My following investigation appeared in Crikey this week: The drive from Broome in Western Australia to Derby, the town closest to the remote Curtin detention centre in the Kimberley, is two-and-a-half hours through endless, surprisingly green desert. Mobile phone reception soon dies after the journey begins and from there you see few people or cars…
Guess how many Israelis really think there’s equality between Jews and Arabs?
Interesting figures about the Israeli and Palestinian communities (via IPS) that prove how few Jews living there actually have any interest in true equality between the peoples: A clear majority of Israeli Jews would support a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, even if it meant that Israel too would have to give up its stockpile of…
Haaretz editor sees Israeli apartheid here to stay
Leading boycott, divestment and sanctions advocate (BDS) Omar Barghouti introduces this important piece: Nothing new. BUT it comes from the publisher of one of Israel’s most influential newspaper. Other prominent Israelis from within the establishment (and the Israeli media is most certainly part of the establishment, by any objective standard) have used the term apartheid…
Who trusts corporates to help the poor when real agenda is clear?
Troubling piece in the Guardian that details the various ways in which supposedly well-meaning corporations are “helping” disadvantaged communities across the world but without appropriate government care are in fact making the situation worse. Vulture capitalism: Nestlé is using a floating supermarket to take its products to remote communities in the Amazon. Unilever has a…
Hard to disagree with Assange calling many mainstream editors shills for power
Yes: Mainstream media and editors came under fire from WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange at the Global Editors Network summit in Hong Kong today, as he accused most journalists of entering the profession to “crawl up the ladder of power to become associated with power”. Addressing the conference via Skype, Assange told the audience of editors…
Woodside in the Kimberley; Exploitation Inc
My following investigation appears in today’s Crikey: When West Australian Premier Colin Barnett said recently that he welcomed the announcement of a permanent US military presence in northern Australia, his words were worth considering in a wider context. “We have a large open expanse in northern Australia, we are near one of the most troubled…
Hey #Occupy people; let the 1% enjoy the wealth, and cars, and island holidays
John Kenney pleads for understanding in the New Yorker: We, too, have mobilized. We come from near and far, by any means necessary, some on private jets, others on extremely large private jets. But you will not find us sleeping in a park and waiting in line at a Burger King to urinate. Have you…
Top 25 stories corporate media (largely) ignored in 2011
Project Censored has released its annual list: Censored 2012: Stories of 2010-2011 1.… More US Soldiers Committed Suicide Than Died in Combat 2. US Military Manipulates the Social Media 3.… Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign 4.… Global Food Crisis Expands 5.… Private Prison Companies Fund Anti–Immigrant Legislation 6.… Google Spying? 7.… U.S. Army and Psychology’s Largest Experiment–Ever 8.… The Fairytale of Clean…