Articles by Michael Marder

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Here Is Why Deconstructing Zionism Is Important
Michael Marder – Al Jazeera, 9 Dec 2013

First, the biggest threat to the wellbeing and security of Israeli Jews (and, often, by implication of Jews who live elsewhere in the world and are assumed to be the supporters of Israeli policies) is neither Iran nor Syria; it is the State of Israel itself.

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Is Portugal Hopeless?
Michael Marder – Al Jazeera, 9 Apr 2012

In the beginning of 2012, Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners, dubbed the situation of Greece and Portugal “hopeless”. In support of his verdict, Darda cited high debt loads and poor prospects for growth in the two countries. The paradox of the current situation is that the European Union’s bailout package came with stipulations that, once implemented, will only worsen every fixable structural problem on the list.

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A Revolution in Botanical Nomenclature
Michael Marder – Al Jazeera, 12 Mar 2012

Since January 1, botanical terms are to be named in English rather than Latin, changing a centuries old practice.

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The European Union and the Rhetoric of Immaturity
Michael Marder – Al Jazeera, 27 Feb 2012

The tendency to infantalise select member states is in line with their animalisation, evident in the insulting abbreviation of Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain in the word PIGS, neither as human nor as rational as the rest of the EU countries. Throughout Western philosophy, both children and animals, with their capricious wills, have been considered deficient from the standpoint of fully developed rational adults and, hence, in need of training, education, and disciplining.

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