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Welcome to CriticalMood.com

Thanks for taking the time to visit my website. On here you'll find some tracks and articles I've written on various political issues. This is an extension of my activist work. If it wasn't for it, I would not be doing this. I'm not looking for fans and I don't care about the entertainment industry. I just want people to read and think. This is my own little contribution. Like what I say or not, I'm still going to tell you what I think. I urge all of you to get involved in activism. Every day there are people in constant struggle against injustice and they need all the help they can get. Martin Luther King Jr. once said:

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent."

There are different ways to help out but the most important are: providing of financial support (activism has plenty of expenses) and providing manpower for these groups. While it is nice you come out to events/rallies, it is purely entertainment if you do nothing about it. So pick your battles and move!

In the spirit of resistance,
Critical Mood

Disclaimer: I don't conduct interviews, so please do not ask. I run this site on my own and I don't want anything to do with third parties. If you have questions, please contact me directly at: criticalmood@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for understanding.

Government Admission Shows Need for UN Inquiry
by Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch making a statement regarding the Sri Lankan government's admission on using heavy weapons despite previous deceptive statements.

The Incendiary IDF
by Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch debunking the claim that Israel took every care to avoid civilian casualties.

Foiling Another Palestinian "Peace Offensive": Behind the Bloodbath in Gaza
by Professor Norman Finkelstein

Professor Finkelstein goes into academic detail regarding the December 08 to January 09 Israeli attacks on Gaza (ie. the timeline, motivations and so forth).

How Israel Brought Gaza to the Brink of Humanitarian Catastrophe
by Professor Avi Schlaim

Oxford professor of international relations Avi Shlaim served in the Israeli army and has never questioned the state's legitimacy. But its merciless assault on Gaza has led him to devastating conclusions.
 

Arroyo Should Condemn Death Squads
by Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch put out a report called "You Can Die Any Time: Death Squad Killing in Mindanao" (linked in the article) which highlights local government and police links to the decade-old killing spree in Davao City.
 

An Embarrassment to the U.S. Justice Department and the Patriot Act: The Story of Dr. Sami Al-Arian

The shrinking Toronto 18 Terror Case: Canada's Best Attempt to Mimic the United States and Britain


 

Debate between Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Tariq Ramadan

Gender Equity in Islam: Dr. Ingrid Mattson

Norman Finkelstein: Is Criticism of Israel Antisemitic?

Irshad Manji debates As'ad AbuKhalil

Scholar Norman Finkelstein Calls Professor Alan Dershowitz's Book On Israel A "Hoax"

Professor Norman Finkelstein debates Former Israeli Foreign Minister Schlomo Ben Ami on Democracy Now
 

A Review of Tarek Fatah's "Chasing A Mirage"

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Retracting Under the Condition
of Providing Transparency
"Muslim Day @ Canada's Wonderland"

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LATEST COMMENTARIES
Thursday, July 2, 2009

"Fuck Canada Day" - Understanding Such Blasphemy In Light of Tarek Fatah

Let me start off with a point that is already well-known within the Canadian community (at least those who value what the Muslim community actually has to say as a collective and those who have the ability to make the distinction that not all Arabs are Muslims): Tarek Fatah is one irritating opportunist. What's his latest crave? The same as before: lambasting the Canadian Arab Federation.

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Yo Mama to the Muslim Toms With the Quranic Disses - Self-Respect, Dignity and These Uncles

It is definitely a terrific occasion to grind those axes: the first ever black president of the United States getting lambasted by extremist Muslims. These are bargain basement prices for such bottom-dwellers who love to make a claim to something that they clearly don’t have based on their lack of logic and knowledge of the world alone: morality. Sure they can knock you out with 150 Quranic verses per minute but when it comes time to applying such verses to the real world, it drops down to barely a fart.

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Oh, Muslims! How Hard It Is To Criticize the U.S. These Days - A Reasoned Analysis of Dalia Mogahed's Appointment? Or Pure Hating?

The appointment of Dalia Mogahed is a positive move by President Obama as she is a well known figure within the Muslim and Arab community. Personally, I am a fan of hers because of her ‘ownage’ of Irshad Manji in a debate they had regarding Islam and she co-wrote a book with Professor John L. Esposito who's writings I avidly read. Mogahed is definitely knowledgeable about Islam and she is very aware of many of the issues that Muslims face. In light of all this, it is important that people have a longer memory than a couple of days.

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A Review of President Obama's Foreign Policy - The Moral Need for Recognizing
Obvious Facts Over Rhetoric

Similar to George W. Bush, President Obama expressed solidarity with Muslims and the so-called “Islamic” world. He explains that the United States is not in a war against Islam. He has even referred back to his own experience living in a Muslim country. These are all valuable in the sense that it makes people feel good and welcomed, understandably so, but unfortunately such musings have very little relevance to U.S. foreign policy. People need to stop deluding themselves that it has some sort of correlation, it does not. All the evidence point to that direction.

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A Brief Analysis of Bob Rae's Chicken
Clucking on A Swiss-Cheese State of Palestine

While it is a nice diversion (I guess) from the typical line of how Israeli's have certain inalienable rights that Palestinians do not have -- in particular, that they should not be slaughtered by the thousands, horded into an open air prison where they are freely shot at with impunity, allowed to move around their environment without having to ask an Israeli officer for permission to purchase basic necessities and in general have the right to a meaningful state of their own -- it is difficult to move past Rae's chicken clucking. It is dishonest and prone to the same pitfalls of past efforts to 'mediate' on the issue which keeps the Palestinians under the boot of Israel.

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Israel's Wars of Choice - Why Jason Kenney Should Ban Himself From Canada

Looking at the FACTS, one can truly understand who the biggest purveyor of terrorism is and how Jason Kenney and Stephen Harper are its biggest supporters. If they are at all serious with the moral principle they claim to, they would ship themselves off somewhere to the Pacific and ban themselves from ever entering Canada.

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The Delight of Slaughter
Human Shields & Israeli Propaganda

The overarching themes among apologists for Israeli atrocities include: (i) Whatever the Israeli government claims it is correct despite the lack of independent and corroborated evidence, and (ii) Israel as a whole can do nothing wrong but individuals can make mistakes. Thus, when the entire world expresses disgust over the number of civilian casualties, it must have been Hamas's or Hezbollah's fault but this claim is not supported by the evidential record.

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Hamas Charter: An Obstacle to Peace? Really?

The dilemma that is facing apologists for Israeli atrocities is clear: here is an 'extremist' group recognizing the international consensus in substance (politically and geographically) while Israel pays lip-service to a 'two-state' that is not even remotely close to the international consensus.

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