Schnitzel the Cat
Israeli society has ensured that stray cats in Tel Aviv don’t go hungry — while making sure the people of the Gaza Strip do.
58 Articles by: Belén Fernández
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Belén Fernández is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, Marytrs Never Die: Travels through South Lebanon, and Exile: Rejecting America and Finding the World. She is a contributing editor at Jacobin.
Dead People Can’t Take Selfies
‘Bomb Shelter Selfies’ and other Israeli human interest stories mask the one-sided nature of violence in the region.
Human Rights Watch’s Revolving Door
Human Rights Watch’s edicts and positions have often been suspiciously in line with US policy.
Judges and Jurors in Beirut
Violence has long been a part of the Lebanese landscape.
Socialism in One Village
Spain’s Marinaleda may not quite be a utopia, but it beats “reality” hands-down.
Different War, Same Columnist
Friedman fires more volleys of cliche into the densely packed prejudices of his readers.
From Turkey with Love
The protests in Turkey are, quite simply, an assertion of humanity in the face of inhumanity.
The Muslim Problem
The Muslim community has been continuously reminded by the media since 9/11 that the primary duty of an acceptable Muslim is to continuously condemn the behavior of a tiny minority of coreligionists.
Life and Death Squads in the World’s Homicide Capital
In a society ravaged by crime, radical “law-and-order” forces end up being at the root of the problem.
Terror Verde
Of far more legitimate concern than the impending subversion of world order by greenwashed commie terrorists is, of course, that the fabrication of such threats contributes to a blanket delegitimization of environmental activism.
