what is it?

Identity politics. The political capital of Arabs/Muslims and how it manifests in our popular and political culture.

Look up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi1ZNEjEarw

Its very detailed, and uses mainstream primary sources. In the intro, the authors explain that they referred to the mainstream press purposefully to communicate the book's ideas to a wider audience. Check it out, buy it used. Very informative. It's a great rebuttal to the inane defense of Israel's P...

Sorry if there is already a sticky'd thread like this but how about we list helpful books on pretty much anything (and categorize them)? I'll list some stuff, and just ignore me if there is a thread like this already. The Gaza Strip: The Politics of De-Development Terror in the Land of the Holy Spir...

ledskof wrote:Maybe his point was, why buy furs when fire will keep you warm for the rest of your life.

Omg, lol

Exactly Tim. And what is Fink's stellar analysis? NOTHING. He makes a stupid joke about how Bush is incompetent and Cheney is Darth Vader and would not allow Israel to pull the strings. First of all, his entire premise is fucking idiotic. This is not about individual leaders. It's about the institut...

Chomsky doesn't support a boycott because its not Israelis businessmen doing the occupation, it's the government. This is false. The civilian population of Israel are completely intertwined with the occupation. Often, the people are even further to the right, than the government. 90+% or something ...

Both Chomsky and Finkelstein are soft on the lobby. They both have not provided a detailed argument on what it is or isn't. They have only responded to it shortly and usually sound dismissive. At some times, Fink will say 'yea must be the Lobby'. But the point remains, that w/ all that both have wri...

http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/chomskyab ... onism.html

Reveals what's become clearer and clearer in recent years. That Chomsky still sympathizes w/ Zionism. His comments are so uncharacteristic of the Chomsky who speaks out against imperialism elsewhere..