Today’s NYT editorial “The Left on the Run in Latin America” underscores that there never really was a “good left” as far…
I had this review posted years ago on Amazon but I no longer post content there since Amazon pulled Wikileaks from their…
But don’t expect outrage from big “press freedom” advocates By Joe Emersberger (originally for Telesur ) Even before Mauricio Macri’s recent efforts…
Human Rights Watch’s latest World Report is filled with imperial assumptions and misinformation
Below are what I regard as the key excerpts from the UN working group ruling in favor of Julian Assange. The following…
The magazine shamelessly reports on Venezuela with no fear of embarrassment
The latest NYT reporter to be parachuted into Venezuela writes “Press freedom throughout Latin America is under threat, though the Committee to…
Five articles that should make any decent journalist cringe
Bloomberg’s latest spin on Chevron’s efforts to evade all responsibility for pollution in Ecuador
Some key definitions you’ll need to know in order to understand this Daily Beast article by Itxu Diaz: Democracy – a political…
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