Quick link – 60th anniversary of the Slansky Trial: Stalinism, anti-semitism and “anti-Zionism”.
Here is a very interesting article about the emergence of anti-semitism (parading as anti-Zionism) as a key element of Soviet and Eastern European Stalinism after WWII.
ACLU statement on Obama’s signing of NDAA
“Any hope that the Obama administration would roll back the constitutional excesses of George Bush in the war on terror was extinguished today.”
Privacy and you
Especially relevant given the infamous “Privacy is for Paedos” line spun by an ex-editor of the News of the World at the UK media inquiry.
What now for Libya?
“For Libya’s interim government, the National Transitional Council (NTC), the aftermath of the bloody nine-month conflict may prove as difficult and treacherous as the conflict itself.”
Saudi women can now vote (still can’t drive)
King Abdullah said his decision came because “we refuse marginalising women’s role in the Saudi society in all fields” and followed “consultations with several scholars”.
Quicklink: Google+ is just a Trojan horse #nymwars
Google wants to be an identity management gatekeeper, and all those arguments about “real names” being more trustworthy are not just wrongheaded as many of us already knew, but are a disingenuous sham.
London burning IV: Tory authoritarianism triumphant
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech to the House of Commons in the aftermath of the English riots set the tone for a bizarre crackdown: Responsibility for crime always lies with the criminal. But crime has a context. And we [...]
Banning: what is it good for?
Currently being floated as candidates for banned from advertising and/or sale:
Quicklink: further ADF assault allegations, more inquiries to come
Defence Minister Stephen Smith says there may need to be further inquiries into assault allegations involving the Australian Defence Force.
The great Julia Gillard Disability Support Pension lie
I write this post as someone with a disability that isn’t going to go away. (A missing leg isn’t gonna grow back). I also write this post as someone who works. And I write this post as someone who would [...]
Libya and the future: Quiggin and Frangie
A couple of interesting pieces on the likely implications of Libya, the Arab revolutions, and the impact on US power and strategy come from John Quiggin and Samer Frangie.
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