Both Jeffrey Goldberg, elevated a little over a year ago to managing editor of The Atlantic, and his predecessor and mentor, James Bennet, now the NY Times op-ed page editor, have embarked on a process of normalizing the alt-right, via hiring its devotés to grace their respective pages. The latest instance is Goldberg's hiring of the deeply misogynist, … [Read more...]
ADL, Duped by White Supremacists, Plays Key Role in Spreading Parkland Shooter Hoax
NOTE: Middle East Eye published a new piece of mine on the prospect of Bibi Netanyahu being indicted and what this may mean for Israeli politics and the peace process. I hope you'll read it and promote it on social media and via e mail. Politico has published a blockbuster story about a white nationalist conspiracy to dupe the media into reporting that … [Read more...]
U.S. Federal Court Indicts JDL Leaders for Hate Crimes at Washington Aipac Conference
Now Toronto published a condensed version of this piece earlier this week. A U.S. federal district court in Washington DC has indicted two leaders of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), one Canadian and another American. They are accused of committing hate crimes against a Palestinian-American professor and an American Jewish progressive activist during last … [Read more...]
Alt-Right Assault on the Academy in Israel, Canada and the U.S.
Back in the old days say...during the Bush administration, there were all sorts of attacks on academic freedom. There were attacks on science and many of the various humanities and social science disciplines. But those assaults came almost always from outside the academy: from politicians who declared themselves arbiters of morality or scientific rigor. … [Read more...]
