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Articles and Papers by John Sigler


Below is a partial collection of articles, essays, and papers written by John Sigler. New material is added periodically. If you would like to reproduce an article or longer paper presented below, or if you would like John Sigler to write an article for your publication or website, please contact him. While a lot of the material presented below has only been published online or in small print publications and/or obscure journals, John Sigler has been featured in a number of larger publications such as Al Ahram Weekly, Common Dreams and the The Denver Post.

Articles: Commentary
  • "Response to the anti-Chávez article in Adbusters #74": Internet Activist Blog, 13 November 2007 - This blog article is rebuttal to an anti-Bolivarian article by Sean Condon that appeared in issue #74 of Adbusters magazine.
  • "Singling out the 'Israel Lobby' for discussion": Information Clearinghouse, 29 August 2007 - This is a defense of the efforts by Mearsheimer and Walt to discuss the Israel Lobby in the United States and why "singling out" this particular lobby is perfectly legitimate.
  • "Abusing the Holocaust: Taking Chutzpah to an Entirely New Level": Internet Activist Blog, 17 April 2007 - This blog article is an aggressive rebuttal to an obscene piece by Gerald Steinberg in the Jerusalem Post that attacks Jewish peace activists for citing the Holocaust as a lesson against intolerance while completely ignoring Israel's near constant exploitation of the Holocaust to defend all aspects of Israeli policy and practice.
  • "The Left, Conspiracy Theory & 9/11": Internet Activist Blog, 14 April 2007 - This small blog article represents John Sigler's opposition to the 9/11 conspiracy theory - or "9/11 Truth" - movement as being utterly counter-productive and helpful the Neo-Conservative agenda.
  • "The U.K. and the 'War on Terror' – 'taking the fight to the enemy'": Internet Activist Blog, 31 January 2007 - A brief article discussing how Britain has - in the eyes of many American Neo-Conservatives - become part of the battle field in the "War on Terrorism".
  • "The Missing Ingredient": Internet Activist Blog, 23 January 2007 - This article discusses the "color revolutions" as employed by US-backed factions in various countries (Lebanon, Ukraine, Georgia, &c.) and why the exact same tactics have not been successful when employed by the non-US-backed opposition in Lebanon.
  • "Azhar Usman at DU: An Outsider's View" [PDF]: Akher Khabar, April 2006 - A review of the performance of noted Muslim-American comedian Azhar Usman at Denver University in 2006.
  • "A Nation of Law" [PDF]: Akher Khabar, April 2006 - This small opinion piece took a pro-immigrant stance arguing against the anti-immigrant positions of Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo.
  • "Yes, The Issue is Anti-Arab Racism" [PDF]: Akher Khabar, March 2006 - This rather lengthy article dealt with the US reaction to the efforts of the U.A.E.-based Dubai Ports corporation to purchase P&O Ports, the firm that controls several major US shipping ports. The proposed sale was put in context and the case is made that it was Anti-Arab racism - as opposed to any reasonable concern - that caused the uproar.
  • "The Real Difference Between America and France": Common Dreams, 12 November 2005 - This article compared youth immigrant riots in France of 2005 with the African-American "Rodney King Riots" of 1992 and the government responses to each.
  • "What are they trying to accomplish?": Internet Activist Blog, 26 March 2005 - This blog article discusses the now famous Roubini and Setser article "Will the Bretton Woods 2 Regime Unravel Soon? The Risk of a Hard Landing in 2005-2006".
  • "The Missile Defense Scheme and China's veto": Internet Activist Blog, 6 March 2005 - This article discusses the tensions between the United States and China over the US-proposed ballistic missile shield over the Pacific and China's ultimate economic veto of the effort.
  • "Will NATO survive Bush?": Internet Activist Blog, 20 February 2005 - This blog article discusses the tensions within NATO, especially between the United States and Turkey over Kurdistan, and their possible ramifications for the military alliance.
  • "Talk about chutzpah... and who killed Hariri?": Internet Activist Blog, 15 February 2005 - This blog article discusses the reaction to the assassination of Rafik Hariri in Lebanon and explores who actually benefited from it.
  • "On the Applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention": Essays and Commentary on Contemporary Middle Eastern Affairs, December 2000 - This article discusses the American military tactic of using overwhelming force in the military engagements in Kosovo-Metohija and Iraq and how these tactics violate international humanitarian law by intentionally striking non-military targets without any "military necessity" rationalization.
  • "Zionism as Standard European Ethnocentrism" [Pre-Print PDF]: Essays and Commentary on Contemporary Middle Eastern Affairs, April 2000 - This article juxtaposed Israeli behavior toward the Palestinians, primarily those inside the Green Line, with similar models found in pre-Apartheid South Africa and the American South.

Articles: Analysis
Essays and Papers
  • "Benjamin Pogrund: Blinded to Reality by Zionist Ideology": One Democratic Secular State in Israel/Palestine, 6 August 2007 - This is a comprehensive review, analysis, and deconstruction of the article "South Africa Is Not a Model for Us" by Benjamin Pogrund.
  • "Contra Michael Neumann & his 'snake oil'": One Democratic Secular State in Israel/Palestine, 27 May 2007 - This is a comprehensive review, analysis, and deconstruction of the article "Two States, One State and Snake Oil" by Michael Neumann.
  • "Israel’s Ultimate Threat: A critical assessment of the viability of 'transfer'": One Democratic Secular State in Israel/Palestine, 31 March 2007 - This peer-reviewed piece is a detailed analysis of the Israeli threat to "transfer" - a polite euphemism for ethnic cleansing - the Palestinian population from Eretz Israel. The conclusion is that while ethnic cleansing remains a population threat employed by Zionists, realistically this is no longer a possibility and there is no real threat of "transfer" today.
  • "A Look at Albanian Nationalism and the KLA" [Pre-Print PDF]: Yugoslav Ministry of Information Website, 20 June 2000 - Temporarily published by the then Yugoslav Ministry of Information website, this essay detailing the history and development of the Albanian nationalist movement and its quest for the Serbian province of Kosovo-Metohija was reproduced extensively. Versions were found on the website of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren, the Serbian Unity Congress, the Balkan Repository Project and many others.
  • "An Appeal for the Honest Application of International Law": Essays and Commentary on Contemporary Middle Eastern Affairs, August 1999 - This paper focused on the illegality of the US intervention in Kosovo-Metohija. The paper goes into exhaustive detail reproducing documented War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity - from the relevant legal framework to the actual crimes committed - perpetrated by the United States and its NATO allies during the intervention. The paper was peer reviewed.

Miscellany
  • "Using Complex Science to Avoid HIS Noodly Appendage: Revealing HIS Existence Beyond Reasonable Dispute" [humor]: Science Creative Quarterly, September 2007-April 2008 - The only one of John Sigler's three absurdist arguments making fun of the shoddy science employed by "intelligent design" advocates to argue for the Flying Spaghetti Monster to be published by Science Creative Quarterly as part of their FSM absurdist essay contest.
  • "Facts about the Christians of the Holy Land" [PDF]: Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 2007 - One trick used by pro-Israel activists in the United States is to exploit American ignorance and Islamophobia to portray the situation of Palestinian Christians as being the fault of Palestinian Muslims, whereas in reality their plight is primary the result of the Israeli occupation. This fact sheet was created by John Sigler and distributed at the Archdiocese of Denver during a pressentation by the American Jewish Committee that sought to propagate this lie.
  • "American 'Conventional Wisdom' versus Reality: What do you really know about Hamas?" [PDF]: Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 2007 - This quiz was created by John Sigler in the wake of the electoral victory of Hamas in the Palestine Authority Legislative Council elections. The quiz disproves a number of general assumptions about Hamas, its ideology, and how it operates in practice.
  • "Reactions to battle between Israel and Hezbollah": Denver Post, 28 July 2006 - A brief Letter to the Editor decrying the Colorado legislature's decision to openly endorse Israel's onslaught against the civilians of Lebanon and Gaza in the summer of 2006.
  • Peter Marcus, "Resolution Raises Ire: State lawmakers' backing of Israel angers protesters": Denver Daily News, 27 July 2006 - An article about the protests in Denver against the Colorado Legislature Executive Committee's decision to pass an emergency out-of-session resolution supporting Israel's brutal onslaught against the civilians of Lebanon and Gaza in the summer of 2006. John Sigler features prominently in the article.
  • "The Newest Terror Threat: Japanese Ninjas" [PDF]: Akher Khabar, April 2006 - A humor article making fun of the US Coast Guard's anti-terror initiative ("Waterway Watch") that described the threat of ninja attack (seriously) and a group of American tourists in the UK who, apparently being aware of the ninja threat, called the police on a group of British street acrobats who were filming a movie dressed as ninjas, thereby causing a terrorism scare.
  • Frederick Bowie, "Untried, untested": Al Ahram, 11-17 July 2002 - John Sigler was interviewed for this article - primarily in response to his "Arguments Regarding Sharon's Defense Strategies in Belgium" (see above) - regarding the efforts to have Ariel Sharon indicted under Belgium's universal jurisdiction regime as it existed at the time. [Cached Version]



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