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Are you content to lose your rights - education - employment (10/06/10) by Scott Mabry
I read you wanted to delete my post, why don't you then, I don't care anymore than White Americans who see the same things as I. And what is that exactly? Illegals from Mexico taking over our nation by force - Whites paying...
Why can White America not see the truth (10/05/10) by Scott Mabry
My message to white america is simple and to the point, and it is this. Its time to wake up, look at what is happening to you: "White America". The Federal Government passed laws and took action against you: I.E. Affirmative...


Why can white Americans not learn how to read and write? by Jay Knott:  Obviously, I want to delete this moronic message from Scott Mabry, but I've made a commitment to defend freedom of speech on this site. The reason why 'white America' (and the rest of America too) can't see Mabry's point of...

Obama's police crack down on anti-war activists (09/27/10...) by Jay Knott
Anti-war activists in Minneapolis have been raided by the FBI and had documents and computers seized. There have been no charges, but the activists expect to be hauled before a 'grand jury' which basically means they have to...
I have a confession to make... (09/21/10...) by Jay Knott
...I don't think 9/11 was an inside job. I don't think it was carried out by the CIA or Mossad. I don't think there were any explosives in WTC7. I think all the talk of the melting point of steel, or the failure of the air force...




A classic example of the circular logic of the 9/11 truthers by Jay Knott:  Anthony Hall is a man who is skeptical of the 'official conspiracy theory' of the cause of the events of Sept. 11 2001. He is right to be skeptical - that doesn't mean he is right. http://www.salem-news.com/articles/octo...




Attempt to ban criticisms of Zionist power by Jay Knott:  Here is another example of attempting to rebut facts with feelings - an orthodox Greek priest comes out with a theory of how Zionists control the world. Zionists respond, not by refuting the argument factually, but by labeling it...




I left a critical comment on a 9/11 'truth' site - will they allow it? by Jay Knott:  Let's see if it ever gets published... http://aircrap.org/fukushima-and-chernobyl-the-diabolical-nuclear-duo-and-the-alternative/331338/ One of the problems with oppositional movements in the USA is they tend to lack a sense...


Conspiracy theories are common on left and right by Jay Knott:  Here is a sensible article about conspiracy theories on a far-right, racialist website: http://www.toqonline.com/blog/cranks-and-credibility Interestingly, the author makes the same allegation against 9/11 truthers, birthers,...


An example of the unscientific nature of conspiracy theories by Jay Knott:  Here is a classic piece of conspiracy theory, snipped from a discussion among Pacifica Forum regulars. It's about how the Federal organisation 'FEMA' is part of a world wide conspiracy to put people in 'camps' in the USA....



Survivor of Gaza flotilla massacre on speaking tour of Oregon (09/19/10) by Jay Knott

http://salem-news.com/articles/september182010/ken-okeefe-ef.php
Yet another dubious pro-Palestinian group - 'AAPER' (08/30/10...) by Jay Knott
This site was born in opposition to manipulation of Palestinian solidarity in Eugene, Oregon. Here is another example - one more Palestinian solidarity group which turns out to be more concerned about Jews than Palestinians. It...
Why the US could help achieve peace in Ireland but not in Palestine (08/30/10...) by Jay Knott
Here is an article from the New York Times explaining the difference between the US position on Northern Ireland and its position on the Israel/Palestine conflict. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29abunimah.html?_r=1 ...


'The Guardian' publishes a story critical of Israel too by Jay Knott:  This story makes it clear that Israeli soldiers can get away with murdering children: Not guilty. The Israeli captain who emptied his rifle into a Palestinian schoolgirl: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/16/israel2 When...



'The Guardian' lets emotions cloud its judgement re. Lebanon 2006 (08/28/10...) by Jay Knott
This is an article in The Guardian, about an Israeli novelist who lost his son during the unsuccessful Israeli attack on Lebanon in 2006. If he were American, or British, or an ancient German remembering a relative who died at...


However it does report how an Israeli soldier murdered a 13 year old by Jay Knott:  This story makes it clear that Israeli soldiers can get away with murdering children: Not guilty. The Israeli captain who emptied his rifle into a Palestinian schoolgirl: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/16/israel2 When...

Appeal for man who got 18 months jail for protesting attack on Gaza (08/20/10) by Jay Knott

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/08/457249.html
Explanation Behind Forum Photo (08/08/10) by Rex

Hello,

Can someone please explain why there is a picture of a young woman on this froum with the words "I don't like what happened to my sister"?

Thanks
Wikileaks spreads disinformation on Afghanistan (07/26/10) by Jay Knott
Wikileaks has published tens of thousands of 'intelligence' reports from Allied efforts in Afghanistan. Either 'military intelligence' really is an oxymoron, or the Pentagon deliberately released some of this information to...
letter to CALC (07/25/10) by dakersting
Dave Kersting ...


A letter defending freedom by Jay Knott:  This letter, to the Eugene Anti-Hate Task Force, refers to an article just published in a Zionist online journal. This in turn refers to a meeting with David Irving at the University of Oregon - but it refers to the meeting as...

English Defence League attacks Palestine Solidarity Campaign... (07/10/10) by Jay Knott
...obviously, that is because the English Defence League are 'fascists', right? azvsas.blogspot.com/2010/06/edl-fascists-attack-birmingham.html According to this article, the reason the 'fascist' English Defence League got into...
Remember Marie Mason, environmentalist doing over 20 years (07/10/10) by Jay Knott
...for non-violent acts in defence of the environment. She and her radical green friends might have been dumb, but they are not terrorists, as their critics allege. What is the nature of the ideology which drove them to take on...




Brianna accepted a plea bargain in which she has to give information on former colleagues by Jay Knott: 

June 14, 2011 - "Defendant shall cooperate completely and truthfully with law enforcement authorities in the investigation and prosecution of other individuals involved in criminal activity."
Oscar Grant's killer found not guilty of murder (07/09/10) by Jay Knott
Oscar Grant was murdered on a BART train in the Bay Area by a cop in 2009. The videos taken at the time show this clearly. Now his killer has been found guilty of a much less serious crime than murder - involuntary manslaughter....
A conservative general against The Lobby (07/07/10) by Jay Knott
The left often fails on the Israel/Palestine question, whereas criticism of the blank check for Israel comes from unlikely sources. The latest one of these is General Petraeus. Look at this... http://www.israel-palestine...


Another good conservative critique of the Lobby, Chomsky and the Left by Jay Knott:  'Lobby Denier' is obviously derived from 'Holocaust Denier' and 'Climate Change Denier', but I can't resist using it It turns out, however, I wasn't the first to use it A fellow called Stephen Sniegowski has a critique of Noam...


Alison Weir interviews Noam Chomsky on the Israel Lobby Question by Jay Knott:  Whereas Chomsky is overrated as a political leader on the left, his actual contribution to humanity is less well unknown. In 1959, Chomsky discovered that competency in language is already programmed in a newborn baby's brain....



"Help us open our eyes to new possibilities" - anti-racist action (06/26/10...) by Jay Knott
Anti-Racist Action Conference, Portland, July 22 thru 25 Some friends and I tried to go to this conference. They wouldn't let us in, though it was hardly overcrowded. It was amusing to see their 'security guards' in their...
Kagan wins first case in Supreme Court - guess what it's about (06/22/10...) by Jay Knott
The new Supreme, Elena Kagan, has won a case making it illegal to give advice, including legal assistance and information on conflict resolution, to groups designated 'terrorist'. So Hillary Clinton's heroic intervention to...




Talking Turkey by Jay Knott:  Ironically, the test case which led to this setback to freedom and peace was about an American talking to Kurdish separatists, not Palestinians. Elena Kagan and other powerful Zionists chose to criminalize talking about peace to...


The Supreme Court has not gone completely ZIonist by Jay Knott:  The court has ruled that Americans can still carry guns for self-defence: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_guns ...


Just when I thought I was too obsessive about Kagan and the J-question by Jay Knott:  Every time I come out with one of these outbursts against Jewish racist influence in the higher circles of American society, I ask myself "have I gone too far?". Once again, the answer is no. Before Kagan, I never took any notice...

Anti-hate/anti-freedom (06/20/10...) by Jay Knott
I just stumbled on this organization, based at Portland State University: www.againsthate.pdx.edu/ - the 'Coalition Against Hate Crimes'. It's another of those I-wish-I'd-seen-this-before-I-wrote-my-pamphlet moments. You either...
More support in US for boycott of Arizona than of Israel (06/02/10) by Jay Knott
Many cities, colleges and institutions have passed resolutions boycotting the state of Arizona. Isn't it odd in a country notorious for capitalism, imperialism and white supremacy, there is more support for a boycott of one of its...
How Fish Became Irish (05/23/10...) by Jay Knott
A critique of Stanley Fish's "There's No Such Thing as Free Speech" and Noel Ignatiev's "How the Irish Became White". This is the third, and last, in my trilogy of reviews of anti-racist narratives. Originally it was going to be a...


A US Constitution with a politically-correct amendment by Jay Knott:  "This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and i...



Elvis Costello cancels Israel trip because of 'supposed' oppression (05/19/10...) by Jay Knott
"Musician Elvis Costello has sparked anger in Israel by canceling gigs there because of the supposed 'humiliation and intimidation' of Palestinians", Sky News reported Tuesday. http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpps/entertainme...