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"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical
analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone."-Noam Chomsky "No one
who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to do so without
taking into account the evidence in this book." -The Intercept The
Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world.
More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than
half are under eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has
launched eight devastating "operations" against Gaza's largely
defenseless population. Thousands have perished, and tens of
thousands have been left homeless. In the meantime, Israel has
subjected Gaza to a merciless illegal blockade. What has befallen
Gaza is a man-made humanitarian disaster. Based on scores of human
rights reports, Norman G. Finkelstein's new book presents a
meticulously researched inquest into Gaza's martyrdom. He shows
that although Israel has justified its assaults in the name of
self-defense, in fact these actions constituted flagrant violations
of international law. But Finkelstein also documents that the
guardians of international law-from Amnesty International and Human
Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council-ultimately failed Gaza.
One of his most disturbing conclusions is that, after Judge Richard
Goldstone's humiliating retraction of his UN report, human rights
organizations succumbed to the Israeli juggernaut. Finkelstein's
magnum opus is both a monument to Gaza's martyrs and an act of
resistance against the forgetfulness of history.
Gaza is among the most densely populated places in the world.
Two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half the
population is under eighteen years of age. Since Israel occupied
Gaza in 1967, it has systematically de-developed the economy. After
Hamas won democratic elections in 2006, Israel intensified its
blockade of Gaza, and after Hamas consolidated its control of the
territory in 2007, Israel tightened its illegal siege another
notch. In the meantime, Israel has launched no less than eight
military operations against Gaza-culminating in Operation Cast Lead
in 2008-9 and Operation Protective Edge in 2014-that left behind
over three million tons of rubble. Recent UN reports predict that
Gaza will be unlivable by 2020. Norman G. Finkelstein presents a
meticulously researched and devastating inquest into Israel's
actions of the last decade. He argues that although Israel
justified its blockade and violent assaults in the name of
self-defense, in fact these actions were cynical exercises of
brutal power against an essentially defenseless civilian
population. Based on hundreds of human rights reports, the book
scrutinizes multifarious violations of international law Israel
committed both during its operations and in the course of its
decade-long siege of Gaza. It is a monument to Gaza's martyrs and a
scorching accusation against their tormenters.
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Poetry. TRACK is a book-length poem, originally released in in
three volumes by Spuyten Duyvil."Norman Finkelstein's TRACK
undertakes a voyage beset by recombinatory duress. An excursis
through realms where 'the letters / arrive to be destroyed, ' this
wickedly wise poem keeps on arriving long after it's done--a
lingering trade or track of mind in mind, trouble in mind. It is a
beautiful, beguiling book of unrest."--Nathaniel Mackey"TRACK
enacts what it is haunted by, casting spells because it remains
under spells, as is all writing which finds itself too late for a
ruined past, too early for a promised future."--Tyrone Williams"No
contemporary figure's life project more avidly scours the borders
between heaven and earth, doctrine and faith, the metaphysical
inside the physical spaces of a Word, than poet/critic's Norman
Finkelstein."--Claudia Keelan
It seems like kids are always hearing stories about America in the
"good old days." But, in fact, the 1950s and 1960s were not as
carefree as they sometimes seem. Through fascinating stories,
advertisements, facts and photographs, Norman H. Finkelstein
invites people of all generations to decide for themselves. The New
York Times Book Review said this book is .,."useful for inquiring
young researchers looking for odd angles and, ideally might even
provoke talk between young readers and parents."
Edward R. Murrow was one of America's "most dedicated and eloquent
spokesmen. The people of the free world are deeply in his debt. So
is broadcast journalism, which, in so many ways, he helped
establish and to which he was one of the finest practitioners. He
set standards of excellence that remain unsurpassed. His thoughtful
spirit of inqui9ry, his profound insight and his single-minded
devotion to quality were without parallel in radio, television or
any other medium." --Memorial plaque, CBS Broadcast Center, New
York City
Cultural Writing. Literary Criticism. Poetics. "The wild is always
unprecedented, but never inconsistent. This is the knowledge that
makesAmerican scholarship American. Norman Finkelstein offers
unprecedented insights here whose factsconsist of one Soul purpose:
Friendship. Here the imagination of poetry is Friendship on the
line. Anddriving that line are energies of the inevitable (if we
are to live, Friendship is inevitable): motions outward;an
outstretched hand; a goddamn big car bought and paid for lovingly.
These energies speak simply, anddoing so, they accomplish new
simplicities which Finkelstein boldly proposes as the most radical
virtuesof poetic art. Read and see"--from the introduction by
Donald Revell.
The Poetry and Poetics of Michael Heller: A Nomad Memory is the
first comprehensive treatment of a singularly important American
poet of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Michael Heller
(b. 1937) has amassed a body of poetry and criticism that places
him in the vanguard of modern literature, and this essay collection
provides the first extensive critical treatment of his varied
career. This book 's multifaceted appraisal of his engagement with
poetry as well as crucial ideas across various traditions
establishes him as a preeminent writer among his contemporaries and
younger generations, and as a major poet in any era.
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