Author Archives: malekalkuffar

I use the phrase “loony left” reluctantly, since it has been heavily overused, even to describe mildly reformist positions. But Abrahamian´s attitude is so nonsensical that the description fits her to a T.Atossa Araxia Abrahamian is a senior citizen at The Nation, although it is not clear whether she has reached the level of seniorityContinue reading “The loony left weighs in on immigration restrictions”

We live in an historical epoch characterized by Islamic expansionism. This epoch was inaugurated principally by the colossal windfall that benefited the reactionary theocracies of the Middle East as a result of their oil wealth, the proceeds whereof they promptly invested in propagating the most reactionary forms of Islam throughout the whole world. Naturally this involved anContinue reading “Migrants, what migrants?”

I am the first to admit that Western imperialism has done a lot of damage (and also a lot of good), and none of what follows should be construed as a blanket defense of Western imperialism or of imperialism in general (i.e. Chinese imperialism, Islamic imperialism, Persian imperialism, Turkish imperialism, and so forth).Nick Turse writes a lot about US military deployment in Africa. He stresses certain aspects to the detriment of other aspects that are equally important. He never tiresContinue reading “The curse of Nick Turse”

Nick Turse’s bias is obvious in the following passage, where he makes American aerial attacks on Boko Haram terrorists the moral equivalent of Boko Haram’s genocidal campaigns against an unarmed civilian population.Amid the horrific headlines about the fanatical Islamist sect Boko Haram that should make Nigerians cringe, here’s a line from a recent Guardian article[1] that should make Americans do the same, as the US military continues its “pivot” toContinue reading “The Fake News of Nick Turse”

The subject of migration, especially immigration to Europe, is a very fashionable topic. Unfortunately much meretricious propaganda is written on the subject, as I show in this case study.A revival of European fascism is undeniable. The issue is whether any given political movement can be classified as fascist or not. Moreover there are fuzzy cases that can fairly be called fascistoid.The issue is subject to considerable bias. Islamophobes are quick to brush off charges of fascism directed at fellow islamophobes. As a matter of fact they often do so reflexively. One American islamophobe website vigorously deniedContinue reading “Adjustable history”

In Social Europe,  Caroline Marie Lancaster writes about changes in the European radical right. [1]“Today’s European radical right is rife with contradiction. Once the electoral home of working-class men, disillusioned with the decline of industry and the rapid entry of women into the labour force, the radical right of the mid-2010s has rebranded in the face of aContinue reading “Left-right axis defined by attitudes to immigration”

In a long-winded and supremely hypocritical article[1] in the New Yorker, Eric Alterman tries to leverage his PhD in history into a moralistic critique of Donal Trump’s immigration policies but only succeeds in talking himself into a corner.Alterman allows as how “Republicans, for the past few decades, have depended on Americans’ inability to make sense of history in judging their policies. How else to explain the fact that,Continue reading “Eric Alterman’s phony historical thinking”

Farid Hafez is the rising star of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. He somehow managed to snag a position as a professor at Salzburg University, although his intellectual abilities are distinctly beneath  the standard usually required at Austrian universities. He has published writings composed jointly with Jon Bunzl, an Austrian Jew and the heir to a large fortune accumulated in the paper business. Bunzl used to be a leftist. Perhaps he still is in a confused way, justContinue reading “Muslim anti-Semitism in France”

In a long-winded and supremely hypocritical article[1] in the New Yorker, Eric Alterman tries to leverage his PhD in history into a moralistic critique of Donal Trump’s immigration policies but only succeeds in talking himself into a corner.Alterman allows as how “Republicans, for the past few decades, have depended on Americans’ inability to make sense of history in judging their policies. How else to explain the fact that,Continue reading “Eric Alterman’s phony historical thinking”

In 2015, Matt Duss, who since 2017 has been Bernie Sanders’ foreign policy adviser, gave testimony to the US Congress about BDS.[1] In just a few minutes he told an alarming number of lies. This article is devoted to analyzing his Trumpian performance.These are some of the things he said:“In order to do that, I first want to take a moment toContinue reading “A Trumpian performance: Matt Duss’ congressional testimony on BDS”