Read what they have to say
- Labour Friends of Iraq
- Michael J. Totten
- Standing Alone in Mecca by Asra Nomani
- Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
- chomsky.info : The Official Noam Chomsky Website
- Tariq Ali
- Tariq Ali
- Tariq Ali
- Paul Krugman
- Naomi Klein
- Irshad Manji
- Katrina vanden Heuvel
- David Aaronovitch
- Peter Beinart
- Nicholas D. Kristof
- Fareed Zakaria
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Christopher Hitchens
Recent Posts
Recommended blogs
Blogsphere
- GREGaM - Groupe de recherche et d'études sur le genre au Maroc
- Disillusioned Lefty
- The Daily Ablution
- Drink-soaked Trotskyite Popinjays For WAR
- Ceteris Paribus
- Disillusioned Lefty
- IRAQ THE MODEL
- The Daily Ablution
- Alvy at Microsiervos
- E-nough!
- Outside the Whale
- Eric the Unread
- Norman Geras' Blog
- Harry's Place
- MarcCooper.com
- Conatus - beautiful blog
- defusingbombs
- Adventures of Mr.Behi
- Michael J. Totten
- onegoodmove: I thought these things might be clues
Newspapers and Mags
- The Globalist
- The Daily Star - The Middle East's Leading English Newspaper
- The Huffington Post
- New Statesman
- The New Left Review
- The Progressive Magazine
- Folha de Sao Paulo (Portuguese)
- The New Yorker
- American Prospect Online
- Slate Magazine
- Libération.fr
- The Spectator
- Economist.com
- International Herald Tribune
- Foreign Affairs
- Le Monde
- Guardian Unlimited
- Courrier International (French)
- Foreign Policy
- The Atlantic Monthly
Political Compass
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Interesting Links
- Muslim WakeUp! What’s Right with Islam? Everything!
- Terrorism, Security & America's Purpose
- The Iraq Foundation
- The Nation Audio Blog
- onegoodmove: I thought these things might be clues
- ZNet - A community of people committed to social change
- Imagination Cubed
- Pitchfork: Best New Music
- Democracy Now!: radio and TV news
- Antiwar.com
- Women For Women International
- Washington Prism
- The Leonard Lopate Show
- CounterPunch: America's Best Political Newsletter
- L'Esprit Public
- Global Voices Online
- Adventures of Mr.Behi
- North Korea zone
- Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria
- Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society
- The official website of Irshad Manji
- Site Officiel de Mathieu Chedid
- t r u t h o u t | News Politics
- International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security | Safe Democracy
- Transparency International
- Keyhole
- Why War?
Hitchens' Corner
- Calling Galloway's Bluff - The Senate uncovers a smoking gun
- WILL GEORGE SLIP UP ON NEW OIL REPORTS?
- Tribal Ignorance - What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong. By Christopher Hitchens
- Why Ask Why? - Terrorist attacks aren't caused by any policy except that of the bombers themselves. By Christopher Hitchens
- The Euro - Foreign Policy Magazine
- Anti-War, My Foot - The phony peaceniks who protested in Washington. By Christopher Hitchens
- 'Galloway is a hot, blustering bully - but I'm staying on his case until the very end'
- The Inalienable Right To Screw Up Your Country - And the joy of finding a leader who can help bring it back together again.
- Hitchens-Galloway Debate (Part 1)
- Hitchens-Galloway Debate (Part 2)
- George Galloway Is Gruesome, Not Gorgeous - Now, watch me debate him. By Christopher Hitchens
- Cut It Off - Another disgusting religious practice
- A War to Be Proud Of
- Equal Time - By Christopher Hitchens
- Losing the Iraq War - Can the left really want us to? (latest Slate column)
- Review of "Love, Poverty and War"
- Prism interview
Friday, 03 February 2006
Tuesday, 16 August 2005
Another day in Despotism
As mentionned in this blog a while back, every two weeks, the The New Republic features a tragically comic recap of what's making the headlines in the world's so-called outposts of tyranny. We're so obsessed with what to believe and not to believe in our own newspapers that we forget about the mind-boggling news that is forced-fed to people in North Korea, Libya etc...
For the outposts of tyranny, the past fortnight has been good. Their defense capabilities continue to evolve; their leaders grow in international renown; and their citizens enjoy a broad variety of slogans. There will always be naysayers, but, with sufficient community spirit, they can be crushed forever.
Records to Check out
Listen... (Firefox users only)
- Emotion 98.6 - Mylo
Hat tip to Anthony who made me discover this amazing DJ (who also happens to be a compatriot!) Yay the French DJ scene. Moby-like atmosphere brought one notch higher... - Sweet and Lovely - Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
This is taken from the newly discovered recording of the famous Carnegie Hall concert the two giants of jazz gave. Coltrane is mesmerizing... - Mushaboom - Feist
Discovery of the week. Canadian folk-jazz-funk singer Feist's funky and seductive voice has put a spell on me. This track is taken off her album 3let it die" - King Without a Crown - Matisyahu
I keep playing this song over and over. Absolutely mind-blowing. Can''t believe it is only now i discover the hasidic-reggae sensation. Fantastic intro. - Soul for Sahib - Koop
A very funky jazz piece jazz sparingly laced with electronics. - Know my name - Nightmares on Wax
Great track off trip-pop gurus' latest album. - S.O.U.L - Burning Spear
I was always surprised that this was a Burning Spear song (still not sure it is). In anycase, if you want one inspired flute solo, listen to this track. - Charles Anjo 45 - Caetano Veloso
If there is one song for me that conveys the essence of Brazil, it's this song. Every time I listen to it, I travel back to Rio. - Siempre me quedará - Bebe
Yasmine made me discover this smooth smokey voice just last week. Very spanish, very sexy. - Symphony n° 5, 2nd mvmt - Shostakovitch
I can't get tired of this symphony, a masterpiece.
Articles worth a read (updated daily)
- We are globalised, but have no real intimacy with the rest of the world
- Ahmadinejad's demons
- Seeing Baghdad, Thinking Saigon - Stephen Biddle
- Foreign Affairs - Saddam's Delusions: The View from the Inside
- How the Internet hurts Iranian reformers
- Stand up for Denmark! - Why are we not defending our ally? By Christopher Hitchens
- Islam's no joking matter - and that's the problem
- Foreign Policy: Your portal to global politics, economics, and ideas
- Stumbling forward in Haiti - International Herald Tribune
- Cartoon Debate - The case for mocking religion. By Christopher Hitchens
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Bookshelf
Movies I've seen recently
- GREGaM - Groupe de recherche et d'études sur le genre au Maroc
- Ice Age 2 - 2005 (*)
- Syriana - 2005 (*)
- Du jour au lendemain - 2005 (0)
- The New World - 2005 (**)
- Munich - 2005 (**)
- Borkeback Mountain - 2005 (***)
- Lord of War - 2006 (O)
- Protocols of Zion- 2005 (**)
- In the Heat of the Night - 1967 (**)
- L'Enfant Endormi - 2005 (***)
- The Constant Gardener - 2005 (**)
- Where the Truth Lies - 2005 (*)
- L'arc - 2005 (*)
- Hustle and Flow - 2005 (**)
- Factotum - 2005 (***)
- Manderlay - 2005 (**)
- History Of Violence - 2005 (*)
- L'Enfant - 2005 (**)
- Crash -2004 (**)
- Caché - 2005 (**)
- Kilomètre zéro - 2005 (*)
- Me and You and Everyone We Know - 2005 (**)
- Gion bayashi - 1953 (**)
- Melinda Melinda - 2004 (0)
- Paradise Now - 2005 (***)
- La ragazza con la valigia -1960 (**)
- The Incredibles - 2004 (*)
- Something's gotta give - 2003 (**)
- Birth - 2004 (**)
- Un cadeau du ciel - 2003 (**)
- The Jacket - 2005 (**)
- Ray (***)
- Peindre ou faire l'amour - 2005 (*)
- Martin Roumagnac - 1946 (**)
- Wedding Crashers - 2005 (0)
- Torremolinos 73 - 2003 (**)
- La Verité - 1960 (***)
- Le Signe du Lion - 1959 (***)
- College - 1927 (*)
- Quai des Orfèvres - 1947 (***)
- Marebito - 2004 (0)
- L'été où j'ai grandi - 2004 (**)
- L'assassin habite au 21 - 1942 (***)
- Les Poupées Russes - 2004 (**)
- Kingdom of Heaven - 2004 (*)
- Somersault - 2004 (**)
- Ugetsu monogatari - 1953 (**)
- Hair High - 2004 (*)
- Bin-jip - 2004 (*)
- De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté - 2004 (**)
- Star Wars: Episode 3 - 2004 (*)
- Darwin's Nightmare - 2004 (****)
- Madigan - 1968 (*)
- Les soeurs fâchées - 2004 (**)
- Va, vis et deviens - 2005 (***)
- The Syrian Bride - 2004 (**)
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