Showing all posts in June 2019
Dirty Wars trailer hits
One of the most remarkable journalists around, Jeremy Scahill, publishes his new book this month, Dirty Wars. There’s also a documentary of the same name (more info here) by Scahill and Rick Rowley. The trailer has just been released:
What reaction to Boston attack says about today’s America
Interesting thoughts by Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker: As always in America, what actually happened today near Boston braided entirely into what was being shown and said, so that the two became inseparable. There were two, and then one, terrorists on the run in a Boston suburb; there were two, and then one, terrorists…
How denial is central to Zionist narrative
Israeli historian Ilan Pappe writes in The Electronic Intifada: In a regal interview he gave the Israeli press on the eve of the state’s ” Independence Day,”… Shimon Peres, the current president of Israel, said the following: “I remember how it all began. The whole state of Israel is a millimeter of the whole Middle East.…
The Daily Show on gun crime, America, Australia and lunatics
John Howard on Gun Control. from John Beohm on Vimeo.
New poll: 36% of Jewish Israelis back apartheid
Unsurprising but important new poll that reveals the deep racism within Israel (so often ignored in Western media coverage of the country). Mairav Zonszein reports for 972: According to a poll* released Sunday, a majority of Jewish Israelis (57 percent) believe Israel should determine its borders unilaterally according to the current route of the… separation wall,…
Manufacturing Consent, 25 years on
The classic media analysis book by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman continues its relevance to this day. Herman speaks to The Real News about its impact today, where real investigative journalism will appear and social media:
Memo to Nestle head; water is a human right
The power of multinationals are often now far stronger than national governments. This is a problem for accountability. It’s a key theme of my forthcoming book on vulture capitalism, Profits of Doom. Here’s a disturbing clip that reminds us why citizens, rational governments and NGOs must keep corporations in check (via Keithpp’s Blog): In a…
How the media fails to properly report the Boston bombings
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes nails it: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy