Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

"'I'm not a great fan' of Netanyahu, Sanders admits; as a Jew, he had always admired a different Israeli leader, David Ben-Gurion, the social democrat."  David Ben-Gurion: "A partial Jewish State is not the end, but only the beginning. … I am certain that we well not be prevented from settling in the other parts of the country, either by mutual agreements with our Arab neighbors  or by some other means. . . [If the Arabs refuse] we shall have to speak to them in another language. But we shall only have another language if we have a state ." —  As quoted in   Chomsky, Noam,  Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition) (South End Press Classics Series) . "If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of Israel, I would choose the latter, for before us lies not only the numbers of these children but the histor

Top academics including Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler condemn Centre’s action at JNU

The list of those who have been involved in the big crimes is long...  Blood Traces: Bernie’s Iraq War Hypocrisy

Robert J Gordon and the rise and fall of American capitalism "[A]re we entering a new industrial revolution like the early 19 th  century that will give capitalism a new lease of life in developing the productive forces, even if it means loss of jobs for hundreds of millions and rising inequality of income and wealth?  Or are the new ‘disruptive technologies’ just a mirage that will change little in increasing economic growth and productivity, as Gordon argues?"

Toward a Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings (Part One) Toward a Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings (Part Two)

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine President Franklin D. Roosevelt (enough time before the actual cleansing of Palestine)   put it in December 1942 ,  “I actually would put a barbed wire around Palestine, and I would begin to move the Arabs out of Palestine…. Each time we move out an Arab we would bring in another Jewish family…” And this was exactly what happened with planned massacres !! Also , The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine   (e-book)  My interview with Ilan Pappe  (audio)

From the archive: my  comment on an old article on the Economist A good piece. The Economist mentioning class and classes is interesting. Some hint to the failure of modernization and its consequnces. A cleverly woven arguments to put some of the causes on "socialism". At the end of the day, the Economist should tell us that neither "socialism or "Islamism" is the solution and should not tell us how the development of international capitalism impacts on the level of developments of the Arab countries. Mentioning China is very interesting although it is meant to serve the editorial line. China has achieved what she achieved not because "it embraced capitalism", but because of revolution, opening to the world market but with control of the commanding heights (see the Economist itself a couple of years ago). I consider the following as facts which the Economist (for idelologically reasons) cannot mention.  1. The general structure of the Ar