Fascinating new results on how we now consume news and what this may mean for the future of journalism (via Journalism.org): Worldwide YouTube is becoming a major platform for viewing news. In 2011 and early 2012, the most searched term of the month on YouTube was a news related event five out of 15 months,…
Like good little lemmings, Australian politicians continue record of trashing Palestine
Here’s an article in yesterday’s Australian about the brave stance of the ALP against those shocking and principled Greens MPs and members who actually think about the Middle East without the only frame the blind can see, Israel. When history is written, and it’s happening right now, these hacks will be clearly seen on the…
How the US is expanding its African reach
Nick Turse writes in TomDispatch: They call it the New Spice Route, an homage to the medieval trade network that connected Europe, Africa, and Asia, even if today’s “spice road” has nothing to do with cinnamon, cloves, or silks.… Instead, it’s a superpower’s superhighway, on which trucks and ships shuttle fuel, food, and military equipment…
“After Zionism” begins now
I’m pleased to announce that my new book, After Zionism, co-edited with Ahmed Moor, is now available in the UK, in bookstores across Australia, Amazon UK and Kindle (many other places and formats to come). The coming months will see a range of media and events in a host of countries and outlets. But first…
The US still doesn’t know who the Taliban are and have thankfully lost the Afghan war years ago
Via Wired: Since January 2011, the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan claims it’s killed or captured over 100 insurgent “leaders.” Too bad it doesn’t have any clear idea what “leader” means. Any insurgent who commands another person apparently qualifies. And worse, by that criteria, Taliban and aligned insurgents have killed twice as many U.S. troops in…
#LeftTurn given a thorough and critical review
The following review appears in the Crikey blog Lit-icism: Guest post by Adam Brereton… Antony Loewenstein and Jeff Sparrow, in the introduction to their new book… Left Turn: Political Essays For The New Left, invite the reader to imagine current examples in popular culture that envision a future ”˜in which the world to come is, in…
Talking #LeftTurn on The Small Picture Podcasts
I was interviewed last week by Stuart Beaton for The Small Picture Podcasts. We talked #LeftTurn, the mainstream media and alternative political realities. He’s based in China:
#LeftTurn on Sydney’s 2SER Radio
I was interviewed last week by Jessica Minshall on Sydney’s 2SER Radio’s The Third Degree on my recent book #LeftTurn and Australian politics and media in general:
Beyond the rhetorical flourish, Obama is typical US President
In a long and pretty unremarkable look at Barack Obama’s attitude towards the Israel/Palestine conflict in the Washington Post yesterday, this paragraph reveals all you need to know. The Zionist lobby has far too influence in US politics and Obama in practice is little different to every President before him when it comes to accepting…