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A exterminatory state of mind

By Tal | Published: June 15, 2007
For multiple reasons, I've always been opposed to people attaching historically-charged terms such as "Nazi" to Israeli policy. However, this little gem published on the very popular Israeli news portal ynet (which also maintains an English version) is so dramatic that it made me question the validity of my traditional arguments.
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Guitar Tabs attacked

By Tal | Published: June 3, 2007
The assault of corporate copyright on the free circulation of information continues with the recent demand by the National Music Publisher’s Association to basically shut down Guitar Tabs, a site which offers free guitar tablatures of popular music. These tablatures are transcribed by passionate lovers and players of music, who listen time and time again [...]
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Cryptome shut down

By Tal | Published: May 1, 2007
Information is still sketchy, but it seems that intelligence-related website cryptome.org has been shut down by its Internet Service Provider, Verio (a company owned by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation). The website, which has been given two weeks to find another ISP, has posted a copy of Verio’s termination letter. An article published today on Macworld [...]
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Over the cliff

By Tal | Published: February 9, 2007
Probably the most important geopolitical analysis I’ve read this month: Thelma and Louise Imperialism by Tom Engelhardt.
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A good monster is a dead monster

By Tal | Published: November 23, 2006
Most people in the world don’t know anything about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Really, anything. It’s a fact. For many, the lives and deaths of several million people are nothing more than a daily dose of fragmented TV reports and unintelligible newspaper headlines. The conflict is over a hundred years old; it’s persistent, passionate, omnipresent in [...]
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Graffiti in Tel Aviv

By Tal | Published: November 21, 2006
These snapshots show a courageous, subversive and often hilarious political graffiti fight which decorates some walls in Tel Aviv, Israel. Except for the last shot, you obviously need to understand Hebrew in order to grasp what’s going on here, but I’ll do my best to translate.
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