Norman Finkelstein

Review: 'Defamation'

Defamation RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Documentary. Directed by Yoav Shamir. (In English, and Hebrew with English subtitles. (Not rated. 93 minutes. At the Roxie.) Yoav Shamir's documentary "Defamation" takes on such an explosive...

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Critical Mass

Over the years, UMass Amherst has proven to be a reliable hotbed for political hypocrisy and squelching of free speech If free speech is what gives value to the campus "marketplace of ideas," UMass Amherst would long ago have...

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Defamation

Release Date: November 20, 2009 (NY, LA, SF) Studio: First Run Features Director: Yoav Shamir Screenwriter: Yoav Shamir Starring: Not Available Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: Not Available Official Website:...

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Defamation - Trailer

In the tradition of films such as Roger & Me and Sherman’s March, Shamir embarks on a provocative and irreverent quest to answer the question, “What is anti-Semitism today?” Is it an immediate threat on the verge of coalescing...

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Yoav Shamir draws flak for film 'Defamation'

Abe Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League and one of the world's most influential Jewish figures, distrusts Yoav Shamir. Norman Finkelstein, a well-known Jewish scholar who is Foxman's ideological opposite, also has...

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The right of return, universal justice, and U.S. foreign policy

A reader named Matt responds to my Omar Barghouti post of yesterday and raises the issues of one-state and the right of return. To be journalistic about it, these issues have often divided the Palestinian solidarity movement....

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The WMA speaks out on Iran but not on Israel. Why not?

The BMJ reports that the World Medical Association (WMA) has spoken out about possible collusion by doctors with torture or other abuses of prisoners in Iran.1 I commend this action, which is what the WMA is for. But there...

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Video: Zionism’s Version of History

My guest tonight is a Jewish American political scientist and author who Jewish supporters of Israel right or wrong love to hate. He is – Norman Finkelstein. Norman Finkelstein grew up in New York City where, before he obtained...

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Communists Flourish in Patriotic America ( RADFEST 2004 : MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM )

RADFEST 2004: MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM FRIDAY, JUNE 44:00-5:15 REGISTRATION Education Center5:15-6:30 DINNER Dining Hall6:45-9:00 PLENARY PANEL Education "LATINOS/AS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ABC JUSTICE"...

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DEFAMATION (Hashmatsa)

First Run Features Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten Grade: A- Directed by: Yoav Shamir Written By: Yoav Shamir Cast: Abraham Foxman, Norman Finkelstein, Stephen M. Walt, John J. Mearsheimer Screened at: Review 2,...

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