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:
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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…
The Daily Show on gun crime, America, Australia and lunatics
John Howard on Gun Control. from John Beohm on Vimeo.
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
When will the NYT call torture by its rightful name, torture?
Cracking writing by Andrew Sullivan on the gutlessness of the supposed paper of record: There was something almost poignant about a… post yesterday… by former NYT executive editor Bill Keller. It’s his way of explaining why he decided the Times could not use the plain word ”˜torture’ to describe torture – when it was conducted by the…
It’s beyond official: America was a torturing nation post 9/11
Comprehensive report that offers yet more evidence that the US instituted a comprehensive program of violence, torture and pain after 9/11. None of the key advocates have faced justice, thanks to Barack Obama (via New York Times): A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist…
Life of an uncharged Yemeni prisoner at Guantanamo Bay
Devastating piece in the New York Times that needs no explanation: GUANTÃNAMO BAY, Cuba One man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not…
Tell Australia to hold Sri Lanka to account
I’m proud to have been asked to sign this important petition and happy it’s been covered in the Colombo Telegraph: Malcolm Fraser, the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia has endorsed the petition for Commonwealth Summit in Australia- Reconsider attending CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka launched jointly by Australian Tamil Congress and Sri Lanka campaign for…