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Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina (02/21/11) by Reginald

http://srebrenica-genocide.blogspot.com/  http://genocideinvisegrad.wordpress.com/ 
Remembering Victims of Communism (02/21/11) by Reginald

http://vip.latnet.lv/LPRA/angliski.htm
A new site from the producers of "Palestine Think Tank" (02/19/11) by Jay Knott

http://wewritewhatwelike.com/






Comment on the previous comment by JonC:  Jay, because of its guilt trauma, still unhealed after sixty years."This is rubbish. He's trying to unpick ideology, and long may he do so, but he should look at how he's got distracted from the facts. Either he wasn't...

Fitna of Contextomy (02/19/11) by Reginald

A critical response to the film 'Fitna': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzISDYc-EM
One Gay Man's view of Pornography (02/18/11) by Reginald

http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/Porn/Kendall.html




Poland goes p.c. by Jay Knott:  'The ruling party had to suspend one MP for saying he opposed gay marriage "but wouldn't mind watching lesbians".' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/04/debunking-stereotypes-poles-are-homophobic Suspended for being...

Muslims against Anti-Semitism (02/12/11...) by Reginald

www.ma-as.org.uk
Anecdotes from the Arab Uprisings (01/30/11...) by Jay Knott

http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp01282011.html
Israelis fed up with 'giving and giving' (01/28/11) by Jay Knott
If anyone still doubts that Israelis live in a parallel universe, here's one of their ministers: '"We're fed up with giving and giving and giving, and not getting any real substance [in return]," said Moshe Ya'alon, the minister...
British women protest against being taken advantage of by police spies (01/22/11...) by Jay Knott

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/22/undercover-police-cleared-sex-activists
Anti-fascists circle over Arizona (01/09/11...) by Jay Knott
I googled Chip Berlet as soon as I heard about the murder of a politician, a judge, and several innocent people including a nine-year-old, in Arizona. Right on cue, the old Zio-lefty hack gets right down to it. He's trying to make...
FREEDOM RIDES (01/04/11) by pacificaformer
Orval risked his personal safety to go on a "freedom ride" in the south to help black folks get some justice in our country. (Orval knew famous black leaders, especially Byard Rustin ). Please Google : and tell Orval about...


Freedom Rides by bamboo: 

Orval?  Orval who?  You mean Professor [Emeritus] Orval Etter?

Yes, his story is worth a ride into the past for.
Tommy the Grass Gets Cut Down (12/24/10...) by Jay Knott
In 1990, there was a big riot in Central London against a tax which Margaret Thatcher's government had tried to introduce, the Poll Tax. A left-wing group called Militant organized most of the protests against the...
More lies from Wikipedia: the discovery of the structure of DNA (12/23/10...) by Jay Knott
However, Watson and Crick took the majority of their information from a little known scientist named Rosalind Franklin, without her knowledge. She discovered the exact structure of DNA before either of the two, however she died...
Six countries attempt to have Russian crimes equated with German ones (12/21/10...) by Jay Knott
'Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic said communist crimes "should be treated according to the same standards" as those of Nazi regimes, notably in those countries with Holocaust denial...
Pacifica Forum speaker in Islamophobia row (12/11/10...) by Jay Knott

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/25666215-47/class-free-islam-lcc-college.csp






The Oregon Free Speech Lab by Jay Knott:  I've changed my mind - I support Sommer's attempt to teach Islamophobia at the community college in Eugene - not that my opinion is going to make any difference. One should oppose political correctness in the education industry,...


The American Freedom Defense Initiative parodies political correctness by Jay Knott:  When I first read this, in the Eugene Weekly, I thought "OMG, another bunch of knuckledragging, Koran-burning rednecks". Then I realized I was being ironically challenged. The 'American Freedom Defense Initiative' backs Barry...


A leftist publication attempts to criticize Islamophobia by Jay Knott:  Here is an article claiming that private organizations promote anti-Islam attitudes while training government employees about terrorism: http://www.publiceye.org/islamophobia/cincotta-2010/index.html It would be more convincing...


You can't make it up: homophobia in Africa is caused by 'colonialism' by Jay Knott:  How do left-wing activists deal with contradictions? Recently, the USA pressurized the United Nations to adopt regulations against discriminating against people because of their sexual orientation. Some Middle Eastern, African...


A reply to the 'Anti-Hate Task Force' by barrysommer:  From Barry Sommer to Michael Williams: Michael, here is my response to your flyer about me. I appreciate a reply.Barryhttp://islamtodayoregon.blogspot.com/2011/01/who-are-real-enemies-of-free-speech-in.html#more ...





Woman avoids jail for damaging artwork - green activists not so lucky (11/20/10) by Jay Knott
In Colorado, a 56-year-old woman from Montana has just been given 18 months unsupervized probation for damaging a painting of Jesus Christ she thought was blasphemous. Green activists who visited Colorado to do criminal damage to...
The Protocols of the Elders of Tasmania (11/16/10) by Jay Knott
There are two major holocaust deniers in Australia. One, Keith Windschuttle, denies the genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines. The other, Fredrick T ben, denies the genocide of the European Jews. Can you guess which of them...


Australian academia concentrates on genocide outside Australia by Jay Knott:  At the risk of repeating myself, I stumbled on an Australian course in 'holocaust and genocide studies' The curriculum concentrates on the Nazi holocaust, and mentions various other genocides, but the Australian one is barely...

Celtic fans protest against Britain's history of wars - and win 9-nil (11/08/10...) by Jay Knott

http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3216433/Celtic-fans-blasted-for-raising-anti-poppy-banner-at-Aberdeen-game.html
A message about FBI repression of anti-war activists (11/03/10) by Jay Knott
I got this email from the International Action Center in New York. It's mostly OK, but isn't it a shame that the only really serious left-wing pro-Palestinian group in the US is a group of Stalinists? - They want a 'a new,...
Oregon government condemns free speech for Pacifica Forum (10/15/10...) by Jay Knott

http://pacificaforum.org/daily-emerald-governor-kitzhaber-attacks-pacifica-forum.html

 




Greenpeace opposes free speech too... by Jay Knott:  "Don't the deniers have a right to free speech? There's a difference between free speech and a campaign to deny the climate science with the goal of undermining international action on climate change. Freedom of speech does...





Remembering mass hysteria - the 'repressed memory' fraud (10/09/10...) by Jay Knott

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/09/meredith-maran-father-abuse-false-memory
Debbie Does Atlanta (10/07/10...) by Jay Knott
In this letter to the New York Times, Deborah Lipstadt tries to make it impossible to doubt any aspect of her position on her subject, 'the' Holocaust. She criticizes that newspaper for generously referring to a certain Joseph...