New Christian Right

Contemporary conservatism has thrived in part because conservative evangelicals have long recognized the importance of political pedagogy. By focusing on how political norms are taught, how a political worldview is shaped and transmitted, conservatives have helped to ensure their relevance and longevity.

--Jason C. Bivins, The Religion of Fear

BDS

A North American delegation of students supporting boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israeli apartheid recently visited Palestine for a tour and workshop with their Palestinian and Israeli counterparts to better understand the campaign in and outside the totalitarian Israeli state.

Welcome Muzzlewatch

Muzzlewatch, a project of Jewish Voice for Peace, tracks efforts to stifle open debate about US-Israeli foreign policy. A public service that is long overdue.

Raising a Ruckus

Ten years after the Battle in Seattle exposed corrupt UN agencies like the World Trade Organization (WTO), Climate Justice Action has announced its intention to disrupt the December 2009 UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Attacking climate criminals and the new colonialism, says CJA, requires uniting against the anti-democratic corporate globalization plans for plundering indigenous peoples' property under international law that masquerades as environmental protection.

Army of God

Bruce Wilson at Talk to Action tracks the development of violent Christian fanatacism in the US. For those on Palin watch, or simply concerned about the militant brainwashing taking place in American right-wing churches, Wilson's articles are a clarion call to effectively counter a movement based on hate and vengeance before the Army of God can spill more innocent blood.

Elementary Rhetoric

If you can stomach all the BOMFOG, the State Department blog serves as a useful example of government propaganda. Little difference between Secretary Clinton's buzzword belaborations and Obama's pomposity, but instructive in elementary use of empty rhetoric. Something American liberals eat up at every terrifying turn.

Historical Perspective

With much of the news today focused on struggles for autonomy, this essay by Jay Taber, in collaboration with Rudolph C. Ryser and Renee Davis at the Center for World Indigenous Studies, helps put the World Indigenous Peoples' Movement into historical perspective.

Hate Hyperstructure

Center for New Community examines the racism behind the anti-immigrant network in the US, exposes its funding, and reveals the hate hyperstructure of its faux grassroots organization.