Politics

NOVANEWS By: DAVE By Michael Collins Piper A leading critic of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is purveying smears of “anti-Semitism” against some influential liberal groups by unfavorably comparing their stance to the nationalist, America-first point of view expressed by The Spotlight, the predecessor of AMERICAN FREE PRESS. The liberal groups—which are closely associated with the Obama administration—are perceived, like the president and Paul, to be insufficiently supportive of Israel. Washington insiders see this as the latest effort by the Israeli lobby to undermine Obama’s already shaky support among Jewish voters. A key propagandist involved in the affair is James Kirchik who won widespread media favor for authoring a hit piece on Paul, accusing him of purveying racism and anti-Semitism in ...

NOVANEWS By Prof John Kozy Global Research Economists build models by subtracting from reality the characteristics they deem unessential to the economic situations they model. The result is a bare bones description consisting of what economists deem economically essential. Everything that is discarded (not taken into consideration in the model) is called an "externality." So the models only work when the externalities that were in effect before the models are implemented do not change afterward. The realm of economic models can be likened to the realm of Platonic Ideas. Both realms are static and unchanging throughout all time. Unfortunately the real world constantly changes. Since externalities are excluded from all economic models and can be expected to change after any model is implem...

NOVANEWS By Gilad Atzmon To read the 1st part click here. Racism is a big word with some very bad connotations.  Being accused of racism is one of the most hurtful and potentially damaging labels around. And yet, how many ‘racists’ really think in ‘biological determinist’ terms? How many ‘racists’ out there really think in terms of ‘genes,’ or even ‘skin colour’? I guess not that many. While acknowledging that racism had a significant cultural, and politically lethal impact between the late 19th century and the middle of the last century, in today’s politics, the word ‘racism’ is often misused, mistakenly used, or in some cases, consciously used to mislead and even to silence. Though discrimination against minority groups is unfortunately common and totally unacceptable, it is not necessar...

NOVANEWS By Gilad Atzmon http://www.deliberation.info/ Arguing the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign with Norman Finkelstein from HuffPoMonitor on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/36854424 Norman Finkelstein has recently bought himself a few enemies within the Palestinian solidarity movement for openly and enthusiastically advocating the Two States Solution. In the last interview it seems as if Finkelstein defends Israel’s right to exist. From an academic point of view, Finkelstein has a point. He argues that in order to win we have to operate within the parameters set by international  law. However, some points should be made here. It is far from being clear who sets the parameters of international law. Is it really the international community? Or is it just a few powerful Western ...

NOVANEWS By: Gilad Atzmon   1st part of two – In this paper and the one to follow, I expose the misleading aspect that is, unfortunately, inherent to some 'anti' racist ideologies. I will elaborate on the role of anti racism in maintaing both Zionism and the Left discourse. “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ― Anaïs Nin  It doesn’t take a genius to see that people who are identified as Zionist and Jews are, somehow, over represented in many blunders in today’s world affairs. The pro-war, Neocon think-tanks were overwhelmingly saturated with Zionist Jews, and the ‘moral interventionist’ advocates within the media are also largely Zionist Jews. The ‘brains’ behind the so-called Bush doctrine i.e. The ‘War Against Terror’, were Paul Wolfowitz and Scooter Libby, and ...

NOVANEWS 50 years of incessant advertising and lies has made us think that prosperity means having more money to buy more ‘things’. Yet each of us knows that beyond a certain level, the ownership of ‘things’ makes us no happier and certainly no healthier. There is a perception that a bigger car or house increases our social status, but that perception is marginal at best. It does not make for a better human being. Prosperity is defined as being flourishing, thriving and successful. To be a flourishing, thriving and successful human being depends more upon health and happiness than the size of your bank balance. The misplaced clamour for economic growth has put many economies into decline, and economic notions of prosperity are at last being seen for what they actually are – a negative impa...

NOVANEWS By Gilad Atzmon “Dershowitz is not only a remarkable liar and slanderer, but also an extreme opponent of elementary civil rights” Noam Chomsky The following is an analytical yet amusing glimpse into the deceitful and psychological  nature of  Zionist propaganda as manifested by arch Zionist Alan Dershowitz. Dershowitz wrote last week, “in a recent post, Atzmon said that he would be willing to play alongside David Duke. What a duet!” This little insignificant anecdote brought a smile to my face because in my text I was actually positively considering joining a new healing musical adventure along together with Alan Dershowitz on tuba and David Duke on trumpet. Here are my words, “I really do not understand why Alan Dershowitz believes himself to be morally s...

NOVANEWS By Jim Fetzer As a student of the history and the philosophy of science, I have been dumbfounded to discover that ISIS, a prominent journal in the history of science, has published a review of a book on astronomers that was edited by T. Hockey, THE BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTRONOMERS, by N. M. Swerdlow, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago (ISIS 101:1 (2010), pp. 197-8), in which he assails Nicholas Kollerstrom, Ph.D., an historian of science and scholar whom I admire, on the alleged ground of anti-Semitism. While Kollerstrom has conducted scientific research on the Holocaust related to the use of zyklon gas to exterminate inmates, it has nothing to do with his contributions to THE BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, where his entries on John Couch Ad...

          NOVANEWS by crescentandcross  After a brief back and forth in the comments section today with someone calling himself "Dennis", I received the following in my gmail account-- I KNOW YOUR AN ENGLISH TEACHER. I  DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE A HISTORIAN AND NOW YOU ARE A PSYCHOLOGIST AS WELL.THE ONLY HISTORY YOU KNOW IS ALL THE GARBAGE THAT YOUR MOOSLIM  BUDDIES FEED YOU.BEING AN ARAB YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT AT ONE TIME YOUR FELLOW ARABS WERE OVERWELMINGLY CHRISTIAN AND THEN THE FALSE PROPHET MOHAMMED COMES ALONG AND CONVERTS THEM BY FORCE TO THE PAGAN RELIGION OF ISLAM. RESULTING IN THE MAJORITY OF ARABS NOW A DAYS BEING MUSLIMS. LUCKY FOR YOU  YOUR ARAB ANCESTORS  WERE NOT  KILLED OR CONVERTED BY THIS REAL NUT CASE AND HIS FOLLOWERS.YOU SH...