Essays Reflecting the Art of Political and Social Analysis

Essays Reflecting the Art of Political and Social Analysis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: PROLOGUE: ON THE ART OF ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 2: SOME CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS

 CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER ONE

ANALYSIS TWO: NATIONALISM VS. CAPITALISM

 ANALYSIS THREE: THE MIND OF THE POOR

ANALYSIS FOUR: FROM CHARITY TO MAYHEM

 ANALYSIS FIVE: CONTEXTUALIZING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

ANALYSIS SIX: FREE CHOICE VS. MEDIA DETERMINISM

CHAPTER 3: THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

CONTEXTUALIZING  CHAPTER TWO

ANALYSIS ONE: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

ANALYSIS TWO: WHY WE NEED THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

 ANALYSIS THREE: INTERNATIONAL LAW VS. U.S. DOMESTIC PRACTICE

 CHAPTER 4: THE UNITED STATES

SECTION ONE - STRUCTURAL SHORTCOMINGS

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION ONE

ANALYSIS TWO: LOBBY, LOBBIFICATION, LOBBIFIED

SECTION TWO - OTHER DOMESTIC POLITICAL PROBLEMS

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION TWO

ANALYSIS ONE: A SOBER LOOK AT U.S. DEMOCRACY

ANALYSIS TWO: TOLERANCE AS A PREREQUISITE FOR CIVILIZATION

ANALYSIS THREE: THERE IS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT IGNORANCE

ANALYSIS FOUR: FREEDOM AND HIGH ANXIETY

ANALYSIS FIVE: IMMIGRANT IRONY

ANALYSIS SEVEN: JUSTICE CORRUPTED

ANALYSIS EIGHT: A FUTURE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

SECTION THREE - U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION THREE

ANALYSIS ONE: AMERICAN GONE STUPID OVER IRAN

ANALYSIS TWO: THE STATE DEPARTMENT GOES BAD

ANALYSIS THREE: CUSTOMIZING TRUTH

ANALYSIS FOUR: ENDLESS WAR

SECTION FOUR -THE ATTACKS ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2001   

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION FOUR

ANALYSIS ONE: IGNORANCE AND 9/11

ANALYSIS TWO: THE SAUDI ROLE ON SEPTEMBER 11

CHAPTER 5: ON TRUMP, GUNS AND TORTURE

SECTION ONE - THE TRUMP PHENOMENON

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION ONE

ANALYSIS ONE: HOW ORIGINAL IS DONALD TRUMP?

ANALYSIS THREE: CRUELTY AS A CAMPAIGN COME-ON

ANALYSIS FOUR: THE WHITE HOUSE- MERCENARY CONNECTION

ANALYSIS FIVE: DONALD TRUMP'S BEHAVIORAL LEGACY

SECTION TWO - THE GUN CULTURE

ANALYSIS ONE: AN AMERICAN MOTTO: FREE, ARMED AND STUPID

ANALYSIS TWO: THE OPPORTUNIST AND THE FANATICS

ANALYSIS THREE: WAR CULTURE AND GUN CULTURE: THEY'RE RELATED

SECTION THREE - ON TORTURE, TERROR AND ABUSE

ON TORTURE

ANALYSIS ONE: THE FORGOTTEN FUTILITY OF TOR TURE ON TERRORISM

ANALYSIS TWO: TERRORISM AND SOME HARD TRUTHS

ANALYSIS THREE: DOMESTIC TERRORISM   AMERICAN STYLE ON INSTITUTIONALIZED ABUSE

ANALYSIS FOUR: WAR AND INSTITUTIONALIZING ABUSE

CHAPTER 6: ISRAEL, ZIONISM AND THE JEWS

CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER FIVE

SECTION ONE - ISRAEL

ANALYSIS ONE: ISRAEL: LEGITIMACY AND         BEHAVIOR

ANALYSIS TWO: WHY THE ISRAELIS ARE RECEPTIVELY VIOLENT

ANALYSIS FOUR: POLITICIZING ANTI-SEMITISM

SECTION TWO - ZIONISM

ANALYSIS FIVE: THE ZIONIST SCENARIO: NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

ANALYSIS SIX: ZIONISM GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE

ANALYSIS SEVEN: GENOCIDAL YEARNINGS

ANALYSIS EIGHT: CRIMINALIZING CRITICISM: A ZIONIST PROJECT

ANALYSIS NINE: WHOSE ACADEMIC FREEDOM ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

ANALYSIS TEN: THE LIBERAL ZIONIST DILEMMA

SECTION THREE - THE JEWS

ANALYSIS ELEVEN: ISRAEL DIVIDES THE JEWS

ANALYSIS TWELVE: BUT IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS?

ANALYSIS THIRTEEN: GETTING PAST THE ISSUE OF BEING JEWISH

CHAPTER 7: VILLAINS AND HEROES

CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER SIX

INTRODUCTORY ANALYSIS: GETTING RID OF BAD EXAMPLES

ANALYSIS ONE: THE GRIEVOUS RETURN OF HENRY KISSINGER

ANALYSIS TWO: JOHN BOLTON'S LOVE OF BOMBS

ANALYSIS FOUR: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S IDEOLOGICALLY DICTATED WORLDVIEW

ANALYSIS FIVE: DONALD TRUMP'S EVOLVING MASS MOVEMENT

SECTION TWO - HEROES

ANALYSIS SIX: THE WHISTLE BLOWER AS HERO

ANALYSIS SEVEN: CRIMINALIZING THE TRUTH TELLERS

ANALYSIS EIGHT: IN PRAISE OF RICHARD FALK

ANALYSIS NINE: HANEEN ZOABI: ANOTHER PERSECUTED TRUTH-TELLER

CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER?