May
Glenn Greenwald debates Bill Maher on U.S. Intervention in Muslim Countries
Finally someone has obliterated Bill Maher’s smug sense of superiority. Bravo.
Apr
Email war erupts between Glenn Greenwald and Sam Harris
Sam Harris: “The article is defamatory—indeed, it is beneath responding to—and it was destined to be buried in noise until you retweeted it. You endorsed it and amplified its effects—hence my annoyance. What part of that process don’t you understand?”
Glenn Greenwald: “I think you’re embarrassed that people are now paying attention to some of the darker and uglier sentiments that have been creeping into this form of athesim advocacy, and are lashing out at anyone helping to shine a light on that. A bizarre and wholly irrational fixation on Islam, as opposed to the evils done by other religions, has been masquerdaing in the dark under the banner of rational atheism for way too long.”
The bickering is in reference to this article, which posits that New Atheists, and Harris in particular, promote “scientific racism” towards Muslims. Greenwald tweeted the article earlier today. Harris also posted the email exchange on his blog.
Jan
One indisputable lesson that history teaches is that any structures built by human beings - no matter how formidible or invulnerable they may seem - can be radically altered, or even torn down and replaced, by other human beings who tap into passions and find the right strategy. So resignation - defeastism - is always irrational and baseless, even when it’s tempting.
I think the power of ideas is often underrated. Convincing fellow citizens to see and care about the problems you see and finding ways to persaude them to act is crucial. So is a willingness to sacrifice. And to create new ways of activism, even ones that people look askance at, rather than being wedded to the approved conventional means of political change (the ballot box).
…putting fear (back) in the heart of those who wield power in the public and private sector is, to me, the key goal. A power elite that operates without fear of those over whom power is exercised is one that will be limitlessly corrupt and abusive.
Dec
THANK YOU.
Dec
Democrats and Obama supporters are in the best position to pressure the President into revising, or perhaps even eliminating, certain policies. Yet their hatred for Republicans seems to consume their every waking thought, thus allowing the President to do as he pleases with nary a word of dissent.
Nov
Saw the great Glenn Greenwald tonight at a panel discussion about journalism and documentaries. Also on the panel was Jeremy Scahill, who debuted a brief but exceptional clip from a documentary he’s working on about U.S. drone strikes.
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Glenn Greenwald: United States has “the Western world’s harshest and most oppressive system of punishment.”
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