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Author of the classic Understanding Terror Networks, Sageman has become only more critical of the U.S. govt’s approach to the problem.
He argues that U.S. society has been transformed for the worse by an extreme overreaction to a limited threat—limited, he insists,
He argues that U.S. society has been transformed for the worse by an extreme overreaction to a limited threat—limited, he insists,
by an extreme overreaction to a limited threat—limited, he insists, despite spectacular recent incidents, which he takes fully into account. Indeed, his discussion of just how limited the threat is marks a major contribution to the discussion and debate over the best way to a
just how limited the threat is marks a major contribution to the discussion and debate over the best way to a measured and much more effective response.
It was a public inquisition of an alleged Muslim fifth column within our schools and public spaces that needed to be subdued, contained, and made a cautionary example
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This is a theme which has endured and sharpened over time. Yet we can note that an irony of the British political class which promotes the impression that it doesn’t ‘do God’, is that actually, it does.
We reassure ourselves that ours is not a militant secularism (as in France)
We reassure ourselves that ours is not a militant secularism (as in France)
militant secularism (as in France), and that neither are we overbearing or bombastic about it (as we perceive to be the case in US public life).
Yet to think that the secularism of our public and political life is a guarantor of fairness or neutrality, is to ignore the
Yet to think that the secularism of our public and political life is a guarantor of fairness or neutrality, is to ignore the
2 broadcasts have had a huge impact on me over the last year: @AJIunit’s #LabourFiles & the #TrojanHorseAffair. Not because they are perfect in every way or that their content can’t be debated, but because they rock the foundations of a corrupt political system & expose silences.
Neither have had any serious mainstream exposure & establishment political commentators (left, centre & right) have found a million reasons to disregard the key issues raised in these programmes by completely ignoring or focusing on minutiae. But actually, they are fundamental.
With the #TrojanHorseAffair, it’s Prevent & the stigmatising of a whole Muslim community. With #LabourFiles, it’s the systematic destruction of a socialist project by the harassment & vilification of grassroots activists. The end result is the same, in that it destroys hope.
Exasperated socialist @2Si_2Vess dissects the Labour Party’s right wing and their cover up of institutional racism and bigotry in the party mediadiversified.org/2022/02/27/who…
'There is a grim predictability in seeing yet another crisis being exploited by right wing politicians & journalists to attack left wingers for socialist and anti-imperialist stances. Even more frustrating is the anaemic response from those looked to for leadership on the left.
The Labour Party has targeted 11 current MPs and the former leader for signing a Stop the War statement on Feb 14th which also criticised NATO for their role in the ongoing war in Ukraine that escalated dramatically this week with Russia’s invasion.
Do you remember how the British Media covered #TrojanHorseAffair?
As @nytimes latest podcast shows, there was no plot and the media failed to ask basic questions around the letter and its origins.
Lives ruined. Communities slurred. Will newspapers and broadcasters apologise?
As @nytimes latest podcast shows, there was no plot and the media failed to ask basic questions around the letter and its origins.
Lives ruined. Communities slurred. Will newspapers and broadcasters apologise?
As @OborneTweets has argued; “With few exceptions, journalists failed to examine the underlying facts while repeating what turned out to be false allegations.”
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The investigation by @samirashackle in @gdnlongread states,“It is hard to imagine these kinds of stories garnering such levels of media attention had they not involved Muslim staff or pupils.”
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