The American Elections
- Obama: Transformational President or another Disappointment?
60s activist Tom Hayden analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of an Obama Presidency - Will Obama Inspire A New Generation of Organizers?
He is already doing so, says Peter Dreier. - Obama: Master of Bait and Switch
He won the Democratic nomination as the peace candidate, but now he is switching to be the candidate advocating escalation in Afghanistan.
Politics & Society
- Russia in Georgia
It's important to understand the U.S. role in helping create the Georgia crisis. - NSP Events in Denver during the Dem. National Convention
We will also be speaking at an NSP event in St. Paul for the Republican Ntnl. Convention - What's Wrong with Our Economy?
The problems did not fall from heaven nor are they natural phenomena or mysterious and inexplicable. Read some of the latest analyses!
Spiritual Activism
- The Downward Mobility of God -- to a Stable at Christmas
Rev. Lynice Pinkard helps us see through the commercialized symbolism to the homeless people in that stable. - Chanukah and Christmas
Chanukah and Christmas share a message of hope--and yet they should not be smushed together because so doing turns these holidays into spiritually empty mush. - Canadian Newspaper Interview of Rabbi Lerner
Now, if we could only get into the consciousness of the European Union and the Middle East!
Current Issue
Israel / Palestine
- Israeli/Palestinian Cooperation
Israeli and Palestinian Unions Reach Historic Accord - Israel Students Learn to Hate--And Act On It
Senior Israel Defense Forces officers are furious at Israeli students whose teachers have incited them to violence against West Bank Palestinians. While American Jews complain of Palestinians teaching hatred, the Yeshiva students in Israel are not only being taught hate, they are being led into specific and documented acts of violence by their teachers. - Jerusalem Terror Attacks
Uri Avnery on the occupation of Muslm parts of "Jerusalem" - The Jerusalem Tractor "Terrorist"
The human story behind the recent attack on a bus in Jerusalem by a Palestinian with a huge Caterpillar tractor.
Iraq War
- No War for Oil!
Yet that is precisely what happened in Iraq, says Tom Engelhardt in his Tomdispath.com - Challenging the Miliatrization of U.S. Energy Policy
Michael T. Klare shows why a military approach to US energy security has failed, and what changes are needed. - Don't Bomb Iran
With the Democratic Congress cheerfully funding the Iraq war, Bush may turn to Iran. - Don't Get Fooled by Petraeus Again
Two articles help us see how distorted the information is that is being fed to the American people by the media.
Judaism
- Some Criticism of Israel is Genuinely Anti-Semitic
Just because the Jewish establishment and its followers call legitimate criticism of Israel "anti-Semitic" does not mean there isn't anti-Semitic criticism of Israel. - The Ghosts of Chanukah Future
Rabbi Jill Jacobs on how Chanukah represents the triumph of memory over history. - Jews, Food, and the Environment
Hazon's Food Conference Strengthens the Jewish Voice for Sustainability.
Culture
- Manfred Wolf reviews the controversial Black Book on DVD
A 2007 movie asks hard questions about heroes of the WWII Resistance. - Summer of Hate?
While ignoring the huge crimes of war and poverty fostered by our political/economic system, Americans have been pouring out their anger at various domestic scapegoats. - On the Sopranos
Tikkun author and culture critic David Shasha reflects on the depth and brilliance of "The Sopranos."
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