Ron Jacobs's Blog, page 57

Syria: Beyond Western Myths and Half-Truths

A book about history that is ignored by so many....not meant as an endorsement of Assad and his army but certain to be taken that way by those unwilling or unable to look at the broader picture...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/11/syria-beyond-western-myths-and-half-truths/

Is There Anything Left to Us But to Organize and Fight?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/07/is-there-anything-left-to-us-but-to-organize-and-fight/

Mad Dog, Meet Eris, Queen of Strife

This isn't reason.  It is madness.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/28/mad-dog-meet-eris-queen-of-strife/

Music is Love, Music is Politics

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/24/music-is-love-music-is-politics/

Sharp Mind, Sharp Pen: Stuart Hall in Retrospect

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/17/sharp-mind-sharp-pen-stuart-hall-in-retrospect/

Islam: A Conversation on Paper

"Mourad and Anderson recently published a book titled The Mosaic of Islam: A Conversation with Perry Anderson. It is a text with a grand mission: to introduce and inform non-Muslims of the history, and philosophical underpinnings and debates that make up the Islamic religion.Despite its rather small size, the book manages to succeed in its task."

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/06/islam-a-conversation-on-paper/

Empire in Crisis: “I Did Not Have a Meeting With That Envoy!”

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/03/empire-in-crisis-i-did-not-have-a-meeting-with-that-envoy/

The Realist: Irreverence was Their Only Sacred Cow

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/24/the-realist-irreverence-was-their-only-sacred-cow/

U.S. Imperial War Personified

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/17/u-s-imperial-war-personified/

Revolution and the Color Line

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/10/revolution-and-the-color-line/