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War, Journalism & the Middle East
Robert Fisk
Revelations that President Bush proposed bombing Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based Arabic satellite station stunned the world. But should it have? The U.S. since it launched its war on Iraq has often singled out Al-Jazeera’s coverage as anti-American. What’s anti-American about it? Al-Jazeera reports on the war from the perspective of Iraqis who see their country occupied. […]
War Made Easy
Norman Solomon
“War is the health of the state,” the radical writer Randolph Bourne once said. And when the U.S. goes to war most of the corporate media wrap themselves in the American flag and join the parade. Instead of being on the sidelines and acting as independent and critical observers, too many journalists become cheerleaders. And […]
Washington’s Messianic Mission
Noam Chomsky
All empires have fantasies and inspiring rationales to justify their domination. They hide behind words like freedom, democracy and liberation to mask their real intentions. The U.S. empire operates in the same way. Washington’s messianic vision is being delivered out of the barrel of a gun. Arundhati Roy, the Indian writer and activist calls it […]
What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Thomas Frank
Why are so many white working class Americans supporting the party that’s killing the estate tax, passed massive tax cuts for the rich, gutted workplace safety standards and represses unions? Republicans have succeeded in framing themselves as the party of the people and Democrats as the party of the elite. Democrats have passively accepted their […]
From the Womb to the Tomb
Stephen Bezruchka
The United States, the richest country in the world, currently ranks 27th in the health of its citizens. Lagging behind not only most of the rich countries, but a few poor ones as well. Fifty years ago, the US was among the top five. What happened in the past five decades to cause this decline? […]
The Problem of the Media
Robert McChesney
Poor, black, and suffering Americans. These are the images that flashed across TV screens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Reporters asked why there was no help for people who couldn’t afford to evacuate. And columnists wrote of a shocked and outraged America, an America which had finally discovered its own poverty and racism. For […]
Dateline: Baghdad
Dahr Jamail
All journalists have perspectives that color and shape their reporting. Many factors influence not just what questions get asked but what issues get reported on in the first place. It takes much more work to remain objective when some of the people journalists cover are similar to them in terms of class and culture while […]
How America Lost Iraq
Aaron Glantz
In Iraq, most of the corporate journalists, when they venture outside their heavily guarded hotels, travel with U.S. troops and base their stories on what the military tells them. Not so Aaron Glantz, who went to Iraq totally un-embedded. And what he learned initially was not what he had expected. Most Iraqis welcomed the Americans […]
In Defense of Public Broadcasting
Bill Moyers
The founding principles of public broadcasting urged that programming serve as “a forum for debate and controversy” and “provide a voice for groups that may otherwise be unheard.” Ever since its inception public broadcasting in the U.S. has been a lightening rod for political attack. A heat shield funding proposal to isolate PBS and NPR […]
From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
Seymour Hersh
After World War Two the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal declared:”Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience…and have the duty to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring.” The defense of “I was just following orders” was judged to be legally unsupportable and morally reprehensible. The Geneva Conventions have specific rules […]
The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile
Arundhati Roy
The “overall framework of power,” as Henry Kissinger calls it, consists of the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO. The muscle that enforces the economic regime is the U.S. military. With a bloated budget of half a trillion dollars a year, the Pentagon’s warriors straddle the earth. The president announces that America is “the […]
Apocalyptic Violence
Robert Jay Lifton
With no definition of victory in the war on terrorism, the U.S. may be entering a long period of perpetual war. The president invokes the name of God on a regular basis. Clearly, with such power on our side, how can we lose? Al-Qaeda and the Islamists are also certain that the almighty is in […]

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