Mondoweiss

It’s Simple: Americans Don’t Want War With Iran

It’s Simple: Americans Don’t Want War With Iran

PHLIP WEISS: The Israeli lobby is taking a pummelling at the moment as leading commentators stand up to confront it. Is this a real turning point?

 Rania Al Malky

Too Late to Save Egypt’s Revolution?

Too Late to Save Egypt’s Revolution?

RANIA AL MALKY: The stakes today with Omar Suleiman perhaps within days of succeeding Mubarak, are just as high as they were on January 25, 2011.

 M.-Lynx-Qualey

Laughter and Anger: In the Court of Al Aswany

Laughter and Anger: In the Court of Al Aswany

M. LYNX-QUALEY: He is arguably Egypt’s leading public intellectual and every week he holds public salons whose numbers have swelled hugely over the past year.

 M.-Lynx-Qualey

Three Books That WON’T Help You Understand Iraq

Three Books That WON’T Help You Understand Iraq

M. LYNX-QUALEY: It’s one of those lists again. You know it’s designed to gain a reaction and you can’t help yourself so here I go with my reaction to books on Iraq.

 Steve Royston

Relationships and the Reality of Social Networks

Relationships and the Reality of Social Networks

STEVE ROYSTON: In the real world, we have lots of alternative words to describe different levels of relationship – family, colleague, acquaintance to name but a few. On Facebook, everyone is a friend.

 Steve Royston

Are they Messengers or Missionaries?

Are they Messengers or Missionaries?

STEVE ROYSTON: Successful companies tend not to fire their communications people. That’s not to say that politics, ambition and personal fiefdoms won’t get in the way

 James Mullan

Give the social media toddler a chance, Mr Gladwell!

Give the social media toddler a chance, Mr Gladwell!

The social media community has reacted emotionally to Malcolm Gladwell’s calculated attack, but has he got a point? “Social media is like a toddler, but nobody yet knows what promise that toddler holds…”