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Norman G. Finkelstein

Soumis par Marc Angles le mar, 07/15/2014 - 18:48

Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University.

For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. He currently writes and lectures.

Finkelstein is the author of nine books that have been translated into 50 foreign editions

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Of tall buildings, sublime oceans, and big dreams, by Obi Cogito (3)

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/05/2021 - 13:22
“The man who can center his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self,” Bertrand Russell once observed, “can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life which is impossible to the pure egoist.”  It is advice that is as obvious as it is true, but still hard to accept as a native New Yorker. I have lived in this city my whole life and could never escape the paradoxes and contradictions that abound here.  New Yorkers have a swagger: we all think that we are superstars while simultaneously being aware of the real superstars in our midst. 
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/03/05/of-tall-buildings-sublime-oceans-and-big-dreams-by-obi-cogito-3/

SIGN THIS PETITION!

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 02/22/2021 - 13:24
SIGN THIS PETITION! Israel says God gave the whole of the Land of Israel to the Jews. Every major Israeli political party says the whole of the Land of Israel belongs to the Jews. Every major political party has pledged not to withdraw from any of the Land of Israel.   Israel has controlled the whole of the Land of Israel for more than a half century. Israel has vaccinated about half the residents living in the Land of Israel.
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/02/22/sign-this-petition/

Let It Never Be Forgotten that He Was the Senior-Most Professor at Harvard Law School Who Taught the Course on Legal Ethics.

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 02/09/2021 - 11:17
The lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, who represented the former president in his first impeachment trial, used his access for a wide array of clients as they sought pardons or commutations.
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/02/09/let-it-never-be-forgotten-that-he-was-the-senior-most-professor-at-harvard-law-s…

Does Andrew Yang Support Jewish Supremacy?

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/25/2021 - 21:31
Journal-January 25, 2021 (Andrew Yang) 1.      Andrew Yang is running for mayor of New York City.  He will be remembered for his smooth performance during the Democratic presidential primary, when he projected Coolness and Competence.  Judging by a recent statement of his published in the Jewish Forward, the third of his defining traits will henceforth be ethnic Panderer.  (CCP also stands for Chinese Communist Party, but let’s not go there.) 2.     Yang’s statement reads:
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/01/26/does-andrew-yang-support-jewish-supremacy/

Journal-January 19, 2021 (ESSAY CONTEXT-$100.00 PRIZE!)

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/20/2021 - 12:16
Journal-January 19, 2021): Essay Contest-$100.00 Prize I just finished reading the second of W. E. B. Du Bois’s three autobiographies, Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept. In this journal entry, I would want to do two things: first, propose an essay contest; and second, quote from Du Bois’s “Philosophy of Life.” 1.      Essay Contest: I came across this challenging passage in Dusk of Dawn:
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/01/20/journal-january-19-2021-essay-context-100-00-prize/

The Romanian Left’s (mis)adventures in the realm of idpol and cancel culture (Part I)

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/19/2021 - 14:57
Leaning left became lately a required badge for a part of the young Romanian generation. One would say it’s a breath of fresh air, after decades of demonising left-wing politics and identifying it with the worst political sins.
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/01/19/the-romanian-lefts-misadventures-in-the-realm-of-idpol-and-cancel-culture-part-i…

What happened to Julian Assange

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/17/2021 - 15:27
Jeff Conibear Monday was an unexpected victory. Not, it has to be said, a victory for journalism or free speech, but a significant victory nonetheless for Julian Assange and his family.  The findings of Judge Baraitser in her decision not to extradite:1. Finds that the 2003 Extradition Act governs and not the US/UK Extradition treaty. Assange is therefore not protected against political persecution.
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/01/17/what-happened-to-julian-assange/

Journal-January 14, 2021 (Did Trump Incite Violence?)

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/15/2021 - 08:50
Were Donald Trump’s remarks at the rally preceding the melee in the Capitol Building a defensible exercise of free speech?  The answer would appear to be No.  Without parsing the current U.S. law on the subject, I would note that the underlying principle traces back to a passage in John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. Mill, who was as close as one can be to a free speech absolutist, laid out one sole exception.  It reads in full:
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/01/15/journal-january-14-2021-did-trump-incite-violence/

Journal-January 8, 2021

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/10/2021 - 11:22
Journal-January 8, 2021 W. E. B. Du Bois’s Autobiography is conventionally chronological until he suddenly springs on the reader a chapter entitled “My Character.”  Of character in general, he says “that the sort of person a man was would in the long run prove more important for the world than what he knew or how logically he could think.” This chapter is replete with all manner of personal insights.  I’ll mention three:
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http://normanfinkelstein.com/2021/01/10/journal-january-8-2021/