Foreign Affairs
Sealing in the Palestinians: The Story of the Most Controversial Border Wall in the World
Sat, 03/13/2010 - 13:01 — Dave Culver- The following is an excerpt from A Wall in Palestine by Rene Backmann (Picador, 2010), which lays bare an international human rights controversy.
- Mr. Netanyahu, tear down that wall.
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Ken Mitchell
Summary: The War in Afghanistan: Week of March 14
Sat, 03/13/2010 - 10:21 — Dave Culver4 New Items including:
- Literally: We Can't Afford Afghanistan or Our Military Industrial Complex, If We Want to Advance as a Nation
- Mainstream Press Ignores Monumental House Debate on Afghan War
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Paul Szep
Read Huffington Post's Afghanistan Big News Page, Huffington Post
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Thomas Sklarski
Some News So Big It Needs It's Own Page
Literally: We Can't Afford Afghanistan or Our Military Industrial Complex, If We Want to Advance as a Nation, Peter G. Cohen, BuzzFlash.com
A course on Middle East Conflicts will be held through St. Paul (MN) Community Education
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:52 — Dave CulverA course on Middle East Conflicts will be held through St. Paul Community Education, every Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for five weeks, beginning Tuesday, April 20 at Como Park Senior High School, 740 West Rose Avenue, St. Paul.
Women Against Military Madness
“Critical Conversations: Middle East Conflicts, Root Causes” will address conflicts in the Middle East that range from Israel-Palestine to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Iran and beyond. The world’s attention is often focused on dramatic incidents in one or more of these areas at a time while the entire actual Middle East is experiencing painful political, social, and economic upheaval. The role of the United States regarding each of these countries is not always clear. In order to bring authentic justice, peace, and security to the Middle East, we need to identify the real issues and views of the people directly affected, to overcome misconceptions, and to reach an understanding of the root causes of these inter-related conflicts.
In each class the instructor will offer background information along with a handout that includes reading suggestions, show a film or film excerpt, and conduct a discussion following the film.
Complexity and Collapse
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:36 — Dave Culver- Imperial collapse may come much more suddenly than many historians imagine. A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice.
- Empires on the Edge of Chaos
The Savage State, from Thomas Cole's The Course of Empire (1833-36) Collection of the New-York Historical Society
Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs
There is no better illustration of the life cycle of a great power than The Course of Empire, a series of five paintings by Thomas Cole that hang in the New-York Historical Society. Cole was a founder of the Hudson River School and one of the pioneers of nineteenth-century American landscape painting; in The Course of Empire, he beautifully captured a theory of imperial rise and fall to which most people remain in thrall to this day.