Terrorism-150210-821.html Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:58:29 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Review--The-Rise-of-Islam-by-Jim-Miles-Al-Qaeda_History_Islamic-Jihad_State-Terrorism-150210-821.html Jim Miles Patrick Cockburn's experience and insights into the Islamic State are clearly presented in this short, clearly written work. The Islamic State is not a sudden appearance in the geopolitical plays of the Middle East, but has a long history extending from the U.S., Saudi, Pakistani ISI creation of the mujahideen. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-leaps-into-the-empi-by-Jim-Miles-Economists_Empire_Fear_NATO-150207-89.html Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:41:45 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-leaps-into-the-empi-by-Jim-Miles-Economists_Empire_Fear_NATO-150207-89.html Jim Miles Canada no longer pretends to be a "peacekeeping" kind of country. Under the Harper neoConservatives, Canada has overtly sided with the U.S. and its imperial ambitions. More than that, it tries to front run many of the imperial ideas, trying to demonstrate, at least domestically, that Harper is one of the 'tough guys' on the block. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-Power-Game--dej-by-Jim-Miles-Donetsk_Empire_Great-Britain_Hegemony-140831-271.html Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:46:26 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-Power-Game--dej-by-Jim-Miles-Donetsk_Empire_Great-Britain_Hegemony-140831-271.html Jim Miles Is history repeating itself? Not exactly, and not yet, but the same stupid cast of characters seems to be rising to the occasion. https://www.opednews.com/articles/US--Debased--Debauched-by-Jim-Miles-Dollar_Economics_Hegemony_Markets-140410-882.html Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:34:59 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/US--Debased--Debauched-by-Jim-Miles-Dollar_Economics_Hegemony_Markets-140410-882.html Jim Miles There is much concern within certain circles about the sanctity of the US$ and its status as reserve currency. James Rickards regards the dollar as a shining light of morality. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-NEW-New-World-Order-by-Jim-Miles-Containment_Israel_Military_Palestinian-140404-182.html Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:10:51 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-NEW-New-World-Order-by-Jim-Miles-Containment_Israel_Military_Palestinian-140404-182.html Jim Miles The way it was supposed to turn out has not quite worked out for the members of the Project for a New American Century. Current events are testimony to that, but as far as Israel is concerned, it might not be all bad news for their settlement program. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-Ukraine-and-the-by-Jim-Miles-Economic_Economy_Gold_Merkel-140319-898.html Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:04:59 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-Ukraine-and-the-by-Jim-Miles-Economic_Economy_Gold_Merkel-140319-898.html Jim Miles The U.S. has created more trouble in the world with its advocacy of Ukrainian change through violence. Canada is a strong supporter of this stance, and in several ways if trying to front run the U.S. in degree of rhetoric. However, as John Bolton indicated on FOX news, Russia holds all the cards - economically, politically, and militarily. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel--Life-and-Loathin-by-Jim-Miles-Fascism_Israel_Israel-Lobby_Israeli-Attacks-On-Gaza-131127-574.html Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:40:53 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel--Life-and-Loathin-by-Jim-Miles-Fascism_Israel_Israel-Lobby_Israeli-Attacks-On-Gaza-131127-574.html Jim Miles Author Max Blumenthal spent many long periods of time in greater Israel assessing the mood of the country and its core beliefs as expressed in word and action. This is a review of his account. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-flies-the-U-S-flag-by-Jim-Miles-Intervention_Israel_Military_NATO-130829-469.html Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:59:18 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-flies-the-U-S-flag-by-Jim-Miles-Intervention_Israel_Military_NATO-130829-469.html Jim Miles Canada's Conservative government under Stephen Harper gives full support to U.S. position on Syria. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Apologies-from-Canada--Co-by-Jim-Miles-121130-571.html Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:57:29 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Apologies-from-Canada--Co-by-Jim-Miles-121130-571.html Jim Miles The recent recognition of Palestine by the UN may be symbolic, but symbolism carries a long history and a long memory. https://www.opednews.com/articles/On-rhetoric-and-actions-by-Jim-Miles-120927-416.html Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:13:38 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/On-rhetoric-and-actions-by-Jim-Miles-120927-416.html Jim Miles The difference between rhetoric and actions in Obama's speech is rather large. A fine orator with grand homilies and platitudes conceals the deadly actions abroad. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-preps-for-war-with-by-Jim-Miles-120910-370.html Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:34:27 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-preps-for-war-with-by-Jim-Miles-120910-370.html Jim Miles The Canadian government displays its wilful ignorance and malevolent attitudes towards others with its recent cancelling of its dipolomatic mission to Iran. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-way-it-spozed-to-be-by-Jim-Miles-120814-966.html Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:59:43 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-way-it-spozed-to-be-by-Jim-Miles-120814-966.html Jim Miles The RAND corporation attempts to sanitize the history of the modern world with this monograph that simply avoids talking about U.S. actions around the globe. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Color-Revolutions-by-Jim-Miles-120722-248.html Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:25:03 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Color-Revolutions-by-Jim-Miles-120722-248.html Jim Miles While generally giving what appears to be a good overview of the color revolutions in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and the Ukraine within a narrow focus, much of the work suffers when looking at the broader context of U.S. involvement vis a vis their foreign affairs geopolitical interests. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dying-Empire-by-Jim-Miles-120613-687.html Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:11:22 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dying-Empire-by-Jim-Miles-120613-687.html Jim Miles A 'state of the union' overview, a union conceived in violence and now ending in violence. It is the nature of the militarized economy and culture of the supposedly indispensable nation. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Balfour-Declaration--by-Jim-Miles-120404-838.html Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:09:21 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Balfour-Declaration--by-Jim-Miles-120404-838.html Jim Miles An excellent historical writing on the lead up to the Balfour Declaration that helped shape the Middle East after World War I https://www.opednews.com/articles/John-Baird-Canada-s-forei-by-Jim-Miles-120404-713.html Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:45:54 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/John-Baird-Canada-s-forei-by-Jim-Miles-120404-713.html Jim Miles al-Jazeera questions highlight Canada's role as a pawn to the U.S. adventures in the Middle East. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Neatnyahu-visits-Canada-fo-by-Jim-Miles-120304-264.html Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:35:53 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Neatnyahu-visits-Canada-fo-by-Jim-Miles-120304-264.html Jim Miles Before heading to the U.S., Netanyahu visited one of his most ardent supporters, Canada's PM Stephen Harper. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Imperial-Messenger--Thoma-by-Jim-Miles-111221-897.html Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:17:24 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Imperial-Messenger--Thoma-by-Jim-Miles-111221-897.html Jim Miles Fernandez' writing provides an in depth coverage to Friedman's rhetoric and hubris, aided by his arrogance, double standards, poor metaphors, and self-contradictions. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Non-violence-does-not-have-by-Jim-Miles-111120-264.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:04:27 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Non-violence-does-not-have-by-Jim-Miles-111120-264.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Chris-Hedges--a-man-of-ou-by-Jim-Miles-111017-11.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:16:45 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Chris-Hedges--a-man-of-ou-by-Jim-Miles-111017-11.html Jim Miles Chris Hedges has enterd my pantheon of great writers of our era, among the likes of Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, and Robert Fisk. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Longest-War--near-sig-by-Jim-Miles-110926-657.html Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:10:40 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Longest-War--near-sig-by-Jim-Miles-110926-657.html Jim Miles 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." https://www.opednews.com/articles/Moral-bankruptcy-will-U-S-by-Jim-Miles-110919-614.html Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:47:56 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Moral-bankruptcy-will-U-S-by-Jim-Miles-110919-614.html Jim Miles 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? https://www.opednews.com/articles/Post-Modern-Imperialism--by-Jim-Miles-110725-41.html Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:38:28 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Post-Modern-Imperialism--by-Jim-Miles-110725-41.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Fast-Times-in-Palestine-by-Jim-Miles-110725-601.html Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:01:30 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Fast-Times-in-Palestine-by-Jim-Miles-110725-601.html Jim Miles One small town Oklahoma girl's voyage of discovery and revelation in the Palestinian territories and Israel. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Between-Two-Worlds-by-Jim-Miles-110725-835.html Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:14:31 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Between-Two-Worlds-by-Jim-Miles-110725-835.html Jim Miles An excellent documentary on the divisions within the Jewish community concerning Palestine/Israel. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-s-election--hard-r-by-Jim-Miles-110503-412.html Thu, 05 May 2011 13:38:30 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-s-election--hard-r-by-Jim-Miles-110503-412.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/After-Empire--Birth-of-a-by-Jim-Miles-110427-384.html Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:57:56 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/After-Empire--Birth-of-a-by-Jim-Miles-110427-384.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-power-in-the-Indian-O-by-Jim-Miles-110413-680.html Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:47:03 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-power-in-the-Indian-O-by-Jim-Miles-110413-680.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Deadly-Embrace--U-S-and-by-Jim-Miles-110328-879.html Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:25:51 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Deadly-Embrace--U-S-and-by-Jim-Miles-110328-879.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Three-strikes--we-re-out-by-Jim-Miles-110323-65.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:54:18 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Three-strikes--we-re-out-by-Jim-Miles-110323-65.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Leslie-Gelb-s-unconvetiona-by-Jim-Miles-110223-528.html Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:31:50 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Leslie-Gelb-s-unconvetiona-by-Jim-Miles-110223-528.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Forked-tongue-by-Jim-Miles-110220-565.html Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:45:38 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Forked-tongue-by-Jim-Miles-110220-565.html Jim Miles The U.S. carries on its tradition of speaking conciliatory words while acting simply in its own imperial interests. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Review--Gaza-in-Crisis--by-Jim-Miles-110216-488.html Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:06:35 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Review--Gaza-in-Crisis--by-Jim-Miles-110216-488.html Jim Miles A timely discussion by two of the world's foremost academics on Israeli tactics in Gaza https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-empire-struggles-on-wh-by-Jim-Miles-110204-292.html Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:40:30 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-empire-struggles-on-wh-by-Jim-Miles-110204-292.html Jim Miles While Obama and his government repeat the same tired rhetoric, the empire struggles but is far from being run out of Egypt. https://www.opednews.com/articles/On-political-dialogue-an-by-Jim-Miles-110129-839.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:09:01 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/On-political-dialogue-an-by-Jim-Miles-110129-839.html Jim Miles The U.S. - the Obama government - calls for dialogue and principles in a situation that its own actions helped considerably in creating. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Remaking-the-Middle-East--by-Jim-Miles-101113-355.html Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:40:23 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Remaking-the-Middle-East--by-Jim-Miles-101113-355.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-stands-by-Israel-by-Jim-Miles-101109-902.html Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:59:31 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-stands-by-Israel-by-Jim-Miles-101109-902.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Chosen-Peoples--Israe-by-Jim-Miles-101028-397.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:56:14 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Chosen-Peoples--Israe-by-Jim-Miles-101028-397.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Empire-of-Liberty-by-Jim-Miles-101015-768.html Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:31:07 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Empire-of-Liberty-by-Jim-Miles-101015-768.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-and-Israel--Buildi-by-Jim-Miles-101007-52.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:11:57 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Canada-and-Israel--Buildi-by-Jim-Miles-101007-52.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dismantle-the-empire--or-by-Jim-Miles-100926-435.html Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:21:02 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dismantle-the-empire--or-by-Jim-Miles-100926-435.html Jim Miles Chalmers Johnson's latest work clearly demonstrates the need to change the military empire that now controls the U.S. economy. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Children-of-Catastrophe--by-Jim-Miles-100920-254.html Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:59:35 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Children-of-Catastrophe--by-Jim-Miles-100920-254.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Washington-Rules--America-by-Jim-Miles-100915-78.html Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:55:10 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Washington-Rules--America-by-Jim-Miles-100915-78.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-not-so-new-U-S-public-p-by-Jim-Miles-100907-736.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:38:21 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-not-so-new-U-S-public-p-by-Jim-Miles-100907-736.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Palestine-Betrayed-by-Jim-Miles-100829-539.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:24:39 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Palestine-Betrayed-by-Jim-Miles-100829-539.html Jim Miles Yale writer Efraim Karsh creates a canard about the reality of the Palestinian 'nakba' of 1948. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Start-up-Nation--The-Isra-by-Jim-Miles-100722-110.html Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:33:56 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Start-up-Nation--The-Isra-by-Jim-Miles-100722-110.html Jim Miles A look at the implications in Start-Up Nation reveals that no miracle has occurred, only the common place military-industrial liaison. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Letters-from-Palestine-by-Jim-Miles-100708-747.html Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:26:53 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Letters-from-Palestine-by-Jim-Miles-100708-747.html Jim Miles A review of Kenneth Ring's excellent compilation of personal stories from the West Bank and Gaza https://www.opednews.com/articles/FORCE-SIX-HURRICANE-KRISTO-by-Jim-Miles-100617-934.html Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:33:50 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/FORCE-SIX-HURRICANE-KRISTO-by-Jim-Miles-100617-934.html Jim Miles A real scary scenario creates scary conjecture, but a simple test of oil on water perhaps supports its reality. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Quicksand--Book-Review-by-Jim-Miles-100616-768.html Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:46:09 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Quicksand--Book-Review-by-Jim-Miles-100616-768.html Jim Miles Like Quicksand, this book is deceptive, starting very strong, ending stuck in the rose coloured viewpoint of U.S. imperialism. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Netanyahu-in-Canada--by-Jim-Miles-100531-48.html Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:37:49 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Netanyahu-in-Canada--by-Jim-Miles-100531-48.html Jim Miles Israel once again shows its disdain for international law and humanitarian actions, all while Netanyahu pleads his case to the sycophantic Canadian government. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dazed-and-confused-by-Jim-Miles-100530-849.html Mon, 31 May 2010 20:40:53 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dazed-and-confused-by-Jim-Miles-100530-849.html Jim Miles All the separate pieces of bad news are all related to our corporate-military economy supporting our debt-burdened, easy energy, consumptive life style. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Beyond-Fundamentalism--Bo-by-Jim-Miles-100525-939.html Wed, 26 May 2010 07:18:02 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Beyond-Fundamentalism--Bo-by-Jim-Miles-100525-939.html Jim Miles 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. . https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Invention-of-the-Jewis-by-Jim-Miles-100516-844.html Mon, 17 May 2010 10:36:57 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Invention-of-the-Jewis-by-Jim-Miles-100516-844.html Jim Miles Shlomo Sand's recent work exposes the myths of the Jewish faith as a "people". https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Father-was-a-Freedom-Fi-by-Jim-Miles-100419-180.html Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:05:56 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Father-was-a-Freedom-Fi-by-Jim-Miles-100419-180.html Jim Miles A must read to obtain a strong understanding of the political-cultural history of Gaza and Palestine as seen by the dispossessed and occupied Gazans. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel--water-wars-by-Jim-Miles-100413-89.html Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:26:59 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel--water-wars-by-Jim-Miles-100413-89.html Jim Miles With the intersection of climate change and geopolitical goals, Israel is at much at war for water as it is for land. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Defacto-unitary-state--Is-by-Jim-Miles-100331-203.html Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:20:38 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Defacto-unitary-state--Is-by-Jim-Miles-100331-203.html Jim Miles Israel has created - unwittingly - a single state of all its people, including Palestinians. Not pretty, but it is there. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Behind-the-Wall--Book-Rev-by-Jim-Miles-100322-275.html Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:37:50 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Behind-the-Wall--Book-Rev-by-Jim-Miles-100322-275.html Jim Miles A powerful and captivating series of vignettes of life in occupied Palestine. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Settlement-Freeze--take-i-by-Jim-Miles-100321-817.html Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:49:08 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Settlement-Freeze--take-i-by-Jim-Miles-100321-817.html Jim Miles The "quartet" is avoiding the UN Security Council - pehaps because they know their actions, and Israels, are counter to international law. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Bases-of-Empire--Book-Rev-by-Jim-Miles-100321-455.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:41:32 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Bases-of-Empire--Book-Rev-by-Jim-Miles-100321-455.html Jim Miles An overview of U.S. military bases around the world with an examination of some particular examples and the local resistance to them. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Three-Kings--Book-Review-by-Jim-Miles-100312-670.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:43:47 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Three-Kings--Book-Review-by-Jim-Miles-100312-670.html Jim Miles A well researched and documented political history of the U.S. imperial expansion into the Middle East after World War II. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Misadventures-of-the-Most-by-Jim-Miles-100309-963.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:36:33 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Misadventures-of-the-Most-by-Jim-Miles-100309-963.html Jim Miles Flawed support for the WTO, the organization that colludes for world governance. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Perpetual-Fraud-by-Jim-Miles-100304-673.html Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:23:46 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Perpetual-Fraud-by-Jim-Miles-100304-673.html Jim Miles The war of terror perpetuates the fraud of imperial wars with the military-corporate powers being the only 'winners'. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Haiti-and-media-amnesia-by-Jim-Miles-100203-741.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:10:53 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Haiti-and-media-amnesia-by-Jim-Miles-100203-741.html Jim Miles Canada's MacLean's magazine misses the critical reality that is Haiti. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Israeli-Palestine-Conf-by-Jim-Miles-100122-848.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:02:57 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Israeli-Palestine-Conf-by-Jim-Miles-100122-848.html Jim Miles A discussion that works well as a text, but has limits within the context that it should be set within. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel-and-Palestine--BOo-by-Jim-Miles-100114-666.html Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:57:26 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel-and-Palestine--BOo-by-Jim-Miles-100114-666.html Jim Miles One of the more strongly expressed writings from the group of Israeli revisionist historians. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Far-Enemy--Why-Jihad-by-Jim-Miles-091228-876.html Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:22:05 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Far-Enemy--Why-Jihad-by-Jim-Miles-091228-876.html Jim Miles A revised examination of the jihadi movements and its many fractious elements. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-and-theocracy--by-Jim-Miles-091216-680.html Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:05:27 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-and-theocracy--by-Jim-Miles-091216-680.html Jim Miles 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. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy--Part-I--peop-by-Jim-Miles-091216-578.html Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:04:05 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy--Part-I--peop-by-Jim-Miles-091216-578.html Jim Miles A look at the business values - globalization, free trade, corporations and capitalism - that define the workings of our democracy today. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Barry-Rubin-and-Leonard-As-by-Jim-Miles-091201-956.html Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:51:58 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Barry-Rubin-and-Leonard-As-by-Jim-Miles-091201-956.html Jim Miles Palestinians as passive complainers to the Israeli occupation? Not likely. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Imperial-Inertia-by-Jim-Miles-091129-64.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:35:47 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Imperial-Inertia-by-Jim-Miles-091129-64.html Jim Miles All current global problems are related - the economy, wars, the environment - all part of the same thing. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Reflections-on-Michael-Moo-by-Jim-Miles-091102-102.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:04:26 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Reflections-on-Michael-Moo-by-Jim-Miles-091102-102.html Jim Miles A bit slow in viewing, but worth a comment about this half of capitalism. The other half? China.